The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Illustrated Edition

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is the first of six books in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comedy science fiction "hexalogy" by Douglas Adams. The novel is an adaptation of the first four parts of Adams's radio series of the same name. The novel was first published in London on 12 October 1979. It sold 250,000 copies in the first three months. The namesake of the novel is The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a fictional guide book for hitchhikers (inspired by the Hitch-hiker's Guide to Europe) written in the form of an encyclopaedia. ---------- Also contained in: - [The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Four Parts][1] - [The More than Complete Hitchhiker's Guide][2] - [Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2163706W) [1]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2163692W [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2163713W

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Published Apr 29, 2021

320 pages

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🌻 Nicole🌻
Sep 18, 2025
10/10 stars
What a fun ride! It’s the kind of book you can choose how deep or how lite you want to take deciphering the book. Loved it!
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Jan 23, 2024
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WTH did I just read... I LOVED IT!!! Most entertaining and inventive book I have ever read. Looking forward to read the whole serie^^

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