The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Book 1)
- Author Douglas Adams
- Narrator Stephen Fry
- Publisher Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date 3 October 2008
- Run Time 5 hours and 51 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Science fiction, Classic science fiction, Humorous fiction, Science fiction: aliens / UFOs, Science fiction: apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic.
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What to expect
The comedy sci-fi classic, read by Stephen Fry.
The intergalactic adventures of Arthur Dent begin in the first volume of the 'trilogy of five', Douglas Adams' comedy sci-fi classic The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
'By turns authoritative as the narrator, bemused as Arthur Dent, deadpan as Ford Prefect and manic as Zaphod Beeblebrox, he [Stephen Fry] makes an altogether appropriate reader' - The Times
'Master of comedy Stephen Fry delivers a brilliant audiobook narration' - Editor Review
On 12 October 1979 the most remarkable book ever to come out of the great publishing corporations of Ursa Minor (and Earth) was made available to humanity – The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
It's an ordinary Thursday lunchtime for Arthur Dent until his house gets demolished. The Earth follows shortly afterwards to make way for a new hyperspace bypass and his best friend has just announced that he's an alien. At this moment, they're hurtling through space with nothing but their towels and an innocuous-looking book inscribed with the big, friendly words: DON'T PANIC.
The weekend has only just begun . . .
Follow Arthur Dent's galactic (mis)adventures in the rest of the trilogy with five parts: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Life, the Universe and Everything, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, and Mostly Harmless.
'Fiercely, beautifully silly' - Russell T Davies, writer and producer of Doctor Who
'The first book that wasn’t by Roald Dahl that really made me laugh' - Robert Webb
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| Author | Douglas Adams |
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| Narrator | Stephen Fry |
| Series | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
| Duration | 5 hours and 51 minutes |
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| ISBN | 9780230742062 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Genre | Children’s / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Science fiction, Classic science fiction, Humorous fiction, Science fiction: aliens / UFOs, Science fiction: apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic |
| Collections | Better In Audio, Celebrity Narrators |
| Availability | GB, IE |
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