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1. • • 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.
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   Who created The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?

   • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was created by Douglas Adams. The initial idea for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy came to him while lying drunk in a field holding a copy of The Hitchhiker's Guide to Europe, staring up at the night sky. Originally called The Ends of the Earth.

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   How many years has the hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy been published?

   • And 42 is now the number of years since the publication of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, the first in the series of wacky and beloved sci-fi books by Douglas Adams. The book follows Englishman Arthur Dent as he wakes up to find that Earth is about to be demolished to make way for a space highway.

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   Can 'the hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' be adapted into a movie?

   • There are many more examples, but suffice it to say that in removing certain parts of the book, the movie mutes a lot of the subversive wit that makes "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" so enduring. Adapting a beloved book into a movie is a difficult, precise operation.

   How The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Differs From The Books

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   What happened in the hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?

   • Marvin depresses the computer running the ship and life systems for the police into committing suicide, and the five travelers all escape to the Heart of Gold, after which they head toward the Restaurant at the End of the Universe. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy first appeared as a 12-part series on BBC radio (1978–80).

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   What does a hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy editor do?

   • They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the first book (1979) in the highly popular series of comic science fiction novels by British writer Douglas Adams.

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   Did Douglas Adams write the hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?

   • There are hyper-intelligent ‘mice’ and a supercomputer, Deep Thought, which famously construes the answer to the ultimate question of life, the Universe and everything as 42. Douglas Adams wrote The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and the radio series on which it was based. Credit: Kenneth Stevens/Fairfax Media via Getty

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   • The initial idea for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy came to Douglas Adams while lying drunk in a field holding a copy of The Hitchhiker's Guide to Europe, staring up at the night sky.
   • Adams' original concept was called The Ends of the Earth. The idea was that at the end of each show, the Earth would be destroyed in a new and interesting way.
   • As the story developed, Adams created the alien character Ford Prefect. Prefect, a writer for a galactic travel guide, was to provide context for the audience and a detached non-Earthling perspective.
   • The main character's name was changed from Aleric B to Arthur Dent during a taxi ride to the BBC pitch meeting.

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   • Adams famously came up with the need for a Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy while lying drunk and poor in a field in Innsbruck, Austria, while backpacking around Europe before going to university.
   • In a wonderful twist in keeping with the book’s opening premise of Earth being demolished to make way for a motorway, the Innsbruck field has since been paved over to make way for a stretch of autobahn.
   • There is some disagreement as to the correct writing of the book’s title, notably in the book itself, where it ranges from Hitch-hiker’s to Hitchhiker’s and Hitch Hiker’s, with and without apostrophes, depending on whether you are looking at the cover, the spine, the contents, the radio outline, or the American version.
   • Arthur Dent was to be called Aleric B before a last-minute replacement in the script outline Adams pitched to the BBC. He had originally thought of writing six episodes in which the Earth ended differently each time, but needed a means of explaining the universe at which point he remembered his idea from Innsbruck.

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   Dent is rescued from Earth's destruction by Ford Prefect—a human-like alien writer for the eccentric, electronic travel guide The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy—by hitchhiking onto a passing Vogon spacecraft.

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   Oct 2, 2019 · Like all the best science fiction, The Hitchhiker’s Guide says more about our times than about the distant future. It’s true that there are plenty of digs at life in 1970s Britain.

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   Apr 26, 2022 · Adapting a beloved book into a movie is a difficult, precise operation. Here's how "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" differs from the books.

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   Oct 17, 2021 · The first Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy book was published in October 1979. Fans are looking back at how the series has endured in popularity and why it's still relevant.

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    Oct 4, 2024 · The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy first appeared as a 12-part series on BBC radio (1978–80). The five-book series that followed, which Adams called a “trilogy,” sold million of copies worldwide .