Douglas Adams
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Now celebrating the 42nd anniversary of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, soon to be a Hulu original series!
“Wild satire . . . The feckless protagonist, Arthur Dent, is reminiscent of Vonnegut heroes.”—Chicago Tribune
The unhappy inhabitants of planet Krikkit are sick of looking at the night sky above their heads—so they plan to destroy it. The universe, that is. Now only...
“Wild satire . . . The feckless protagonist, Arthur Dent, is reminiscent of Vonnegut heroes.”—Chicago Tribune
The unhappy inhabitants of planet Krikkit are sick of looking at the night sky above their heads—so they plan to destroy it. The universe, that is. Now only...
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Now celebrating the 42nd anniversary of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, soon to be a Hulu original series!
“Douglas Adams is a terrific satirist.”—The Washington Post Book World
Facing annihilation at the hands of the warlike Vogons? Time for a cup of tea! Join the cosmically displaced Arthur Dent and his uncommon comrades in arms in their desperate search for a place to eat,...
“Douglas Adams is a terrific satirist.”—The Washington Post Book World
Facing annihilation at the hands of the warlike Vogons? Time for a cup of tea! Join the cosmically displaced Arthur Dent and his uncommon comrades in arms in their desperate search for a place to eat,...
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Now celebrating the 42nd anniversary of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, soon to be a Hulu original series!
“A madcap adventure . . . Adams’s writing teeters on the fringe of inspired lunacy.”—United Press International
Back on Earth with nothing more to show for his long, strange trip through time and space than a ratty towel and a plastic shopping bag, Arthur Dent is ready...
“A madcap adventure . . . Adams’s writing teeters on the fringe of inspired lunacy.”—United Press International
Back on Earth with nothing more to show for his long, strange trip through time and space than a ratty towel and a plastic shopping bag, Arthur Dent is ready...
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Now celebrating the 42nd anniversary of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, soon to be a Hulu original series!
“Hitchhiker fans rejoice! . . . [Here’s] more of the same zany nonsensical mayhem.”—The New York Times Book Review
It’s easy to get disheartened when your planet has been blown up and the woman you love has vanished due to a misunderstanding about space/time....
“Hitchhiker fans rejoice! . . . [Here’s] more of the same zany nonsensical mayhem.”—The New York Times Book Review
It’s easy to get disheartened when your planet has been blown up and the woman you love has vanished due to a misunderstanding about space/time....
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Ebury Publishing
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2017
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English
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The hugely powerful Key to Time has been split into six segments, all of which have been disguised and hidden throughout time and space. Now the even more powerful White Guardian wants the Doctor to find the pieces.
With the first segment successfully retrieved, the Doctor, Romana and K-9 trace the second segment of the Key to the planet Calufrax. But when they arrive at exactly the right point in space, they find themselves on exactly the
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Phoenix Books, Inc
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On a hot night in August 1995 Douglas Adams gave a barnstorming performance to an invited audience at the Almeida Theatre in London. This compact disc is a record of that remarkable event. Douglas gives dramatic solo performances of episodes and passages from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, and Life, the Universe and Everything. Including: How to Fly! Arthur and the Irrational Sofa and much, much...more.
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One night in 1995, author Douglas Adams kidnapped an audience and held them hostage for 70 minutes at London's Almeida Theatre. The audience members were subjected to Adams's dramatic solo performances of excerpts and scenes from his wildly funny, wildly popular books The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, and Life, the Universe and Everything. LEARN how to fly! HEAR about Arthur and the Irrational Sofa! GROAN...
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childrensElibrary
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This is a story about two friends who've known each other for a while. At least Arthur Dent thinks so until Ford Prefect reaveals that he's actually an alien and that the world is about to end!
Not long after their conversation, a Vogon spaceship appears and announces that earth will be destroyed shortly because it is in the way of a new intergalactic highway bypass that is being built through our galaxy. Ford and Arthur manage to board the ship...
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childrensElibrary
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"Prehistoric castaways Ford Prefect and Arthur Dent have escaped from prehistoric Earth on a Chesterfield sofa...only to find the Universe is about to be destroyed by the obsessive people of Krikkit."
So begins the second installment of the comic ebook series, Life, the Universe and Everything. Adapted from the third novel of Douglas Adams's classic sci-fi satire series, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
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childrensElibrary
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From a quiet morning on prehistoric Earth to a war-torn cricket field to the fastest spaceship in existence - what's a temporally displaced Earthman to do?
Join Arthur Dent, Ford, Zaphod, Trillian, Slartibartfast, and yes, Marvin the Paranoid Android on their obviously hilarious journeys in the first installment of the comic ebook series, Life, the Universe and Everything. Adapted from the third novel of Douglas Adams's classic sci-fi satire series,...
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childrensElibrary
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Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect, after being thrown out of a Vogon spaceship, are quickl picked up by another ship called the "Heart of Gold", which houses the stolen Infinite Improbability Drive - a device that make the improbable happen. They arrive on the long, lost planet Magrathea to figure out what to do about their non-existent planet Earth.
Douglas Adams' wildly funny, wickedly clever sci-fi novel is collected here as a three-installment, comic...
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childrensElibrary
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Arthur Dent...superhero? Is it possible? Yes!
In the final installment of the comic ebook series, Life, the Universe and Everything, you will see the mild-mannered victim Arthur Dent turn distinctly heroic; Trillian unraveling the mystery enshrouding the planet Krikkit; and Marvin the Paranoid Android taking great pleasure - no, really! - in destroying the Krikkit robots. Adapted from the third novel of Douglas Adams's classic sci-fi satire series,...
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childrensElibrary
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On the long, lost planet Magrathea, Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, and their space-traveling friends discover that the earth was really a giant organic computer that was working on finding the meaning of life. But 5 minutes before the program was done, the planet was destroyed. Ah, the irony!
Douglas Adams' wildly funny, wickedly clever sci-fi novel is collected here as a three-installment, comic ebook series. So grab your towel, stick a babel fish...
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Phoenix Books, Inc
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English
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Rescued from his beloved Macintosh, The Salmon of Doubt provides us with the opportunity to linger and frolic one last time in the uniquely entertaining and richly informative mind of Douglas Adams. For the millions of readers who expressed their grief and shock at his untimely death, this is a treasure; his final book and our last chance to see new work from an acknowledged comic genius.
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Random House Worlds
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2007
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English
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This beautifully illustrated edition of the New York Times bestselling classic celebrates the 42nd anniversary of the original publication—with all-new art by award-winning illustrator Chris Riddell.
SOON TO BE A HULU SERIES • “An astonishing comic writer.”—Neil Gaiman
Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read
It’s...
SOON TO BE A HULU SERIES • “An astonishing comic writer.”—Neil Gaiman
Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read
It’s...
