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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Portal

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy began as a science fiction comedy radio series written by Douglas Adams (with some material in the first series provided by John Lloyd). It was originally broadcast in the United Kingdom over the BBC, soon followed by global short wave broadcast over the BBC World Service, in 1978. Broadcasting by National Public Radio (one of their first to occur in stereo) in the United States followed in March, 1981.


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Identification and critical commentary

The list below contains the main versions and does not include audio-books, stage show compact cassette, VHS, CD, DVD releases, edits, extras, extensions, and overseas versions.

As you can discover from the links below, each new version of the story is recreated for the medium.

♥ Contains some Hitchhiker's material. ♦ Fit the seventh was broadcast at Christmas 1978.



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Selected article

Young Zaphod Plays it Safe is a short story by Douglas Adams set in his The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy universe. The story is included with several collections but has never been released as a standalone work. It first appeared in The Utterly Utterly Merry Comic Relief Christmas Book (1986) which Adams also co-edited. It also appears in slightly modified form in the Adams retrospective The Salmon of Doubt. The story does appear in some versions of the complete omnibus editions of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.


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Selected picture

Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, at a book signing during ApacheCon, 2000.


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Selected biography

Douglas Noël Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English author, comic radio dramatist, and musician. He is best known as author of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. Adams played the guitar left-handed and had a collection of twenty-four left-handed guitars when he died in 2001 (having received his first guitar in 1964). He also studied piano in the 1960s with the same teacher as Paul Wickens, the pianist who later played in Paul McCartney's band (and composed the music for the 2004-2005 editions of the Hitchhiker's Guide radio series). The Beatles, Pink Floyd and Procol Harum all had great influence on Adams's work.

Games: Labyrinth • Bureaucracy • Starship Titanic TV: Patient Abuse • Hyperland • The Pirate Planet • City of Death • Shada Books: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency • Last Chance to See • The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul • The Meaning of Liff • The Utterly Utterly Merry Comic Relief Christmas Book • The Deeper Meaning of Liff • Douglas Adams's Starship Titanic Radio: The Internet: The Last Battleground of the 20th Century • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Future • Douglas Adams at the BBC • Douglas Adams's Guide to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy


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Planets and peoples

Places

Total Perspective Vortex • Heart of Gold • Wikkit Gate • Starship Titanic • Galactic Empire • Whole Sort of General Mish Mash

Algol • Allosimanius Syneca • Alpha Centauri • Alpha Proxima • Antares • Arcturus • Argabuthon • Arglebard Forest • Arkintoofle Minor • Artifactovol • Asgard • Axel Nebula • Barnard's Star • Betelgeuse Five • Betelgeuse Seven • Betelgeuse • Bethselamin • Big Bang Burger Bar, The • Bistro Illegal, The • Blagulon Kappa • Boston • Bournemouth • Brequinda • Brontitall • Café Lou • Carfrax • Chalesm • Ciceronicus 12 • Constellation Fraz • Cottington • Cruxwan • Cwulzenda • Damogran • Dangrabad Beta • Domain of the King • Dordellis • Eadrax • Earth • Epun • Eroticon VI • Esflovia • Evildrome Boozarama, The • Fallia • Fintlewoodlewix • Flanux • Flargathon Gas Swamps • Folfanga • Foth of Avalars • Frastra • Fraz • Frazfraga • Frogstar World A • Frogstar World B • Frogstar World C • Frogstar • Gagrakacka • Glastonbury • Golgafrincham • Han Dold City • Han Wavel • Happi-Werld III • Hastromil • Hawalius • Hollop • Horsehead Nebula • Hunian Hills • Jaglan Beta • Jajazikstak • Kakrafoon • Kria • Krikkit • Lalamatine district • Lamuella • Magramal • Magrathea • Maximegalon • Megabrantis Cluster • Milliways • New Betel • New York • North West ripple of the Galaxy • NowWhat • Oglaroon • Old Pink Dog Bar • Orion Beta • Outer Eastern Rim • Pleiades system • Poghril • Port Sesefron • Preliumtarn • Qualactin Zones • Quentulus Quazgar Mountains • Qvarne • Rahm • Rickmansworth • River Moth • Rudlit desert • Rupert • Santraginus V • Saquo-Pilia Hensha • Sector QQ7 Active J Gamma • Sector ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha • Sesefras Magna • Seventh Dimension • Seventh Galaxy of Light and Ingenuity • Sirius Tau Star system • Slim's Throat Emporium • Soulianis • Squornshellous • Stavromula Beta • Stegbartle Major • Stepney • Striterax • Stug • Taunton • The Universe • Traal • Ursa Minor Alpha • Ursa Minor Beta • Ursa Minor • Vassilian • Viltvodle VI • Vogsphere • Voondon • Western Spiral Arm • Xaxis • Ysdllodins • Zentalquabula • Zirzla

Races, species, flora, and fauna

Aldebarans • Algolian Suntiger • Amoeboid Zingatularians • Arcturian Megadonkey • Arcturian Mega-Grasshopper • Babel fish • Betelgeusians • Blagulon Kappans • Damogran Frond Crested Eagle • Dentrassi • Dolphins • Equinusian packbeast • Flora • Fuolornis Fire Dragon • G'Gugvuntts and Vl'hurgs • Golgafrinchans • Grebulons • Haggunenons • Hooloovoo • Hrarf-Hrarf • Humans • Jatravartids • Joopleberry Shrub• Krikkiters • Lamuellans • Mattresses • Mice • Oglaroonians • Perfectly Normal Beast • Pikka Bird • Poghrils • Fluff • Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal • Scintillating Jeweled Scuttling Crabs • Shaltanacs • Silastic Armourfiends of Striterax • Strangulous Stilettans of Jajazikstak • Strenuous Garfighters of Stug • Vogons


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Hitchhiker's index

Characters

Arthur Dent • Ford Prefect • Zaphod Beeblebrox • Marvin • Trillian • Slartibartfast • The Guide

Agrajag • Alice Beeblebrox, Mrs • Allitnils, The • Almighty Bob • Anjie • Arcane Jill Watson • Arcturan Megafreighter crew • Barman of the Horse and Groom • Barman in Old Pink Dog Bar • Barman in the Domain of the King • BBC department head • Blart Versenwald III • Bodyguard • Caveman • Colin • Dr. Dan Streetmentioner • Deep Thought • Disaster Area's chief research accountant • Dish of the Day • East River Creature • Eccentrica Gallumbits • Eddie • Effrafax of Wug • Elders of Krikkit • Elvis Presley • Emperor of the Galaxy • Eric Bartlett • Fenchurch • Frankie mouse • Benjy mouse • Frogstar Prisoner Relations Officer • Gag Halfrunt • Gail Andrews • Gargravarr • Garkbit • Genghis Temüjin Khan • Great Green Arkleseizure • God • Gogrilla Mincefriend • Golgafrinchans • Agda • and Mella • Captain • Great Circling Poets of Arium • Hairdresser • Management consultant • Marketing girl • Number One • Number Two • Telephone Sanitizer • Grunthos the Flatulent • Hactar • Haggunenon Underfleet Commander • Happy Vertical People Transporters • Hig Hurtenflurst • Hotblack Desiato • Humma Kavula • Hurling Frootmig • Ix • Judiciary Pag • Karl Mueller • Krikkiters • Mrs Enid Kapelsen • Know-Nothing Bozo the Non-Wonder Dog • Kwaltz • Lady Cynthia Fitzmelton • Lajestic Vantrashell of Lob • Lallafa • Lazlar Lyricon • Lig Lury, Jr • Lintilla • Loonquawl • Lord, The • Lord High Sanvalvwag of Hollop • Lunkwill • and Fook • Magician • Majikthise • Vroomfondel • Max Quordlepleen • Mo Minetti • Murray Bost Henson • Old Man on the Poles • Old Thrashbarg • Old Woman in the Cave • Oolon Colluphid • Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings • Phouchg • Poodoo • Prak • Pralite monks • President Hudson • Princess Hooli • Mr Prosser • Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz • Questular Rontok • Receptionists • New York Hotel receptionist • Megadodo receptionist • Random Dent • Reg Nullify • Rob McKenna • Roosta • The Ruler of the Universe • Russell • Safety and Civil Reassurance Administration Officials • Sheila Steafel • Shooty • and Bang Bang • Six Men • Stavro Mueller • Strinder the Tool Maker • Slartibartfast • Sulijoo • The thing at the Resettlement Advice Centre on Pintleton Alpha • Thor • Tribesmen of the Cold Hillsides • Trin Tragula • Varntvar The Priest • Veet Voojagig • Vroomfondel • Majikthise • War Command Krikkiters • Will Smithers • Whale • Wise Old Bird, The • Wonko the Sane • Wowbagger, the Infinitely Prolonged • Yooden Vranx • Zaphod Beeblebrox the Fourth • Zarniwoop • / Vann Harl • Zarquon • Zem


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Quotes

"That's right!" agreed Majikthise. "You'll have a national Philosopher's strike on your hands!"



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Things you can do

Read about: The Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything • Babel fish • Bistromathic drive h2g2 • Infinidim Enterprises • Infinite Improbability Drive • International Phenomenon • Notable phrases • Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster • Point-of-view gun • Sirius Cybernetics Corporation • Towel Day • Vogon poetry • Brockian Ultra-Cricket • Cup of tea test • Encyclopedia Galactica • Gin and tonic • Heart of Gold • Infinidim Enterprises • Lemon-soaked paper napkin • Megadodo Publications • Quilliard • Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster • Point-of-view gun • Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal • Shoe Event Horizon • Sirius Cybernetics Corporation • Starship Titanic • Total Perspective Vortex • Towel • The Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything • Vogon poetry



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