{"product_id":"the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-1","title":"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eDouglas Adams\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780345391803\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eDel Rey\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e1995\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e224\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\"IRRESISTIBLE!\"\u003cbr\u003e--The Boston Globe\u003cbr\u003eSeconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last fifteen years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor.\u003cbr\u003eTogether this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker's Guide (\"A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have\") and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox--the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian, Zaphod's girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan), whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin, a paranoid, brilliant, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years. \u003cbr\u003eWhere are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? Why do we spend so much time between wearing digital watches? For all the answers stick your thumb to the stars. And don't forget to bring a towel!\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] WHIMSICAL ODYSSEY...Characters frolic through the galaxy with infectious joy\".\u003cbr\u003e--Publishers Weekly\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Del Rey","offers":[{"title":"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Douglas Adams | Mass market paperback | 9780345391803 | Used: Very Good | Science Fiction 1751957 (temp: 6)","offer_id":48944523903128,"sku":"1751957","price":5.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71i2fm1QJQL.jpg?v=1777489349","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-1","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}