The Hitchhiker's Guide
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a 1979 comic science fiction novel by Douglas Adams, originally a BBC radio series.
The story follows Arthur Dent, rescued from Earth's demolition by his alien friend Ford Prefect, who carries a fictional electronic guidebook of the same name.
The franchise spawned sequels, a television series, and a film, introducing phrases like Don't panic and the answer to life, the universe, and everything is 42 into popular culture.
Often shortened to The Hitchhiker's Guide or just Hitchhiker's.
- galaxyGravitationally bound stellar mass
- towelAbsorbent fabric for drying
- 42Numeric comedic punchline
- deep thoughtIntense cognitive deliberation
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
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- Satirical NovelsAnimal Farm, Candide, Catch-22, Gulliver's Travels, A Modest Proposal
- satirelampoon, parody, parody account, political satire, spoof
- BBC RadioPM
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Between stellar bodies
Solaris · Gravity · The Road · Blade Runner · The Martian
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Fantasy saga, one band's destruction
Star Wars · Dune · The Alchemist · Life of Pi · Paradise Lost
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Speculative fiction emphasizing accuracy
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