The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a 1979 science fiction comedy novel by English author Douglas Adams, adapted from the first four parts of his radio comedy series of the same name. It centres o
Cover of the original UK paperback edition of the novel, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Hipgnosis and Ian Wright. The back cover featured the slogan "DON'T PANIC" in the same colour-video-screen style.
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe is the second book in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy science fiction comedy hexalogy, named a "trilogy" by Douglas Adams. It was originally published by
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel)
…often regarded as a classic of the science fiction genre. It is the first in the "trilogy of six" Hitchhiker's Guide book series, with the second novel, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, being published in 1980. The novel opens with an introduction describing the human race as a primitive and deeply unhappy species, while also introducing…
Cover of the first edition