{"product_id":"the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-by-douglas-adams-complete-books-1-5-box-set-fiction-paperback-copy","title":"Damaged - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams: Complete Books 1-5 Set - Fiction - Paperback  - T 55","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003eBrand New Books, Minor Damaged While Processing and Handling. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSummary\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy\u003c\/em\u003e started unassumingly as a half-hour comedy programme on BBC Radio 4. Since then, it has grown to be a multimedia phenomenon, and a massive influence on the worlds of science fiction and comedy. Loved by writers from \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.books2door.com\/search?type=article%2Cpage%2Cproduct\u0026amp;q=neil*+gaiman*\"\u003eNeil Gaiman\u003c\/a\u003e to Russell T Davies, the series is now revered as a classic. A sixth novel in the series, \u003cem\u003eAnd Another Thing…\u003c\/em\u003e, was written by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.books2door.com\/search?type=article%2Cpage%2Cproduct\u0026amp;q=eoin*+colfer*\"\u003eEoin Colfer\u003c\/a\u003e of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.books2door.com\/products\/artemis-fowl-collection-eoin-colfer-8-books-paperback-young-adult\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eArtemis Fowl\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e books. The series is perfect for teenagers and young adults seeking their next hilarious adventure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe series has been adapted into stage shows, albums, comics, games, TV, and a 2005 Disney movie. However, the most beloved version of \u003cem\u003eThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy\u003c\/em\u003e is the novels. This \u003cem\u003e42nd Anniversary Collection\u003c\/em\u003e features all five books written by Douglas Adams in the inaccurately named trilogy. Each book has a foreword from a famous fan, and comes with material from the Douglas Adams archive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat happens in the books?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Complete Collection\u003c\/em\u003e contains all five books in the trilogy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first novel was adapted from the first four episodes of the radio series. In it, the Earth gets destroyed to make way for a hyperspace expressway. Englishman Arthur Dent survives by managing to hitch a lift on the Vogon destructor fleet. He and his friend Ford Prefect, an alien researcher for \"The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy\" currently undercover on Earth, are tossed out of an airlock, and rescued by Ford’s two-headed semi-cousin Zaphod Beeblebrox, the Galactic President with a stolen Infinite Improbability Drive, and his human girlfriend Trillian. The gang, accompanied by depressed robot Marvin, discover the secret origins of the Earth, the Ultimate Question, and two hyperintelligent mice, in an unlikely and hilarious adventure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe second novel picks up immediately afterwards, as the gang travels to \u003cem\u003eThe Restaurant at the End of the Universe\u003c\/em\u003e. Adapted from episodes five and six, this instalment sees a quest to find the Ruler of the Universe, a visit to a restaurant in a time bubble overseeing the collapse of everything, and an unscheduled and lengthy stay on prehistoric Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe third book, \u003cem\u003eLife, the Universe, and Everything\u003c\/em\u003e, was inspired by the rejected script \u003cem\u003eDoctor Who and the Krikkitmen\u003c\/em\u003e. This book sees robots land at Lord’s Cricket Ground two days before the Earth’s destruction and run off with the Ashes. These escapees from the planet Krikkit wish to destroy the universe, and only Arthur and Ford can stop them. Also, Arthur learns how to fly. It’s pretty simple: you just throw yourself at the ground and miss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fourth book wasn't based on anything, and is quite different. \u003cem\u003eSo Long, and Thanks for All the Fish\u003c\/em\u003e is a romance, which sees Arthur returned to an apparently not-destroyed Earth, and fall in love with a woman called Fenchurch. Together, they investigate the disappearance of all the dolphins, which had evacuated Earth before its destruction, which apparently didn’t happen, and everyone else dismisses as a hallucination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMostly Harmless\u003c\/em\u003e is the fifth book, and the last book Adams published in his lifetime. Having misplaced Fenchurch in a hyperspace jump, Arthur ends up stranded on a planet, and begins a career as a sandwich maker. Meanwhile, Ford Prefect steals the unpublished and sentient Hitchhiker's Guide Mk 2 from its new publishers, the Vogons. He sends the guide ahead to Arthur, who has also been left with a teenage daughter by Trillian. Both of Arthur’s ‘gifts’ escape together on Ford’s ship, and it’s up to our heroes to pursue them to an alternate Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho are these books for?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Hichhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy\u003c\/em\u003e series is endlessly quotable, utterly unpredictable, and essential reading for fans of \u003cem\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.books2door.com\/search?type=article%2Cpage%2Cproduct\u0026amp;q=terry*+pratchett*\"\u003eTerry Pratchett\u003c\/a\u003e, and funny science fiction adventures. This five book set is the perfect package to get into the series, available here at a great value price.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho was Douglas Adams?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDouglas Adams was a bestselling author, environmental campaigner, and futurist. The first brush Douglas Adams had with success was in 1974, when he became one of only two people other than the Pythons to write for \u003cem\u003eMonty Python’s Flying Circus\u003c\/em\u003e. He fell out of the habit of a career for a few years, until the first episode of \u003cem\u003eThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy\u003c\/em\u003e was commissioned in February 1977.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pilot for \u003cem\u003eThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy\u003c\/em\u003e got him a gig writing for \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.books2door.com\/search?type=article%2Cpage%2Cproduct\u0026amp;q=doctor*+who*\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e. His first story was \u003cem\u003eThe Pirate Planet\u003c\/em\u003e, the second serial of 1978’s \u003cem\u003eThe Key to Time\u003c\/em\u003e arc. Improbably, considering his general attitude to deadlines, Adams became the programme’s script editor, overseeing the scripts next season. During this time he wrote the fan-favourite story \u003cem\u003eCity of Death\u003c\/em\u003e over a weekend, while locked in the producer’s study. This serial had the highest-rated episode ever of \u003cem\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/em\u003e, and was a key influence on the rebooted series which started in 2005. He also wrote the legendary \u003cem\u003eShada\u003c\/em\u003e, which never completed its studio filming due to industrial action. Elements from both of these stories ended up in his novel \u003cem\u003eDirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHowever, Douglas Adams’s life was quickly taken over by the success of \u003cem\u003eThe Hichhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy\u003c\/em\u003e. Between 1978 and 1984, Adams wrote two radio series, four novels, a TV series, and a computer game, all based on the adventures of Arthur Dent. Alongside this he wrote \u003cem\u003eThe Meaning of Liff\u003c\/em\u003e with \u003cem\u003eQI\u003c\/em\u003e’s John Lloyd, and bought two of the first Macintosh computers in the UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLater in life, he wrote two Dirk Gently books, a final Hitchhiker’s novel, two computer games, and collaborated on the project \u003cem\u003eLast Chance to See\u003c\/em\u003e, promoting species that were going extinct. He created h2g2, an online encyclopaedia that predates Wikipedia by two years. He died in 2001 while working on \u003cem\u003eThe Salmon of Doubt\u003c\/em\u003e, a third Dirk Gently book that might have become a sixth Hitchhiker’s book instead, and the movie version of \u003cem\u003eThe Hichhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitles in this set\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Restaurant at the End of the Universe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLife, the Universe and Everything\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSo Long, and Thanks for All the Fish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMostly Harmless\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eOne Thursday lunchtime the Earth gets unexpectedly demolished to make way for a new hyperspace bypass. For Arthur Dent, who has only just had his house demolished that morning, this seems already to be more than he can cope with. Sadly, however, the weekend has only just begun, and the Galaxy is a very strange and startling place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Restaurant at the End of the Universe\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eWhen all questions of space, time, matter and the nature of being have been resolved, only one question remains - \"Where shall we have dinner?\" \"The Restaurant at the End of the Universe\" provides the ultimate gastronomic experience, and for once there is no morning-after to worry about.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLife, the Universe and Everything\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eIn consequence of a number of stunning catastrophes, Arthur Dent is surprised to find himself living in a hideously miserable cave on prehistoric Earth. However, just as he thinks that things cannot get possibly worse, they suddenly do. He discovers that the Galaxy is not only mind-boggingly big and bewildering but also that most of the things that happen in it are staggeringly unfair.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSo Long, and Thanks for All the Fish\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eJust when Arthur Dent's sense of reality is at its most clouded, he suddenly finds the girl of his dreams. He finds her in the last place in the Universe in which he would expect to find anything at all, but which 3,976,000,000 people will find oddly familiar. They go in search of God's Final Message to His Creation and, in a dramatic break with tradition, actually find it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMostly Harmless\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eIt’s easy to get disheartened when your planet has been blown up, the woman you love has vanished due to a misunderstanding about space\/time, the spaceship you are on crashes on a remote and Bob-fearing planet, and all you have to fall back on are a few simple sandwich-making skills. 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