Originally a radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978, it was later adapted to other formats. The series follows the adventures of Arthur Dent, a hapless Englishman who, with his friend Ford Prefect, an alien from a small planet somewhere in the vicinity of Betelgeuse and researcher for the eponymous guidebook, escapes the demolition of Earth by a bureaucratic alien race called the Vogons. Zaphod Beeblebrox, Ford's semi-cousin and the Galactic President, unknowingly saves the pair from certain death. He brings them aboard his stolen spaceship, the Heart of Gold, whose crew rounds out the main cast of characters: Marvin, the Paranoid Android, a depressed robot, and Trillian, formerly known as Tricia McMillan, a woman Arthur once met at a party who he soon realises is the only other survivor of Earth's destruction. After this, the characters embark on a quest to find the legendary planet of Magrathea and the Question to the Ultimate Answer.
The first book was a full-cast production. The subsequent books were first broadcast as audiobooks read by Douglas Adams himself. Here they are, hope you enjoy them.
THE Hitchhiker's Guide To THe Galaxy
The Restaurant At The End Of THe Universe
Life, THe Universe And Everything
Goodbye And Thanks For All The Fish
Mostly Harmless
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