When Earth is destroyed to make way for a Hyperspatial express route, Arthur Dent discovers that space is big, as he is taken on a hair-raising tour of the Galaxy and its very strange inhabitants, by his friend Ford Perfect. This is a new edition which incorporates the fifth part of the trilogy.

In consequence of catastrophes, Arthur Dent is surprised to find himself living in a hideously miserable prehistoric Earth. However, just as he thinks that things cannot possibly get worse, they suddenly do. He discovers that the galaxy is not only mind-bogglingly big and bewildering, but also that most of the things that happen in it are unfair.

Presents a collection of short stories.

Written by the author of The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy series and Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency , this is another story about Dirk Gently, the self-styled holistic detective and master of all things alternative.

The fifth part of the Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. 20 years on, the Guide falls into the hands of Arthur Dent's daughter, Random, whose mother, unexpectedly to all concerned, is Trillian. Random journeys to an insignificant planet, whose entry in the Guide reads mostly harmless .

The definitive companion to the life and work of Douglas Adams who, in a field in Innsbruck in 1971, had an idea that became The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy . It was the BBC radio series that started it all but Gaiman also tells the story of the other products that Adams worked on.

The updated, revised edition of The Meaning of Liff , with illustrations from Private Eye cartoonist Bert Kitchen.

A one-volume edition charting Arthur Dent's odyssey through space, comprising: The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy ; The Restaurant at the End of the Universe ; Life, the Universe and Everything ; and So long, and Thanks for all the Fish .

March 1978 saw the first ever transmission of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy on BBC Radio 4. This 25th anniversary edition of the scriptbook includes a previously unpublished Hitchhiker script, an introduction by producer Geoffrey Perkins, and a who's who of all those involved.

Ever wondered what the end of the Universe might actually look like? Why the number 42 is so significant? Or whether time travel would put a stop to history as we know it? This work takes you on a tour of the research - from the Big Bang to the end of the Universe, via probability, parallel universes, alien life, instant translation and more.

What do a dead cat, a computer whizz-kid, an electric monk, quantum mechanics, a chronologit over 200 years old, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and pizza have in common? Apparently not much, until Dirk Gently begins his investigation.

In life and, indeed, in liff, there are many hundreds of common experiences, feelings, situations and even objects which we all know and recognize, but for which no words exist. This text uses place names to describe some of these meanings.

Following Arthur Dent's many space adventures, this CD box set contains both radio series (12 episodes) plus Douglas Adams' guide to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and interviews with cast members and the late Douglas Adams.

These scripts brilliantly bring to life the last three books in Adam's perenially popular Hitchhiker series.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is one of the most eagerly anticipated film events of 2005. It draws on a mix of CGI technology and puppeteering from Jim Henson's Creature Workshop. With emphasis on making real sets and real creatures, this work reveals the craft of the making of the film.

A reissue of the first series of BBC Radio 4's humorous science-fiction drama. The story begins when Arthur Dent, not really your average man-in-the-street, finds that the Earth is suddenly destroyed around him, and the great hitch-hike begins.

The adventures of Don Juan, history's greatest lover