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Title: The Salmon Of Doubt: Description:
'The Salmon of Doubt' comprises ten chapters of the novel on which Douglas Adams was working at the time of his death in May 2001, along with an astonishing collection of pieces recovered from his beloved Macintosh computer. The plot of 'The Salmon of Doubt' is as intriguing as its title and see Dirk Gently simultaneously on the trail of half a cat and an actor whose sudden appearance is perhaps not as random as it seems. Starring alongside the pizza-addicted detective are Thor, Norse God of Thunder, Dave of DaveLand and a highly confused rhinoceros called Desmond. This collection is the unique last word from one of the world's most successful and best loved science fiction writers, and represents an important, fascinating and characteristically hilarious legacy. For fans and new readers alike, 'The Salmon of Doubt' is the ultimate smorgasbord of the insanities, urbanities and wondrous workings of life, the universe and everything.

Title: Last Chance To See....: Description:
‘Descriptive writing of a high order . . . this is an extremely intelligent book’ Listener ‘The best in Adams’s writing . . . constantly springing on the reader the kind of dizzying shift in perspective that was the stock in trade of Hitchhiker’

Title: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: Description:
If you like Hitch Hikers, then you'll like this. Imagine Arthur Dent as a Private Detective, and this is what you get!!

Title: Life, The Universe And Everything (hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy): Description:
The sequel to 'the Hitch-hikers Guide to the Galaxy'

Title: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: Description:
The first ever fully realized Ghost - Horror - Detective - Whodunit - Time - Travel - Romantic - Musical - Comedy - Epic What is a detective agency? Are there any holistic detectives? Is Dirk Gently more interested in pizza than in finding the answer to these questions? And how did the Dodo get into it?

Title: The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy (gollancz Sf S.): Description:
One Thursday lunchtime Earth is unexpectedly demolished to make way for a new hyperspace bypass. For Arthur Dent, who has only just had his house demolished that morning, this is already more than he can cope with. Sadly, however, the weekend has only just begun. And the Galaxy is a very, very large and startling place indeed ... THE HITCH HIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY became a massive cult success when it was first published and continues to sell all over the world. It introduced such memorable characters as Arthur Dent, Marvin the Paranoid Android, Zaphod Beeblebrox and, of course, the Vogons, and remains one of the funniest, most irreverent and entertaining novels ever.

Title: The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy: Description:
The classic"Trilogy in Four Parts"charting the bizarre and comical adventures of Arthur Dent,Ford Prefect and an array of weird and wonderful charactars.This features the title,The Restaurant at the End of the universe,Life The Universe & Everything and So Long.&Thanks for all the fish.

Title: The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: Description:
The Earth has miraculously reappeared and, even more miraculously, Arthur Dent has found it. Returning to his cottage after ages, he falls in love with the girl of his dreams. But Ford Prefect is on to something, which might well burst Arthur's bubble. There is something fishy about his girlfriend's feet, and what has happened to all the dolphins?

Title: The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts (the Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy): Description:
A one-volume edition charting Arthur Dent's odyssey through space, comprising: THE HITCH HIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY: One Thursday lunchtime the Earth gets demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass. For Arthur, who has just had his house demolished, this is too much. Sadly, the weekend's just begun. THE RESTAURANT AT THE END OF THE UNIVERSE: When all issues of space, time, matter and the nature of being are 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. LIFE, THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING: In consequence of a number of stunning catastrophes, Arthur Dent is surprised to find himself living in a hideously miserable cave on prehistoric Earth. And then, just as he thinks that things cannot possibly get any worse, they suddenly do. SO LONG, AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH: Arthur Dent's sense of reality is in its dickiest state when he suddenly finds the girl of his dreams. They go in search of God's Final Message and, in a dramatic break with tradition, actually find it.

Title: Last Chance To See....: Description:
In 1985 Douglas Adams was sent by a newspaper to Madagascar with Mark Carwardine to search for an almost extinct form of lemur called the aye-aye. Mark is an experienced zoologist and his role on the expedition was to be the one who knew what he was talking about. Douglas, on the other hand, was an extremely ignorant non-zoologist to whom everything that happened would come as a complete surprise, the biggest of which was that they actually found one. Douglas was absolutely riveted by this experience and decided he wanted more of it. Three years later, he and Mark set off on a further six expeditions - to Mauritius to find the world's rarest fruitbat and a mad Welshman; to Zaire to find man's closest living relatives, the gorillas; to Indonesia to find the man-eating dragons of Komodo; to China to find a blind dolphin; and to New Zealand to find the world's fattest and least aerodynamic parrot, the kakapo. The resulting book tells the story of the animals they found, but also of the journeys they made to find them, the people they met and the difficulties they overcame. About the Author Douglas Adams created all the various and contradictory manifestations of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy: radio, novels, TV, computer game, stage adaptations, comic book and bath towel. A major movie is currently in development hell and will almost certainly be released any decade now. Douglas Adams lectured and broadcast around the world and was a patron of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund and Save the Rhino International. He was born in Cambridge, UK and lived with his wife and daughter in Santa Barbara, California, where he died suddenly on May 11th 2001. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Title: Mostly Harmless (hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy): Description:
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". Excerpted from Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams. Copyright © 2002. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. "One thing The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy does have to say on the subject of parallel universes is that you don't stand the remotest chance of understanding it. You can therefore say 'What?' and 'Eh?' and even go cross-eyed and start to blither if you like without any fear of making a fool of your self.The first thing to realize about parallel universes, the Guide says, is that they are not parallel.It is also very important to realize that they are not, strictly speaking, universes either, but it is easiest if you try and realize that a little later, after you've realized that everything you've realized up to the moment is not true.The reason they are not universes is that any given universe is not actually a thing as such, but is just a way of looking at what is technically known as the WSOGMM, or Whole Sort of General Mish Mash. The Whole Sort of General Mish Mash doesn't actually exist either, but is just the sum total of all the different ways there would be of looking at it if it did.The reason they are not parallel is the same reason that the sea is not parallel. It doesn't mean anything. You can slice the Whole Sort of General Mish Mash any way you like and you will generally come up with something that someone will call home. Please feel free to blither now." --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Title: The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: Description:
One Thursday lunchtime, the Earth gets unexpectedly demolished to make way for a new hyperspace bypass. For Arthur Dent, who has already 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. About the Author Douglas Adams created all the various and contradictory manifestations of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: radio, novels, TV computer game, stage adaptation, comic book, bath towel and major movie. He lectured and broadcast around the world and was a patron of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund and Save the Rhino International. He was bron in Cambridge and lived with his wife and daughter in Santa Barbara, California, where he died suddenly on 11 May 2001. For more information, visit douglasadams.com

Title: The Meaning Of Liff: Description:
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.

Title: The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy (the Hitchhiker Series): Description:
One 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. This is volume one in the Trilogy of five. Excerpted from The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. Copyright © 2002. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. " 'Hey,' he said, 'what you do that for?'Trillian was tapping her fingers on a screenful of figures.'I've just thought of something stupid,' she said.'Yeah? Worth interrupting a news bulletin about me for?''You hear enough about yourself as it is.''I'm very insecure. We know that.''Can we drop your ego for a moment? This is important.''If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.' Zaphod glared at her again, then laughed.'Listen,' she said, 'we picked up those couple of guys...''What couple of guys?''The couple of guys we picked up.''Oh yeah,' said Zaphod, 'those couple of guys.''We picked them up in sector ZZ 9 Plural Z Alpha.''Yeah?' said Zaphod, and blinked.Trillian said quietly, 'Does this mean anything to you?''Mmmm,' said Zaphod, ' ZZ 9 Plural Z Alpha. ZZ 9 Plural Z Alpha?''Well?' said Trillian.'Er... What does Z mean?' said Zaphod. 'Which one?''Any one.'One of the major difficulties Trillian experienced in her relationship with Zaphod was learning to distinguish between him pretending to be stupid just to get people off their guard, pretending to be stupid because he couldn't be bothered to think and wanted someone else to do it for him, pretending to be outrageously stupid to hide the fact that he didn't actually understand what was going on, and really being genuinely stupid. He was renowned for being amazingly clever and quite clearly so-but not all the time, which obviously worried him, hence the act. He preferred people to be puzzled rather than contemptuous. This above all appeared to Trillian to be genuinely stupid, but she could no longer be bothered to argue about it."

Title: The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe (hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy): Description:
THE RESTAURANT AT THE END OF THE UNIVERSE is the sequel to THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY.

Title: The Salmon Of Doubt: Hitchhiking The Galaxy One Last Time: Description:
Here is Douglas Adams' indispensable guide to life, the universe and everything. This sublime collection dips into the wit and wisdom of the man behind "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", uncovering his unique comic musings on everything from his school-trousers to malt whisky and from the letter Y through to his own nose, via atheism, hangovers and fried eggs. Including short stories and a lengthy unpublished Dirk Gently extract, "The Salmon of Doubt" is for fans and new readers alike. These hilarious collected writings reveal the warmth, enthusiasm and ferocious intelligence behind this most English of comic writers; a man who was virtually an unofficial member of the Monty Python team. Douglas Adams on his passion for P. G. Wodehouse, "The Beatles" and the perfect cup of tea alone make this a must-have collection and a remarkable sign-off from one of the best loved writers of all time. 'One of the world's sanest, smartest, kindest, funniest voices'. - "Independent on Sunday". 'Sheer delight'. - "The Times". 'Magical ...read this book'. - "Sunday Express".

Title: The Salmon Of Doubt.: Description:
Science Fiction Comedy

Title: Mostly Harmless (the Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy): Description:
The hitch hiker's guide to the galaxy

Title: The Hitchiker's Guides: Description:
The Hitchiker's Guides

Title: The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy: The Original Radio Scripts: Description:
The 25th anniversary of H2G2 was in 2003, and this set of the original readio scripts was issued to coincide with it. Along with new material, this includes the original twelve radio scripts - Hitchihiker as it was written and exactly as it was broadcast for the first time. Included are amendments and additions made during recordings and original notes on the writing and producing of the series by Adams and Geoffrey Perkins.

Title: The Illustrated Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy: Description:
Illustrated, huge, hardback tome of the first Hitchhikers book.

Title: The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Film Tie-in: Description:
Summer 2005 finally sees the release of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie from Touchstone Pictures". Stars include Martin Freeman as Arthur Dent, Sam Rockwell as Zaphod Beeblebrox, Bill Nighy as Slartibartfast, supercool hip-hop artist Mos Def as Ford Prefect and the gorgeous Zooey Deschanel as Trillian. Completely new characters were developed specially for the film by Douglas Adams before his death and will be played by John Malkovich and Anna Chancellor. Pan's tie-in edition of this cult classic will include substantial extras from Executive Producer, Robbie Stamp: exclusive cast interviews, stories and photographs from the set.

Title: Mostly Harmless: Description:
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".

Title: The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe: Description:
...If you've done six impossible things this morning, why not round it off with breakfast at Milliways, the Restaurant at the end of the Universe? Which is exactly what the crew of the Heart of Gold plan to do. There's just the small matter of escaping the Vogons, avoiding being taken to the most totally evil world in the Galaxy and teaching a space ship how to make a proper cup of tea. And did anyone actually make a reservation? This is Volume Two in the "Trilogy of Five".

Title: The Original Hitchhiker Radio Scripts: Description:
March 1978 saw the first ever transmission of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy on BBC Radio 4; the beginning of a cult phenomenon. This 25th Anniversary edition of the scriptbook includes a previously unpublished Hitchhiker script, Sheila's Ear; a new introduction by producer Geoffrey Perkins; and a Who's Who of all those involved in the radio series. As well as all the new material, of course there are the twelve original radio scripts-Hitchhiker as it was written and exactly as it was broadcast for the very first time. They include amendments and additions made during recordings and original notes on the writing and producing of the series by Adams and Perkins. For those who have always loved Adams, as well as for his new generation of fans, these scripts are essential reading-with the previously 'lost' script making this edition a must-have piece of Adams memorabilia. Douglas Adams created all the manifestations of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. He died in May 2001. Geoffrey Perkins produced The Hitchhikers's Guide to the Galaxy on BBC Radio 4.

Title: Long, Dark Tea-time Of The Soul: Description:
The sequel to Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Title: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: Description:
Saving human race from total extinction - no charge!