The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy / Douglas Adams.

By:

Adams, Douglas, 1952-2001 [Author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Del Rey, 2017.Description: 216 p. ; 18 cmISBN:

9780345391803

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Humorous stories

DDC classification:

22 823.914 Ada

Summary: Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last fifteen years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor. Together this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by a galaxyfull of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox, the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian, (formally Tricia McMillan) Zaphod’s girlfriend, whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin, a paranoid, brilliant, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years. Where are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? For all the answers stick your thumb to the stars!

List(s) this item appears in: High School literature in English (Print Books) | Middle School literature in English (Print books)

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book Fiction	"Dimitris & Aliki Perrotis" Central Library	"Dimitris & Aliki Perrotis" Central Library	Book Fiction	823.914 Ada (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		13019327
Book Fiction	Haseotes Middle School Library	Haseotes Middle School Library	Book Fiction	Γ 823.914 Ada (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		13023747

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Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last fifteen years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor.
Together this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by a galaxyfull of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox, the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian, (formally Tricia McMillan) Zaphod’s girlfriend, whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin, a paranoid, brilliant, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years.
Where are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? For all the answers stick your thumb to the stars!

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