The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- Editions tracked
- 1
- First edition
- Pan, 1979
- First published
- Pan Books, London, 1979
The first edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams was published in London by Pan in 1979. We track 1 edition.
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First edition
- 1st Pan1979 Paperback Sold £400 · Dec 2024 I own The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Pan 1979 Log in to want this
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Awards, adaptations and setting
Awards and honours
Adaptations
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy game, 1984
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy film, 2005
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comic
Setting and characters
- Characters
- Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Zaphod Beeblebrox, Trillian, Slartibartfast, Marvin the Paranoid Android, Deep Thought, Eddie the Computer
- Genre
- science fiction comedy, comic novel, science fiction
Read next
- Followed by
- The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
In print
- Editions recorded
- 130 on Open Library, 49 in English
- Wikipedia
- Articles in 39 languages
From Wikidata and Open Library, both CC0. A prize or a new adaptation often lifts demand for the first printing.
Pictures of the book
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More by Douglas Adams
- The Restaurant at the End of the Universe1980 · 2 editions
- Life, the Universe and Everything1982 · 2 editions
- The Meaning of Liff1983 · 1 edition
- So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish1984 · 2 editions
- The Original Hitchhiker Radio Scripts1985 · 2 editions
- Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency1987 · 1 edition
- The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul1988 · 2 editions
- Last Chance to See1990 · 1 edition
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Who published the first edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
The first edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams was published in London by Pan in 1979.
How many editions of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy are there?
We track 1 edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Did The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy win any awards?
Yes: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy won the NPR Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books, according to Wikidata.
Has The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy been adapted?
Yes, including The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (comic), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (film, 2005), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (game, 1984), according to Wikidata.
What should I read after The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
In order, it is followed by The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, according to Wikidata.
Where these facts come from
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel), Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- Wikidata Query Service, publication data for batch items, Wikidata (query.wikidata.org)
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