The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy / Douglas Adams.
Overview: How shall we begin? This is the story of a book called The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy-not an Earth book, never published on Earth and, until the terrible catastrophe occurred, never seen or even heard of by any Earthman. Nevertheless, a wholly remarkable book. -Or- This is the story of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a number-one best seller in England, a weekly radio series with millions of fanatic listeners, and soon to be a television spectacle on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. -or- This is the story of Arthur Dent, who, seconds before Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, is plucked off the planet by his friend, Ford Prefect, who has been posing as an out-of-work actor for the last fifteen years but is really a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Together they begin a journey through the galaxy aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, with the words don't panic written on the front. ("A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have."). In their travels they meet: Zaphod Beeblebrox-the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch President of the Galaxy; Trillian-Zaphod's girl friend, formerly Tricia McMillan, whom Arthur once tried to pick up at a cocktail party; Marvin-a paranoid android, a brilliant but chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig-former graduate student obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years. To find the answers to these burning questions: Why are we born? Why do we die? And why do we spend so much time in between wearing digital watches? read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. But remember -- don't panic, and don't forget to bring a towel. The story of a British earthling plucked from his planet, and his subsequent adventures elsewhere in the universe.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781400052929
- ISBN: 1400052920
- ISBN: 0517542099
- ISBN: 9780517542095
- ISBN: 9780345391803
- Physical Description: 215 pages ; 20 cm.
- Edition: 25th anniversary facsimile edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Harmony Books, member of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., [1979].
- Copyright: ©1979
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- "Originally published in Great Britain by Pan Books, London, in 1979."--Title page verso.
- Target Audience Note:
- 930L Lexile
- Study Program Information Note:
- Accelerated Reader AR UG 6.6 8 7109.
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Available copies
- 22 of 30 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 0 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library. (Show)
Holds
- 0 current holds with 30 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Main Library | FIC ADA HH1 (Text) | 30229101038809 | Adult Fiction Paperback | Checked out | 08/11/2026 |
| Albemarle Main Library | FIC Adams (Text) | 31010000574568 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Bunn Branch | F/Adams (Text) | 72350000072414 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Canton Library | F Adams (Text) | 33115007712544 | Adult Fiction | In transit | - |
| Clemmons Branch | FIC Adams, Douglas (Text) | 0112514007981 | Adult Fiction | In transit | - |
| Cleveland County Main Library | F ADAMS (Text) | 22281500148609 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cleveland County Main Library | GREEN (Text) | 22281500336508 | Adult Fiction Paperback | Available | - |
| Fairview Library | F ADA (Text) | 0020509988562 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 07/21/2026 |
| Franklinton Branch | F/Adams (Text) | 72350000089230 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Goldsboro Library | YA ADA (Text) | 900000000595828 | Young Adult Fiction | Checked out | 08/22/2026 |
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