The Original Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Radio Scripts

Resumen del libro

March 1978 saw the first ever transmission of Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy on BBC Radio 4; the beginning of a cult phenomenon. March 2020 marks the 42nd anniversary of that first transmission - 42 being the answer, of course, to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything. To mark the occasion, Pan Macmillan are bringing back into print The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Original Radio Scripts with a brand-new introduction from Simon Jones.

The collection also includes the previously 'lost' Hitchhiker script from the 25th anniversary edition, 'Sheila's Ear' and the original introductions by producer Geoffrey Perkins and Douglas Adams. This collection, which is a faithful reproduction of the text as it was first published in 1985, features all 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 Douglas Adams and Geoffrey Perkins.

For those who have always loved Douglas Adams, as well as for his new generation of fans, these scripts are essential reading and a must-have piece of Adams memorabilia. This special anniversary edition will sit alongside reissued eye-catching editions of the five individual Hitchhiker books coming in May 2020: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Life, the Universe and Everything, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish and Mostly Harmless.

Biografía del autor

Douglas Adams (1952-2001) va escriure inicialment la Guia Galàctica per autoestopistes (The Hitchhikerx{0026} x02019;s Guide to the Galaxy, 1979) com una sèrie radiofònica per a la BBC, i va ser més tard que la va transformar en una novel-la. Lx{0026} x02019;èxit tan radiofònic com literari el va dur a escriure una triologia de cinc parts: The Hitchhikerx{0026} x02019;s Guide to the Galaxy; The Restaurant at the End of the Universe; Life, the Universe and Everything; So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish; Mostly Harmless. Va escriure dues novel-les dx{0026} x02019;èxit com Dirk Gentlyx{0026} x02019;s Holistic Detective Agency i The long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul.