The Hitchhiker's Guide - The Original Radio Scripts

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 an 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 accompany reissued eye-catching editions of the five individual Hitchhiker books coming in March 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 .

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Product details

• Authors: Douglas Adams, Adams Douglas
• Assisted by: Geoffre Perkins (Editor), Geoffrey Perkins (Editor)
• Publisher: Pan Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.03.2020
• EAN: 9781529034479
• ISBN: 978-1-5290-3447-9
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 190 mm x 246 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; FICTION / Humorous / General, FICTION / Science Fiction / Humorous, FICTION / Science Fiction / Action & Adventure, FICTION / Science Fiction / Alien Contact, PERFORMING ARTS / Screenplays, Humour, Humorous fiction, Classic science fiction, Science fiction: aliens / UFOs, Science fiction: apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic