In one complete volume, here are the five classic novels from Douglas Adams's beloved Hitchhiker series. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Seconds before the Earth is demolished for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is saved by Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised Guide. Together they stick out their thumbs to the stars and begin a wild journey through time and space. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe Facing annihilation at the hands of warmongers is a curious time to crave tea. It could only happen to the cosmically displaced Arthur Dent and his comrades as they hurtle across the galaxy in a desperate search for a place to eat. Life, the Universe and Everything The unhappy inhabitants of planet Krikkit are sick of looking at the night sky- so they plan to destroy it. The universe, that is. Now only five individuals can avert Armageddon: mild-mannered Arthur Dent and his stalwart crew. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish Back on Earth, Arthur Dent is ready to believe that the past eight years were all just a figment of his stressed-out imagination. But a gift-wrapped fishbowl with a cryptic inscription conspires to thrust him back to reality. So to speak. Mostly Harmless Just when Arthur Dent makes the terrible mistake of starting to enjoy life, all hell breaks loose. Can he save the Earth from total obliteration? Can he save the Guide from a hostile alien takeover? Can he save his daughter from herself?

At last in paperback in one complete volume, here are the five classic novels from Douglas Adams's beloved Hitchiker series

A box set of the five books by Douglas Adams: 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy', 'The Restaurant at the End fo the Universe', 'Life, the Universe and everything', 'So long and thanks for all the fish', and 'Mostly harmless'.

Seconds before 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 began a journey through space aided by a galaxyful of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox-the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian (formerly 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; and Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he's 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!

When a passenger check-in desk at Terminal Two, Heathrow Airport, shot up through the roof engulfed in a ball of orange flame, the usual people tried to claim responsibility. First the IRA, then the PLO and the Gas Board. Even British Nuclear Fuels rushed out a statement to the effect that the situation was completely under control, that it was a one in a million chance, that there was hardly any radioactive leakage at all and that the site of the explosion would make a nice location for a day out with the kids and a picnic, before finally having to admit that it wasn't actually anything to do with them at all. No rational cause could be found for the explosion - it was simply designated an act of God. But, thinks Dirk Gently, which God? And why? What God would be hanging around Terminal Two of Heathrow Airport trying to catch the 15:37 to Oslo?

Ta det lugnt!Efter en rad förbluffande katastrofer befinner sig Arthur Dent till sin stora förvåning i en fruktansvärt torftig grotta på Jorden under förhistorisk tid. Och precis som han bestämt sig för att det omöjligt kan bli värre, blir det det!De olyckliga invånarna på planeten Krikkit är nämligen dödströtta på åsynen av natthimlen ovanför deras huvuden – så de tänker helt enkelt förstöra den. Universum, alltså. Mellan dödsrobotarna från Krikkit och total utplåning står bara fem individer …Här avslöjas allt om livets uppkomst men bli inte förvånad om det inte stämmer med det du lärde dig i skolan!

This is introduced by Richard Dawkins and Nick Harkaway. First a legendary radio series, then a sequence of bestselling books, and most recently a blockbuster movie, The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy is one of the greatest fictional enterprises of the twentieth century. Reissued in time for the first novel's thirty-fifth anniversary, this hardback omnibus edition includes all five parts of the trilogy, along with a wealth of extra material prefaced and contextualised by Jem Roberts, the official biographer of Douglas Adams, to complete the canon. This unique hardback edition is indispensable for any would-be galactic traveller, and a must-read for all Douglas Adams fans.

I stort sett menlös, så beskrivs Jorden i det fantastiska uppslagsverket Liftarens Guide till Galaxen.Stackars Arthur Dent som kommer från denna menlösa planet irrar fortfarande runt i ett universum där det närmaste man kan komma en kopp te är "en plastmugg med vätska som var nästan, men inte riktigt, helt och hållet olikt te". På sin resa genom galaxerna lyckas han tappa bort Fenchurch och påbörjar ett enkelt liv som smörgåsmakare på planeten Lamuella. Ford Prefect irriterar sig på det stora förlaget som köpt upp guiden och Trillian, i alla fall en av dem, har helt plöstligt en tonårig dotter.

Following a number of stunning catastrophes, Arthur Dent is surprised to find himself living in a hideously miserable cave on prehistoric Earth. However, just as he thinks that things cannot get possibly worse, they suddenly do. An eddy in the space-time continuum lands him, Ford Prefect, and their flying sofa in the middle of the cricket ground at Lords...

Funnier than Psycho . . . more chilling than Jeeves Takes Charge . . . shorter than War and Peace . . . the second Dirk Gently novel, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul.

'One of the greatest achievements in comedy. A work of staggering genius' - David WalliamsGorgeous 42nd Anniversary gift edition of Douglas Adams's pop-culture classic, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, stunningly illustrated throughout by Costa Award-winner Chris Riddell. It's an ordinary Thursday lunchtime for Arthur Dent until his house gets demolished.

Långt ute på kanten av det aldrig kartlagda bakvattnet till den gudsförgätna änden av västra spiralarmen av vår galax finns en liten gul sol som ingen någonsin tagit notis om.På tre minuter går jorden under och den brittiske undersåten Arthur Dent är den ende överlevande. Tillsammans med utomjordingen Ford Prefect forslas han ut i rymden.

Mot alla odds, i sista sekunden, på den mest osannolika platsen, träffar Arthur Dent äntligen drömflickan.Mötet är kanske inte så perfekt som Arthur drömt om, för efter åtta år och ungefär 100 000 ljusår av intergalaktiskt resande börjar han se lite sliten ut, och hon är något väck på grund av allt lugnande hon fått eftersom hon tror att hon är en igelkott. Men vad gör det...