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{{quote|''"Why are people born? Why do they die? And why do they spend much of the intervening time wearing digital watches?"''}} |
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To boil it down to the essentials, Arthur Dent, a fairly normal if feckless Earthling, wakes up one Thursday and, after a series of confusing events, is spirited away from Earth by his friend, Ford Prefect, right before [[Earthshattering Kaboom|the planet is destroyed]]. He then hooks up with Zaphod Beeblebrox, former President of the Galaxy, current fugitive, and all-around cool guy; Marvin the Paranoid Android, a sarcastic and chronically depressed AI; and Tricia McMillian, AKA Trillian, [[The Chick]] and the only other human being left. Zaphod is on a quest to find The Truth, and everyone else gets pulled along for the ride. |
To boil it down to the essentials, Arthur Dent, a fairly normal if feckless Earthling, wakes up one Thursday and, after a series of confusing events, is spirited away from Earth by his friend, Ford Prefect, right before [[Earthshattering Kaboom|the planet is destroyed]]. He then hooks up with Zaphod Beeblebrox, former President of the Galaxy, current fugitive, and all-around cool guy; Marvin the Paranoid Android, a sarcastic and chronically depressed AI; and Tricia McMillian, AKA Trillian, [[The Chick]] and the only other human being left. Zaphod is on a quest to find The Truth, and everyone else gets pulled along for the ride. |
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There have been many adaptations over the years, each one starting from this point and then branching off in a different direction. Adams himself has been part of most of these, and thus, they all have some level of "officialness"; it's less a single "original" with an [[Expanded Universe]], and more a string of multi-media [[Alternate Continuity|Alternate Continuities]]. |
There have been many adaptations over the years, each one starting from this point and then branching off in a different direction. Adams himself has been part of most of these, and thus, they all have some level of "officialness"; it's less a single "original" with an [[Expanded Universe]], and more a string of multi-media [[Alternate Continuity|Alternate Continuities]]. |
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The books, in order, are: |
The books, in order, are: |
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* ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy/The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy|The |
* ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy/The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy|The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy]]'' |
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* ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy/The Restaurant At The End of The Universe|The |
* ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy/The Restaurant At The End of The Universe|The Restaurant At The End of The Universe]]'' |
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* ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy/Life, The Universe And Everything|Life The Universe And Everything]]'' |
* ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy/Life, The Universe And Everything|Life The Universe And Everything]]'' |
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* ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy/So Long And Thanks For All The Fish|So Long And Thanks For All The Fish]]'' |
* ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy/So Long And Thanks For All The Fish|So Long And Thanks For All The Fish]]'' |