The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a science fiction comedy novel by Douglas Adams. It follows the adventures of Arthur Dent, a hapless Englishman who is saved from the destruction of Earth by his friend Ford Prefect, a
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Douglas Noël Adams was an English author, humourist, and screenwriter. He was the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which originated in 1978 as a BBC radio comedy, before developing into a "trilogy" of five books that sold more than 14 million copies in his lifetime. He also adapted it into a 1981 television series, a 1984 video game and a posthumously-released 2005 feature film.