{"title":"Douglas Adams","description":"Douglas Adams was born in 1952 and created all the various and contradictory manifestations of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio, novels, TV, computer games, stage adaptations, comic book, and bath towel. He was born in Cambridge and lived with his wife and daughter in Islington, London, before moving to Santa Barbara, California, where he died suddenly in 2001.","products":[{"product_id":"so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish-paperback","title":"So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow celebrating the 42nd anniversary of \u003ci\u003eThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, \u003c\/i\u003e soon to be a Hulu original series \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A madcap adventure . . . 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But since it's light-years away from Earth, on a star surrounded by souvenir booths, finding out what it is will mean hitching a ride to the far reaches of space aboard a UFO with a giant robot. But what else is new?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101520531679,"sku":"9780345391834","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/enFWK29KSWRCV2dyNWdvSHk4YXJPdz09.webp?v=1781071647"},{"product_id":"mostly-harmless-paperback","title":"Mostly Harmless - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow celebrating the 42nd anniversary of \u003ci\u003eThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, \u003c\/i\u003e soon to be a Hulu original series \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Hitchhiker fans rejoice  . . .  Here's] more of the same zany nonsensical mayhem.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's easy to get disheartened when your planet has been blown up and the woman you love has vanished due to a misunderstanding about space\/time. However, instead of being disheartened, Arthur Dent makes the terrible mistake of starting to enjoy life a bit--and immediately all hell breaks loose. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHell takes a number of forms: there's the standard Ford Prefect version, in the shape of an all-new edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and a totally unexpected manifestation in the form of a teenage girl who startles Arthur Dent by being his daughter when he didn't even know he had one. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCan Arthur save the Earth from total multidimensional obliteration? Can he save the Guide from a hostile alien takeover? Can he save his daughter, Random, from herself? Of course not. He never works out exactly what is going on. Will you? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Douglas Adams is a terrific satirist. . . . He is anything but harmless.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDouglas Adams is back with the amazing, logic-defying, but-why-stop-now fifth novel in the Hitchhiker Trilogy. Here is the epic story of Random, who sets out on a transgalactic quest to find the planet of her ancestors. Line drawings. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"From the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's easy to get disheartened when your planet has been blown up, the woman you love has vanished in a misunderstanding about space\/time, the spaceship you are on crashes on a remote and Bob-fearing planet, and all you have to fall back on is a few simple sandwich-making skills. However, instead of being disheartened, Arthur Dent makes the terrible mistake of starting to enjoy life a bit and, immediately, all hell breaks loose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHell takes a number of forms: there is the usual Ford Prefect form of hell, fresh hell in the form of an all-new version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and a totally unexpected hell in the form of a teenage girl who startles Arthur Dent by being his daughter when he didn't even know he had one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan Arthur save the Earth from total multidimensional obliteration? Can he save the Guide from a hostile alien takeover? Can he save his daughter, Random, from herself?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf course not. He never works out what is going on, exactly. 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Arthur Dent, mild-mannered, out-to-lunch earth-ling, is plucked from his planet by his friend Ford Prefect just seconds before it was demolished to make way for a hyper-space bypass. Ford, posing as an out-of-work actor, is a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. 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