Hitchhikers Guide [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910827165803321
• Autore: Simpson Mike
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Oldcastle Books, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (163 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.4372
• Soggetti: Life on other planets -- Drama; Outer space -- Drama; Space colonies -- Drama
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Foreword by Simon Jones; 1. Introduction; 2. The Radio Series; 3. The Stage Productions; 4. The Books; 5. The Recordings; 6. The Television Series; 7. Other Versions of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; 8. Documenting The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; 9. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Overseas; 10. The Film; 11. Dirk Gently; 12. Other Work by Douglas Adams; 13. The Digital Village; 14. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy on the Web; Douglas Adams - A Select Bibliography; Copyright
• Sommario/riassunto: Don't panic! Everything you need to know about cult author Douglas Adams and his most famous creation, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, is in here. From its unlikely start as a BBC radio serial in 1978, Hitchhiker's Guide developed into five bestselling novels, a BAFTA-winning television series, spoken word LPs that made the pop charts, dozens of extraordinary stage productions around the world, a computer game which topped the charts for a whole year - and now a Hollywood feature film. The Pocket Essential Hitchhiker's Guide is the only book in the galaxy to document and explain all