The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy : The Original Radio Scripts - Softcover

Adams, Douglas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0330419579 ISBN 13: 9780330419574

Publisher: Pan Books, 2003

Synopsis

March 1978 saw the first ever transmission of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy on BBC Radio 4; the beginning of a cult phenomenon. This 25th Anniversary edition of the scriptbook includes a previously unpublished Hitchhiker script, Sheila's Ear; a new introduction by producer Geoffrey Perkins; and a Who's Who of all those involved in the radio series. As well as all the new material, of course there are the twelve original radio scripts-Hitchhiker as it was written and exactly as it was broadcast for the very first time. They include amendments and additions made during recordings and original notes on the writing and producing of the series by Adams and Perkins. For those who have always loved Adams, as well as for his new generation of fans, these scripts are essential reading-with the previously 'lost' script making this edition a must-have piece of Adams memorabilia. Douglas Adams created all the manifestations of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. He died in May 2001. Geoffrey Perkins produced The Hitchhikers's Guide to the Galaxy on BBC Radio 4.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

, complete, and totally unedited scripts from the now famous BBC "Hitchhiker Radio Show." Join Douglas Adams on an epic adventure in time and space--including some helpful advice on how to see the universe for less than 30 Altairian dollars a day.

About the Author:

Douglas Adams created all the various and contradictory manifestations of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy: radio, novels, TV, computer game, stage adaptations, comic book and bath towel. He lectured and broadcast around the world and was a patron of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund and Save the Rhino International. Douglas Adams was born in Cambridge, UK and lived with his wife and daughter in Islington, London, before moving to Santa Barbara, California, where he died suddenly in 2001. After Douglas died the movie of Hitchhiker moved out of development hell into the clear uplands of production, using much of Douglas' original script and ideas. Douglas shares the writing credit for the movie with Karey Kirkpatrick.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pan Books
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0330419579
• ISBN 13: 9780330419574
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272