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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Illustrated Edition

Ages 9 to 11

Synopsis

‘Sheer delight’ – The Times

This gorgeous 42nd Anniversary gift edition of Douglas Adams's pop-culture classic, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, is stunningly illustrated throughout by the award-winning Chris Riddell.

It's an ordinary Thursday lunchtime for Arthur Dent until his house gets demolished. The Earth follows shortly afterwards to make way for a new hyperspace express route, and his best friend has just announced that he's an alien. At this moment, they're hurtling through space with nothing but their towels and an innocuous-looking book inscribed, in large friendly letters, with the words: DON'T PANIC.

The weekend has only just begun . . .

Douglas Adams's mega-selling pop-culture classic sends logic into orbit, plays havoc with physics and twists time, but most importantly it's very, very funny.

Praise for Douglas Adams:

‘One of the world’s sanest, smartest, kindest, funniest voices’ – Independent on Sunday

‘Magical . . . read this book’ – Sunday Express

‘Weird and wonderful’ – Eoin Colfer, author of the Artemis Fowl series

Praise for Chris Riddell:

‘Gorgeous’ – Daily Mail

‘Each page is designed with retro elegance’ – Sunday Times

‘Marvellously detailed to the eye’ – The Independent

Details

29 April 2021
320 pages
9781529046144
Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books

Reviews

Packed with that unique energy, all barmy and bristling and bold . . . above all, it dares to be silly. Fiercely, beautifully sillyRussell T. Davies, writer and producer of Doctor Who
Really entertaining and funMichael Palin, broadcaster and comedian (Monty Python)
Fizzing with ideas . . . brilliantCharlie Brooker, writer and producer of Black Mirror
Dazzlingly inventiveCaitlin Moran, author of How to Be a Woman