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Facts about Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide
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Douglas Adams originally wrote Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as a script for a BBC Radio 4 series, later adapting it into a novel published in 1979.
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A 2005 film adaptation of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy starred Martin Freeman as Arthur Dent and was produced by Touchstone Pictures.
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Five main books make up the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, a number Adams humorously called a trilogy in five parts.
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Adams chose the number 42 as the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything in Hitchhiker's Guide, describing the choice as a completely ordinary number.
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy began as a radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978 before becoming a bestselling novel series.