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Facts about The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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Marvin the Paranoid Android, a chronically depressed robot in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, became one of the most beloved characters in the series.
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Five books make up The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, which Adams himself called a trilogy in five parts.
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Arthur Dent, the bewildered human protagonist of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, escapes Earth moments before it is demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass.
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Douglas Adams famously described 42 as the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
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Originally a BBC Radio 4 comedy broadcast in 1978, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was later adapted into a bestselling novel series by Douglas Adams.