The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is an electronic book from the film of the same name. It is considered to be one of the best encyclopedias in the galaxy. The book also doubles as the narrator for the series and is voiced by Stephen Fry.
The object was created by Douglas Adams.
Book description[]
“[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is] a wholly remarkable book. In fact, it was probably the most remarkable book ever to come out of the great publishing corporations of Ursa Minor... it is also a highly successful one—more popular than the Celestial Home Care Omnibus, better selling than Fifty-three More Things to Do in Zero Gravity and more controversial than Oolon Coluphid's trilogy of philosophical blockbusters, Where God Went Wrong, Some More of God's Greatest Mistakes, and Who is this God Person, Anyway?... [it] has already supplanted the great Encyclopedia Galactica as the standard repository of all knowledge and wisdom... in two important respects. First, it is slightly cheaper, and second, it has the words "Don't Panic" inscribed in large, friendly letters on its cover.”
―The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
Trivia[]
Prior to Stephen Fry being cast, Oliver Postgate was considered.
The Guide was previously voiced by David Jones in the 1981 BBC television series.
Arthur Dent • Zaphod Beeblebrox • Ford Prefect • Trillian • Marvin the Paranoid Android • Slartibartfast • Questular Rontok • Humma Kavula • Jeltz • Deep Thought • Lunkwill and Fook • The Book
Objects
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy • The Heart of Gold • Babel Fish • Point of View Gun
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy on Wikipedia
