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Description
After Earth is demolished to make way for a new hyperspatial expressway, Arthur Dent begins to hitch-hike through space.
Local notes
Series: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1
Awards
Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award (Nominee — 2002)
Ditmar Award (Winner — 1980)
NCSLMA Battle of the Books (High School — 2020)
Whitcoulls Top 100 Books (79 — 2010)
The Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read (Science Fiction and Fantasy)
Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection — 1979)
501 Must-Read Books (Emma Beare, 2006) (Science Fiction)
ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults (Humor — 2001)
Waterstones Books of the Century (24 — 1997)
The SF Book Club's "The Most Significant SF & Fantasy Books of the Last 50 Years From 1953-2002" (27)
Hungarian Big Read (78)
The Big Jubilee Read (1979 — 1972-1981)