The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Other by Douglas Adams

Released 1990

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CD 1
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Prologue: “Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun.”
3:01
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Prologue (continued): “In many of the more relaxed civilizations on the Outer Eastern Rim of the Galaxy, …” / Chapter 1: “The house stood on a slight rise just on the edge of the village.”
3:05
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Chapter 1 (continued): “The word bulldozer wandered through his mind…”
2:52
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Chapter 1 (continued): “Arthur lay in the mud and squelched at him.”
2:58
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Chapter 1 (continued): “A cloud passed overhead.”
2:59
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Chapter 1 (continued): “He struck most of the friends he had made on Earth as an eccentric, …”
3:01
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Chapter 1 (continued): “A shadow moved across him again.”
3:06
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Chapter 1 (continued): “Ford stared at Arthur, …”
2:55
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Chapter 1 (continued): “‘You want me,’ said Mr Prosser, spelling out this new thought to himself, ‘to come and lie there …’”
2:59
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Chapter 2: “Here’s what the Encyclopedia Galactica has to say about alcohol.”
3:02
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Chapter 2 (continued): “Ford looked back at him, genuinely surprised.”
2:47
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Chapter 3: “On this particular Thursday, …”
3:06
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Chapter 3 (continued): “… you can sleep under it beneath the stars…”
2:59
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Chapter 3 (continued): “Suddenly Ford’s spell was broken.”
3:04
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Chapter 3 (continued): “‘Will that help?’ asked the barman.”
2:59
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Chapter 3 (continued): “Only one man stood and watched the sky, …”
2:48
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Chapter 3 (continued): “‘As you will no doubt be aware, …’”
2:36
CD 2
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Chapter 4: “Far away on the opposite spiral arm of the Galaxy, …”
2:58
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Chapter 4 (continued): “All his heirs are now long dead, …”
3:02
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Chapter 4 (continued): “On top of the cliffs stood a reception committee.”
3:07
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Chapter 4 (continued): “A twenty-foot-high transparent globe floated next to his boat, …”
2:51
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Chapter 4 (continued): “Not that anyone there had ever heard of an Arab of course.”
3:05
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Chapter 5: “Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz was not a pleasant sight, …”
2:57
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Chapter 5 (continued): “Somewhere in a small dark cabin …”
3:00
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Chapter 5 (continued): “Arthur Dent moved, and groaned again, muttering incoherently.”
2:50
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Chapter 5 (continued): “‘Excuse me?’ said Arthur.”
3:06
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Chapter 5 (continued): “‘What is it?’ asked Arthur.”
2:59
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Chapter 5 (continued): “‘Er, what is …’, ‘A Teaser? …’”
2:58
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Chapter 5 (continued): “He was experiencing the aural equivalent of looking at a picture of two black silhouetted faces…” / Chapter 6: “Howl howl gargle howl…”
3:01
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Chapter 6 (continued): “It feeds on brainwave energy…”
2:56
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Chapter 6 (continued): “…the supermarket was gone, everything in it was gone.”
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Chapter 6 (continued): “Outside the door were the sounds of marching feet.” / Chapter 7: “Vogon poetry is of course the third worst in the Universe.”
3:09
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Chapter 7 (continued): “‘… thy micturations are to me | As plurdled gabbleblotchits on a lurgid bee.’”
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Chapter 7 (continued): “(he was reaching a triumphant crescendo …)”
3:05
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Chapter 7 (continued): “He spluttered and gurgled as the Vogon tightened his grip.”
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Chapter 7 (continued): “‘Try and understand his problem,’ insisted Ford.”
3:01
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Chapter 7 (continued): “If he said anything further after that it was lost.”
3:06
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Chapter 8: “The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is a wholly remarkable book.”
3:16
CD 3
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Chapter 9: “A computer chatted to itself in alarm, …”
3:02
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Chapter 9 (continued): “Arthur and Ford opened their eyes and looked about in considerable surprise.”
2:46
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Chapter 9 (continued): “A million-gallon vat of custard upended itself over them without warning.”
3:21
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Chapter 10: “The Infinite Improbability Drive is a wonderful new method of crossing vast interstellar distances…” / Chapter 11: “The Improbability-proof control cabin of the Heart of Gold looked like a perfectly conventional spaceship except…”
2:46
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Chapter 11 (continued): “The cabin was mostly white, oblong, and about the size of a smallish restaurant.”
3:26
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Chapter 11 (continued): “‘Whilst we were in Improbability Drive.’”
2:33
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Chapter 11 (continued): “‘Life,’ said Marvin, ‘don’t talk to me about life.’”
3:00
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Chapter 11 (continued): “The voice was low and hopeless and accompanied by a slight clanking sound.”
2:57
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Chapter 11 (continued): “Something extraordinary happened to Ford’s face.” / Chapter 12: “A loud clatter of gunk music flooded through the Heart of Gold cabin…”
3:08
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Chapter 12 (continued): “Zaphod glared at her again, then laughed.”
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Chapter 12 (continued): “‘Yeah yeah,’ said Zaphod. ‘Look, I think I’ll just use a piece of paper.’”
2:41
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Chapter 13: “Marvin trudged on down the corridor, still moaning.”
3:14
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Chapter 13 (continued): “Ford carried on. ‘And Arthur,’ he said, ‘this is my semi-cousin Zaphod Beeb …’”
3:09
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Chapter 13 (continued): “‘Zaphod?’ exclaimed Ford.” / Chapter 14: “The Heart of Gold fled on silently through the night of space, …”
2:56
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Chapter 14 (continued): “Ford couldn’t sleep.”
2:57
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Chapter 14 (continued): “‘What’s so great about being stuck in a dust cloud?’ said Ford.” / Chapter 15: “(Excerpt from The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, … Entry: Magrathea)”
3:03
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Chapter 15 (continued): “But so successful was this venture…” / Chapter 16: “Arthur awoke to the sound of argument…”
3:04
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Chapter 16 (continued): “The moment carried itself.”
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Chapter 16 (continued): “A moment of doubt came to Ford…”
2:25
CD 4
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Chapter 17: “After a fairly shaky start to the day, Arthur’s mind was beginning to reassemble itself…”
2:56
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Chapter 17 (continued): “‘They want to get rid of us,’ said Trillian nervously.”
3:02
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Chapter 17 (continued): “‘As a matter of interest,’ said Trillian, ‘what are we going to do?’”
3:11
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Chapter 17 (continued): “‘Impact minus twenty seconds, guys …’ said the computer.”
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Chapter 18: “And the next thing that happened after that was that the Heart of Gold continued on its way…”
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Chapter 18 (continued): “This is a complete record of its thoughts…” / Chapter 19: “‘Are we taking this robot with us?’ said Ford, …”
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Chapter 19 (continued): “Trillian burst in through the door from her cabin.”
3:08
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Chapter 20: “Five figures wandered slowly over the blighted land.”
2:57
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Chapter 20 (continued): “‘Come,’ said Zaphod and started back down into the crater.”
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Chapter 20 (continued): “Zaphod marched quickly down the passageway, …”
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Chapter 20 (continued): “Zaphod paused for a while.”
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Chapter 21: “On the surface of Magrathea Arthur wandered about moodily.”
3:19
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Chapter 21 (continued): “The robot obediently looked at them, then looked back.” / Chapter 22: “He was standing with his back to Arthur…”
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Chapter 22 (continued): “He seemed to have something on his mind.”
3:17
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Chapter 22 (continued): “Arthur, a regular Guardian reader, was deeply shocked at this.”
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Chapter 22 (continued): “‘My name?’ said the old man…” / Chapter 23: “It is an important and popular fact that things are not always what they seem.” / Chapter 24: “Silently the aircar coasted through the cold darkness, …”
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Chapter 24 (continued): “The sense of motion was so soft and slight…”
3:09
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Chapter 24 (continued): “It wasn’t infinity in fact.”
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Chapter 24 (continued): “At the moment however a flash of light arced through the structure…”
4:54
CD 5
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Chapter 25: “There are of course many problems connected with life, …”
2:51
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Chapter 25 (continued): “Lunkwill and Fook glanced at each other in surprise.”
2:59
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Chapter 25 (continued): “‘and yet in my teeming circuitry I can navigate the infinite delta streams of future probability …’”
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Chapter 25 (continued): “Scarcely pausing for breath, Vroomfondel shouted, ‘We don’t demand solid facts! …’”
2:41
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Chapter 25 (continued): “‘Seven and a half million years …!’ they cried in chorus.” / Chapter 26: “‘Yes, very salutary,’ said Arthur, …” / Chapter 27: “Slartibartfast’s study was a total mess, …”
3:21
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Chapter 27 (continued): “The instant he took hold of them a bird flew straight through him.”
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Chapter 27 (continued): “No one in the room remarked on his peculiar arrival, …”
2:49
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Chapter 27 (continued): “Both of the men had been trained for this moment, …” / Chapter 28: “It was a long time before anyone spoke.”
3:23
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Chapter 28 (continued): “‘Look, alright, alright,’ said Loonquawl, …”
2:37
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Chapter 29: “‘Zaphod! Wake up!’”
3:08
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Chapter 29 (continued): “In the sky a huge sign appeared, …”
2:55
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Chapter 29 (continued): “The scene around them was currently plunged into gloom.” / Chapter 30: “‘So there you have it,’ said Slartibartfast, …”
3:26
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Chapter 30 (continued): “‘You know,’ said Arthur thoughtfully, ‘all this explains a lot of things… ’”
2:59
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Chapter 31: “It is of course well known that careless talk costs lives, …”
2:24
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Chapter 31 (continued): “A short aircar trip brought Arthur and the old Magrathean to a doorway.”
3:08
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Chapter 31 (continued): “‘Well perhaps you can take a quick skiing holiday …’”
3:12
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Chapter 31 (continued): “‘Well, I mean, yes idealism, yes the dignity of pure research, yes the pursuit of truth in all its forms, but there comes a point …’”
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Chapter 31 (continued): “Trillian grabbed him desperately by the arm…” / Chapter 32: “‘Emergency! Emergency!’ blared the klaxons”
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Chapter 32 (continued): “As the others started after him he was brought up short…”
3:02
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Chapter 32 (continued): “The fusillade continued for several seconds…” / Chapter 33: “But the end never came, …”
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Chapter 33 (continued): “For a moment, nothing happened.” / Chapter 34: “The aircar rocketed them at speeds in excess of R17…”
3:24
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Chapter 34 (continued): “The aircar flung itself through the air at R17 and above…”
2:41
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Chapter 34 (continued): “‘That ship hated me,’ he said dejectedly, …” / Chapter 35: “That night, as the Heart of Gold was busy putting a few light years between itself and the Horsehead Nebula, …”
2:47