Questions tagged [the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy]
Questions related to any of the novels in the series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. The five parts are The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979), The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1980), Life, the Universe and Everything (1982), So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (1984) and Mostly Harmless (1992). Use this tag with the [douglas-adams] tag.
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Why did Douglas Adams call Paul Neil Milne Johnstone the worst poet?
Douglas Adams evidently named Paul Neil Milne Johnstone the worst poet in the universe in the original Hitchiker's Guide radio broadcast. Why him? Evidently they went to school together, but I still ...
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Why is The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy referred to as H2G2?
I've often heard The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy referred to as H2G2 but never really understood why. I wondered whether anyone actually knew or whether it was just adopted unquestioningly.
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