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Introduction: A Guide To The Guide

           Afteralotofprocrastinationandhidingandinventingexcusesandhavingbaths,Imanagedtogetabouttwo-thirdsofitdone.Atthispointtheysaid,verypleasantlyandpolitely,thatIhadalreadypassedtendeadlines,sowouldIpleasejustfinishthepageIwasonandletthemhavethedamnthing.

           Meanwhile,IwasbusytryingtowriteanotherseriesandwasalsowritingandscripteditingtheTVseries"Dr.Who,"becausewhileitwasallverypleasanttohaveyourownradioseries,especiallyonethatsomebodyhadwrittenintosaytheyhadheard,itdidn’texactlybuyyoulunch.

           SothatwasmoreorlessthesituationwhenthebookTheHitchhiker’sGuidetotheGalaxywaspublishedinEnglandinSeptember1979andappearedontheSundayTimesmassmarketbest-sellerlistatnumberoneandjuststayedthere.Clearly,somebodyhadbeenlistening.

           Thisiswherethingsstartgettingcomplicated,andthisiswhatIwasasked,inwritingthisIntroduction,toexplain.TheGuidehasappearedinsomanyforms—books,radio,atelevisionseries,recordsandsoontobeamajormotionpicture—eachtimewithadifferentstorylinethatevenitsmostacutefollowershavebecomebaffledattimes.

           Herethenisabreakdownofthedifferentversions—notincludingthevariousstageversions,whichhaven’tbeenseenintheStatesandonlycomplicatethematterfurther.

           TheradioseriesbeganinEnglandinMarch1978.Thefirstseriesconsistedofsixprograms,or"fits"astheywerecalled.Fits1thru6.Easy.Laterthatyear,onemoreepisodewasrecordedandbroadcast,commonlyknownastheChristmasepisode.

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