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Introduction: A Guide To The Guide

           Theseepisodesof"TheHitchhiker’sGuidetotheGalaxy,"youwillremember,hadalreadybeenincorporatedinrevisedforminthebookcalledTheRestaurantattheEndoftheUniverse.

           AtthispointIwenttoAmericatowriteafilmscreenplaywhichwascompletelyinconsistentwithmostofwhathasgoneonsofar,andsincethatfilmwasthendelayedinthemaking(arumorcurrentlyhasitthatfilmingwillstartshortlybeforetheLastTrump),Iwroteafourthandlastbookinthetrilogy,SoLong,andThanksforAlltheFish.ThiswaspublishedinBritainandtheUSAinthefallof1984anditeffectivelycontradictedeverythingtodate,uptoandincludingitself.

           AsifthisallwerenotenoughIwroteacomputergameforInfocomcalledTheHitchhiker’sGuidetotheGalaxy,whichboreonlyfleetingresemblancestoanythingthathadpreviouslygoneunderthattitle,andincollaborationwithGeoffreyPerkinsassembledTheHitchhikersGuidetotheGalaxy:TheOriginalRadioScripts(publishedinEnglandandtheUSAin1985).Nowthiswasaninterestingventure.Thebookis,asthetitlesuggests,acollectionofalltheradioscripts,asbroadcast,anditisthereforetheonlyexampleofoneHitchhikerpublicationaccuratelyandconsistentlyreflectinganother.Ifeelalittleuncomfortablewiththis—whichiswhytheintroductiontothatbookwaswrittenafterthefinalanddefinitiveoneyouarenowreadingand,ofcourse,flatlycontradictsit.

           Peopleoftenaskmehowtheycanleavetheplanet,soIhavepreparedsomebriefnotes.

           HowtoLeavethePlanet

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