A new edition of the original Douglas Adams’s mega-selling cult classic to celebrate 30 years with additional material and a foreword by Russell T. Davies. On 12 October 1979 the most remarkable book ever to come out of the great publishing corporations of Ursa Minor (and Earth) was made available to humanity—The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. It’s an ordinary Thursday lu A new edition of the original Douglas Adams’s mega-selling cult classic to celebrate 30 years with additional material and a foreword by Russell T. Davies. On 12 October 1979 the most remarkable book ever to come out of the great publishing corporations of Ursa Minor (and Earth) was made available to humanity—The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. It’s an ordinary Thursday lunchtime for Arthur Dent until his house gets demolished. The Earth follows shortly afterwards, to make way for a new hypersapce bypass, and his best friend has just announced that he’s an alien. At this moment, they’re hurtling through space with nothing but their towels and an innocuous-looking book inscribed with the big, friendly words: DON’T PANIC. The weekend has only just begun…