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Cover of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Hardcover
Pages 199 pages
Published 1979
Audiobook 5h 51m
Languages English, Chinese, Czech +12

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Publisher's Summary

Seconds before Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last fifteen years, has been posing as an out-of-work…

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Weighted Score
4.29 out of 5.0
Bayesian Score Formula
(R × v + C × m) / (v + m)
R (Avg Rating): 4.29 ★
v (Ratings Count): 5,269
C (Catalog Average): 3.89 ★
m (Min Weight Threshold): 50
Calculates a weighted average score to prevent bias towards books with few ratings.
Hardcover Avg: 4.29
True Ratings 5,269
Written Reviews 239
Shelved (Popularity) 9,959
Users Read 7,017
Rating Distribution
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4
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3
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2
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Featured Characters

Ford Prefect
Arthur Dent
Zaphod Beeblebrox
Marvin
Trisha MacMillan
Slartibartfast

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