HHGG

The Hitchhiker's Guide (to the Galaxy) trilogy, sometimes called HHGG, was written by the late Douglas Adams. It consists of five books.

The first book in the HHGG series was The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and the name of the Gatehopper's Guide to Proelium was an intentional reference/homage to the series. The 'Guide' in the books is an electronic encyclopedia, which has the words DON'T PANIC printed on its cover in large, friendly letters.

The Hitchhiker's Guide books:

• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
• Life, The Universe and Everything
• So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
• Mostly Harmless

All are recommended, though the first three generally seem to be regarded as the best.

HHGG is not the same as [h2g2], an online community and collaborative encyclopedia based on the Hitchhiker's Guide. h2g2 was Douglas Adams's idea.

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I'd prefer it if this page was named "HHGttG", as that's what I've always heard it called, rather than HHGG. (About the same as calling OotP just OP, if you ask me...) --C

I have always seen Hitchhiker's abbreviated as HHGG, never with the little t's in it. --Ree

...and I've never seen it without the little t's. :) --C

How strange. *shrugs* Maybe it's a lingual thing. --Ree

If ever you want to read something funny, read the Guide. If ever you need a book on which to write an ongoing plot summary as you read, for a class, for the love of mashed potatoes, pick ANYTHING ELSE. Somewhere I still have a notebook full of "I think they're just throwing the plot out the window. But there's a sperm whale! Hi, sperm whale!"

The text game is even worse. --Ree