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''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' is a fictional electronic guide book in the multimedia scifi/comedy series of the same name by Douglas Adams. The ''Guide'' serves as "the standard repository for all knowledge and wisdom" for many members of the series' galaxy-spanning civilization. Entries from the guidebook are used as comic narration to bridge events and provide background information in every version of the story. The guide is published by "Megadodo Publications", a publishing company on Ursa Minor Beta. In the original radio scripts, the ''Guide''s voice was called the "Narrator" and in the 2004–2005 series, "The Voice." For all of the radio series and the 1981 TV series, the role was credited as "The Book", though this was changed to "Narrator/''The Guide''" for the 2005 movie. In the first two phases of the radio series, the LP album adaptations of the first radio series and in the television series, the ''Guide'' was voiced by British actor Peter Jones. During the 2004–2005 radio series, ''The Guide'' was voiced by William Franklyn. In the film version, it was voiced by Stephen Fry. ==Entries== The ''Guides numerous entries are quoted throughout the various incarnations of the ''Hitchhiker's Guide'' series. As well as offering background information, the ''Guide''s entries often employ irony, sarcasm and subtle commentary on the action and on life in general. For instance, the entry on the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation describes their marketing division as "a bunch of mindless jerks who will be the first against the wall when the revolution comes", with a footnote to the effect that the editors would welcome applications from anyone interested in taking over the post of robotics correspondent.〔The original Radio Series Fit the Second〕 The entry on the villainous Vogons begins, "Here's what to do if you want to get a lift from a Vogon: forget it." The entry on "What to do if you find yourself stuck in a crack in the ground underneath a giant boulder you can't move, with no hope of rescue" suggests that first, you "consider how lucky you are that life has been good to you so far. Alternatively, if life hasn't been good to you so far, which given your current circumstances seems more likely, consider how lucky you are that it won't be troubling you much longer." Its advice on drunkenness is simply, "Go to it, and good luck",〔Adams p.358〕 and according to the 2005 film, its entry on love is "Avoid it at all costs". The ''Guide'' tends to focus on certain topics. For instance, if looking for information about sex, the ''Guide'' suggests reading "chapters seven, nine, ten, eleven, fourteen, sixteen, seventeen, nineteen, twenty-one to eighty-four inclusive, and in fact most of the rest of the ''Guide''."〔Adams p. 246〕 On the ''Guides outdated and typo-filled entries (some of which could cause serious injury or death, such as "Ravenous Bugblatter Beasts often make a very good meal for visiting tourists," rather than "Ravenous bugblatter beasts often make a very good meal ''of'' visiting tourists.")〔Adams p. 178〕 Adams wrote, "...though it cannot hope to be useful or informative on all matters, it does make the reassuring claim that where it is inaccurate, it is at least ''definitively'' inaccurate. In cases of major discrepancy it was always reality that's got it wrong." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (fictional)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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