Reddit reviews The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Complete Radio Series

> out of print

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hitchhikers-Guide-Galaxy-Complete-Radio/dp/0563504196/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1449333753&sr=1-1&keywords=hitchhiker%27s+guide+to+the+galaxy

Strongly recommended if you like dry British humour. In fact, I would recommend listening to the original radio series rather than reading the books. The voice acting is excellent and I find that the first revision of the stories is actually the best written, but that may just be bias as that's where I started.

Here's a box set on Amazon of all 5 radio series:-
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Hitchhikers-Guide-To-Galaxy/dp/0563504196/ref=pd_cp_14_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=1E0Z1PTPGEBY0ZSKG1GG

Thing is the first 2 series, the "Primary" and "Secondary Phases" were the original series made by Douglas Adams. The other 3 'Phases' were recorded after his death and after some of the original cast, like Peter Jones & Richard Vernon, had passed away too. So if it's just the original radio series you want you might want to scan ebay etc. for second hand copies of the first 2. They've been released on vinyl and cassette tape (which I have) a number of times. Or you could go the whole hog and buy the box set on CD. It's not cheap but well worth listening to if you're a fan.

Don't read the book. Listen to the original radio series.

Edit: Here you go!

And at the risk of a serious flurry of downvotes, I'll quietly agree with you.

In 2005, I was thrilled when this became available in the US.

Link to Complete Radio Series on Audio CD

It was expensive, and it was a long wait, but before that the only versions available were MP3. The HHGttG was groundbreaking for many reasons, but one was the high quality of the audio, especially the effects. The reviews for the MP3 version often complained about the sound quality. Unfortunately, at least in the US, there just wasn't any simple options for listening to the series as it was originally broadcast until this came out. There was a previously released vinyl recording, but it was out of print and I haven't had a turntable since the '80s.

Here's the box set of the radio plays on Amazon in the US. They're also available individually and via the other methods outlined by u/CaptainJZH
One thing to watch out for if you're browsing around is that there's the Radio series, then an album recording (slightly different) as well as standard audiobooks (not acted, only read aloud)

This is the older one you're thinking of?

https://www.amazon.com/Hitchhikers-Guide-Galaxy-Complete-Radio/dp/0563504196


The older one has five radio series, unconfirmed if it's the remaster of the first two phases and the extended edits of the next three, but I believe it is all that, and bonus disk:

>containing two programs from the BBC Archive: Kaleidoscope from 1980 (going behind the scenes of the second series) and Six Characters in Search of an Answer: Arthur Dent from 2002


Meanwhile the link you posted is explicit about being the remaster and extended edits. It has a bonus material of

>a 55-minute feature programme, Douglas Adams’s Guide tothe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and a fascinating 50-minute interview with Douglas Adams

and

>Douglas Adams’s appearance on BBC Radio 4’s Bookclub, in which he talks to James Naughtie and a group of readers about comedy, sci-fi, the creation of his characters and his influences




disclaimer: I'm only going by what is described on Amazon from those links. I own the older box set as described, but yet to get around to picking up the newer one

If you're in the UK, there's a CD box-set for £40.

If you're in the US, the whole set is nearly $87.

But "season one" (Guide and Restaurant) are on CD for about $20.

The radio plays can be bought from amazon for the full set of the first 5 phases. I would particularly recommend buying the radio series, It really is the coolest thing since cryogenics.
(http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0563504196/ref=asc_df_05635041969506194?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&tag=googlecouk06-21&linkCode=asn&creative=22206&creativeASIN=0563504196)

Eoin Colfer really gets the style and feel of Douglas, If you enjoy Douglas's work you will certainly enjoy "And another thing", my only pet peeve is that I would have much preferred he had continued with the extended ending found in the radio series.

Is the "special edition remaster" the same one as this? https://www.amazon.com/Hitchhikers-Guide-Galaxy-Complete-Radio/dp/0563504196

For me...Marvin will always be Stephen Moore and Ford will always be Geoffrey McGivern, as in the original radio plays (actually, all the radio plays, for that matter).

Back before it was available in the US, I ordered the complete set of all the radio plays from amazon.co.uk. Worth every penny (EDIT: and yes, £0.01 is still called a "penny", at least since they switched to decimal currency).

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hitchhikers-Guide-Galaxy-Complete-Series/dp/0563504196/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1371417389&sr=8-4&keywords=hitchhikers+guide+to+the+galaxy

Try the TV Show (may be a bit dated now) or the best version Radio Series as an alternate