The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Difference between revisions

==Spelling==

The different versions of the series spell the title differently−thus ''Hitch-Hiker's Guide'', ''Hitch Hiker's Guide'' and ''Hitchhiker's Guide'' are used in different editions (UK or US), formats ([[Sound recording and reproduction|audio]] or [[printing|print]]) and compilations of the book, with some omitting the apostrophe. Some editions used different spellings on the [[Bookbinding|spine]] and [[title page]]. The [[h2g2]]'s ''English Usage in Approved Entries'' claims that ''Hitchhiker's Guide'' is the spelling Adams preferred.<ref name="h2g2_page">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/SubEditors-Style#back3 Style page at h2g2], with their own justification for using ''Hitchhiker's Guide''.</ref> At least two reference works make note of the inconsistency in the titles. Both, however, repeat the statement that Adams decided in 2000 that "everyone should spell it the same way [one word, no [[hyphen]]] from then on."<ref name="2005_simpson">{{cite book | last=Simpson | first=M. J. | title=The Pocket Essential Hitchhiker's Guide | edition=Second | publisher=Pocket Essentials | year=2005 | isbn=978-1-904048-46-6}}</ref><ref name="2003_adams">{{cite book | author-link = Douglas Adams | last=Adams | first=Douglas | editor= Geoffrey Perkins | others=Additional Material by M. J. Simpson | title=The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Original Radio Scripts | edition=25th Anniversary | publisher=Pan Books | year=2003 | isbn=978-0-330-41957-4| title-link=The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Original Radio Scripts }}</ref>

 

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