The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Original Radio Scripts contains a new introduction by Geoffrey Perkins, and newly researched material by M. J. Simpson, including a transcript of "The Lost Hitchhiker Sketch." The sketch was an interview with Simon Jones in character as Arthur Dent, conducted by Sheila Steafel on her show "Steafel Plus" in 1982, written entirely by Adams. The sketch can be heard in the "Douglas Adams at the BBC" CD collection. The book now contains transcripts of all Hitchhikers radio sketches, barring a sketch for Marvin that Adams wrote for the BBC Radio 1 show Studio B15 to promote the television version of the serial, which
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1997). Published in 1987, this 624-page leatherbound omnibus edition contains "wrong for good" versions of the four "Hitchhiker" series novels at the time, and also includes one short story: Published in 1997, this 832-page leatherbound final omnibus edition contains five "Hitchhiker" series novels and one short story: Also appearing in "The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide", at the end of Adams's introduction, is a list of instructions on "How to Leave the Planet", providing a humorous explanation of how one might replicate Arthur and Ford's feat at the beginning of "Hitchhiker's". A short story by Adams, "Young Zaphod Plays It Safe", first