Making of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, often abbreviated "HHGTTG", was written by Douglas Adams for BBC Radio 4. Adams claimed that the title came from a 1971 incident while he was hitchhiking around Europe as a young man with a copy of the Hitch-hiker's Guide to Europe book, and while lying drunk in a field in Innsbruck with a copy of the book and looking up at the stars, thought it would be a good idea for someone to write a hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy as well.