Spelling of Hitchhiker's Guide
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Disclaimer on spelling: Unfortunately, the different editions of the Hitchhiker's Guide spell it differently -- thus "Hitch-Hiker's Guide", "Hitch Hiker's Guide" and "Hitchhiker's Guide" are used in different editions (US or UK), versions (audio or text) and compilations of the book. Some editions even used different spellings on the spine and title page. For the sake of coherence, this article spells it Hitchhiker's Guide, which is reportedly the way author Adams himself preferred it [1]. Other reference works also make note of the inconsistency in the titles, but both repeat the statement that Douglas Adams decided, as of 2000, that "everyone should spell it the same way [one word, no hyphen] from then on." [2] [3]
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