Spelling of Hitchhiker's Guide

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The different editions of the novel The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy spell the title 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 print) and compilations of the book. Some editions used different spellings on the spine and title page. For the sake of coherence, Wikipedia articles spell it Hitchhiker's Guide, which is reportedly the way author Douglas Adams preferred it.[1] At least two other reference works also make note of the inconsistency in the titles. However, both of these repeat the statement that Adams decided in 2000 that "everyone should spell it the same way [one word, no hyphen] from then on." [2] [3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Style page at h2g2, with their own justification for using Hitchhiker's Guide.
  2. ^ Simpson, M. J. (2005). The Pocket Essential Hitchhiker's Guide, Second Edition, Pocket Essentials. ISBN 1-904048-46-3. 
  3. ^ Adams, Douglas (2003). in Geoffrey Perkins (ed.): The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Original Radio Scripts, Additional Material by M. J. Simpson, 25th Anniversary Edition, Pan Books. ISBN 0-330-41957-9.