false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156039840m/13.jpg 13 24 At last in paperback in one complete volume, here are the five classic novels from Douglas Adams' beloved Hitchiker series. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Seconds before the Earth is demolished for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is saved by Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised Guide.Together they stick out their thumbs to the stars and begin a wild journey through time and space.The Restaurant at the End of the Universe Facing annihilation at the hands of warmongers is a curious time to crave tea. It could only happen to the cosmically displaced Arthur Dent and his comrades as they hurtle across the galaxy in a desperate search for a place to eat. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe Facing annihilation at the hands of the warlike Vogons is a curious time to have a craving for tea. It could only happen to the cosmically displaced Arthur Dent and his curious comrades in arms as they hurtle across space powered by pure improbability--and desperately in search of a place to eat. Life, the Universe and Everything The unhappy inhabitants of planet Krikkit are sick of looking at the night sky - so they plan to destroy it. The universe, that is. Now only five individuals can avert Armageddon: mild-mannered Arthur Dent and his stalwart crew. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish Back on Earth, Arthur Dent is ready to believe that the past eight years were all just a figment of his stressed-out imagination. But a gift-wrapped fishbowl with a cryptic inscription conspires to thrust him back to reality. So to speak. Mostly Harmless Just when Arthur Dent makes the terrible mistake of starting to enjoy life, all hell breaks loose. Can he save the Earth from total obliteration? Can he save the Guide from a hostile alien takeover? Can he save his daughter from herself? 135328 book 1983 The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy total:17695|5:9622|4:5286|3:2138|2:474|1:175| 17695 76791 21989 1340 5 10 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Sun Jul 06 21:15:55 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 10 19:12:48 -0700 2008
Let's first of all say that I think this is one of the best uses of the English language. It's right up there with, well, anything else. I mean, just read the sentences. He is a lot like Tolkien, in that he makes the words themselves th...more...]]> 2 6 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 28 19:41:17 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 28 21:22:42 -0800 2007
So the Earth is destroyed. In an indifferent manner, which makes it hi-larious. A bloke is saved and, unmoored in the Universe, is dragged through a series of droll hijinx. One formulaic hijinx af...more...]]> 3 4 false false Thu Nov 27 19:24:50 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 27 19:52:23 -0800 2008
Let's start with the humour. Yes, it's everything that humour should be. For a while, you are oh-so-amused and impressed...but then you weary of being so amused. Akin to be...more...]]> 4 4 false false Mon Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 30 11:11:01 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 20 20:18:53 -0700 2008 Life, the Universe, and Everything, it had stopped being funny and had gotten a little confusing. Adams is excel...more...]]> 2 2 false false Fri Nov 02 19:27:48 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 02 21:42:33 -0700 2007 5 1 false false Sun Aug 31 21:14:38 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 31 21:35:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Sun Aug 24 09:25:34 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 23 14:53:47 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Sun May 13 20:14:28 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 06 23:34:46 -0700 2009
Even before I was shown the meaning of life in a dream at 17, I knew this to be true. And yet, I have always felt a need to search for the truth, that nebulous, ill-treated creature. Adams has always felt, to me, to be a common pa...more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 1995 Fri Apr 13 22:58:34 -0700 2007 Fri Apr 13 23:00:51 -0700 2007
What better introduction do you need ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Aug 05 13:49:52 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 05 13:52:29 -0700 2007 Or maybe it's a little of both.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the books that follow it are all completely insane and impossible to summarize, so I'm not even going to ...more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Sat Mar 21 10:36:07 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 10:37:10 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Oct 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 06:14:39 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 06:25:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 19:45:15 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 19:47:56 -0700 2009 Zac Swartout
Ms. Wheeler
August 31, 2009
Book review
Book Review on The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is a book that takes us all around the universe through the life of two hitchhikers. The Hitchhikers Guide to the G...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Feb 13 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Mon Aug 31 16:24:26 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 16:48:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 13:48:42 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 14:04:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jul 10 07:06:41 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 07:20:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false true Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 15:21:17 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 15:31:10 -0700 2009 Hitchhiker's Guide much in high school, seeing it as a less-funny Discworld. For some reason reading the anthology over the last two summers (well, to be fair, read all but 50 pages in summer 2008 and finished it in May 2009) made me appreciate it much more.

Adams is weird; ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 12:36:06 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 12:50:11 -0700 2009
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It only gets the two stars I've given it bec...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=13