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  <title><![CDATA[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1-4 (Omnibus)]]></title>
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  <default-description>Charting the whole of Arthur Dent's odyssey through space are:
THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY.
One Thursday lunchtime the Earth gets unexpectedly demolished to make way for a new hyperspace bypass. For Arthur Dent, who has only just had his house demolished that morning, this seems already to be more than he can cope with. Sadly, however, the weekend has only just begun, and the Galaxy is a very very very large and startling place.
THE RESTAURANT AT THE END OF THE UNIVERSE.
When all questions of space, time, matter and the nature of being have been resolved, only one question remains: &quot;Where shall we have dinner?&quot; The Restaurant at the End of the Universe provides the ultimate gastronomic experience, and for once there is no morning after to worry about.
LIFE, THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING.
In consequence of a number of stunning catastrophes, Arthur Dent is surprised to find himself living in a hideously miserable cave on prehistoric Earth. However, just as he thinks that things cannot possibly get any worse, they suddenly do. He discovers that the Galaxy is not only mind-boggling big and bewildering but also that most of the things that happen in it are staggeringly unfair.
SO LONG, AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH.
Just as Arthur Dent's sense of reality is in its dickiest state he suddenly finds the girl of his dreams. He finds her in the last place in the Universe in which he would expect to find anything at all, but which 3,976,000 people will find oddly familiar. They go in search of God's Final Message to His Creation &amp;, in a dramatic break with tradition, actually find it.</default-description>
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  <original-publication-year type="integer">1986</original-publication-year>
  <original-title>The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Four Parts</original-title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Douglas Adams]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[H2g2 was one of the formative books of my youth (I say this now, when I'm only 18, but I read it long ago). It was one of the first science fiction novels I read, and definitely my first taste of Douglas Adams and British quirkiness.<br/><br/>The thing you have to get about h2g2 is that it's not e...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23568821">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Jul 21 13:31:01 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Entertainment-1 Stars<br/>Education- 1 Star<br/>Readability- 1 star<br/>Innovation- 0 Stars<br/>Inspiration- 1 Stars<br/><br/><br/>I loved this book. It was pretty easy to read and very funny. Comedy is difficult :)<br/><br/>Marvin the robot captures my view of the world. I know this is mos...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26081289">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="11948968">
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  <read_at>Sun May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I tried to read this after seeing the 2005 movie.  People had always talked about how funny it was, and made references to it, so I figured the time had come to familiarize myself with it.  I have admit, I didn't even actually read half of it, I hated it so much.  <br/><br/>Reading  this book remi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11948968">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="3539419">
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1984</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jul 25 22:04:35 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[the science fiction bible of the 20th Century with the cult following to prove it.<br/><br/>Douglas Adams was a genius who recognized that if you want to tell people the truth you wrap it inside a funny, clever, mind-bending multilayered story that takes place sometime in the future.]]></body>
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    <review id="59321942">
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Jun 15 10:57:32 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[It was incredibly handy to have this particular edition, and thus reading the trilogy (in four parts) in one go. Marvin is by far the most entertaining character in the series, and thus his cameos throughout all four parts were personal favourites. <br/><br/>However, I found the last two parts of ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59321942">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="57630602">
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    <name><![CDATA[Keely]]></name>
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  <date_added>Thu May 28 11:28:17 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu May 28 11:28:17 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[ 	  The universe is a joke, but only some of us are in on it.<br/><br/>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...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57630602">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="59407483">
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  <read_at>Wed Jun 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[great book maybe just not my taste. i had a very hard time getting into it. it was so haphazard i forced myself to finish to see what happened. didn't really help. my favorite chapter was in the second book the restaurant at the end of the universe. I loved when some of the main characters met the m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59407483">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="74918330">
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    <name><![CDATA[Aparna]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Boise, ID]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Mon Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2003</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sun Oct 18 09:42:31 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[My book report .... If u have nothing else to do -- other than reading books that does nothing to add to ur brain value other than useage of brain-cells-- you can read this. The book has been well written, with most part of it being utter-nonsense, but very much enjoyable. You can laugh your guts ou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74918330">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="2026243">
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    <name><![CDATA[Meg]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[Funniest. Sci-fi. Ever.<br/><br/>Everyone should read this.]]></body>
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    <review id="57752078">
    <user id="656926">
    <name><![CDATA[Rosie]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Recently Justin borrowed this omnibus edition of The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy  by Douglas Adams and I thought this would be a good time for me to read it for the first time.  I tried to watch the movie when it came out on DVD, but I got bored and couldn't really get through the whole thing....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57752078">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="28206858">
    <user id="1361821">
    <name><![CDATA[Carl]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's hard to write anything unbiased about this, because it was my first true love (I wasted most of a weeklong boy scout camp devouring a gorgeous leatherbound version.  in my head I sometimes confuse this time with <em>The Neverending Story</em>).  If you like dry British humour you might find this series ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28206858">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="72464284">
    <user id="974210">
    <name><![CDATA[erik]]></name>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Fans of Adams and Monty Python]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 1990</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I found Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to be very funny and I don't usually respond well to humor.  The other exceptions to this genaralization that come to mind are Monty Python and some of the early Firesign Theatre.  Not only is the book good, but the BBC tv version captures it well too--the remake of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72464284">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="51238003">
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[im a little upset that they dont have my cover of the book on here.  it has all 4 novels and a short story about zaphod, but its actually rather pointless....well actually a couple of these parts are a little pointless.  But still, this is an awesome book.  So many strange truths in here, at least, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51238003">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="62443157">
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  <read_at>Sat Jul 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this book. It is hilarious. I thought it was going to be a hard read because of the way it was written. I also thought it was going to be filled with needless information. It was, but that was part of the beauty of it.It is different from the movie and the TV series. But, the author says he ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62443157">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="65176392">
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  <read_at>Fri Jul 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A funny book with lots of great English humor.  The characters are off the wall with interesting personalities.  Even the computers have personalities.  My one complaint about this book is that I found myself wondering where in the &quot;galaxy&quot; this book was going sometimes.  And, as the book ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65176392">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="52269027">
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was fun, irreverent, and had a Brechtian quality to it that I just adored. Every page seemed chock full of antecdotes, and it was a really nice diversion from what I've been reading lately. It's a fast read and really fun - perfect for the end of summer!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Okay, I'm not sure it's really fair for me to tag this book &quot;read&quot;, but I did finish book 1 and half of book 2. It was funny, enjoyable reading. I've decided, however, that I like being joked around at only for manageable 30 to 90 minute segments of time every once in awhile when I've had ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43639273">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Enjoyed the book as much as I enjoyed the original radio show and most recent film (glad to see how much of various parts of the first four stories found a place in the Garth Jennings film).  The weakest link had to have been Life, the Universe and Everything - rather silly that cricket plays that m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6986746">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I still have this on my bookshelf.  And I admit that I took it everywhere with me during my &quot;international traveling&quot; days as a sort of kitchy totem.  But I have to say...the more times I read it, the less funny it gets!  Oh well.  This falls into &quot;cultural differences&quot; territory...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6656416">more...</a>]]></body>
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