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This is a special 'live' adaptation of Douglas Adams' "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" scripts, written and produced by Dirk Maggs, and performed in front of an audience at London's South Bank Centre. The cast inclues Simon Jones as Arthur Dent, Geoffrey McGivern as Ford Prefect, Mark Wing-Davey as Zapgod Beeblebrox, Susan Sheridan as Trillian, and Stephen Moore as Marvi...more

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May 23, 2012 James Parrish rated it 4 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I thought that the book was intriging, hilarious, and sort of in its own way unfortunate. This is the first of the series and i was amazed how Douglas Adams wrote this novel. The word choice in the book was amazing, i would have gone my whole life without knowing what a fjord is if not for the book. The characters is what I really thought about how complex the hyper-intelligent pan-dimensional beings didn't really feel like a complexity that no one could understand. My favorite part of the book...more I thought that the book was intriging, hilarious, and sort of in its own way unfortunate. This is the first of the series and i was amazed how Douglas Adams wrote this novel. The word choice in the book was amazing, i would have gone my whole life without knowing what a fjord is if not for the book. The characters is what I really thought about how complex the hyper-intelligent pan-dimensional beings didn't really feel like a complexity that no one could understand. My favorite part of the book was the fact that the Earth was destroyed to make a highway or hyperspatial express route when the 10 million year program was almost completed. The thing that made me like this book was the irony at constant points of the book, like the first computer coming up with 42 and the Earth being destroyed. The book follows Arthur Dent, an unfortunate Englishmen who visits Magrathea, a collapsed building industry, who then meets Slartibartfast, a planetary coastline designer who was responsible for the fjords(I personally had no idea what a fjord was and thought it was a grammatical error) of Norway and he relates the pan-dimensional beings that built the planet-like computer that is supposed to calculate the answer to life, the universe, and everything. But, instead of giving a very complex and long terms of the answer he answers 42 which took about 7 million years to figure out. So disappointed with the turn out, they ask/tell(I'm not really sure how to word this) another computer to find the question so they could find the hyper-intelligent pan-dimensional beings what to ask the super computer, Earth, which was destroyed by Vogon's to create a hyperspatial express route, with the best timing five minutes before the 10 MILLION YEAR program was done, FIVE MINUTES BEFORE THE 10 MILLION YEAR program was DONE. The two pan-dimensional beings who commissioned the Earth in the first place, disguise themselves as Trillian's mice, and try to dissect Arthur's brain to help reconstruct the question, since he was part of the Earth's matrix moments before it was destroyed(I would hate to have my brain dissected). So he is likely to have part of the question buried in his brain. Trillian is also human but had left Earth six months previously with Zaphod Beeblebrox, President of the Galaxy. And I was curious to how it ends and I read that this set the tone for the The Restaurant at the End of the Universe.(less)

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Apr 24, 2012 Emily Bell rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: science-fiction, fiction, audio-book, movie, series

Mostly boring, barely funny, distractingly chaotic and silly in a way that fails to be endearing or truly purposeful. In creating a universe in which God does not exist and everything that's happening can be undone (or at least turned on its ear) by a shipboard "infinite improbability drive," Adams created a world with no real consequences, no real risk. So what's the point? A world like that is inherently boring. He also failed to create a single character that was truly sympathetic, and I coul...more

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Nov 15, 2010 Daniel O rated it 5 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy:
Thumbs Up and We’re Out of Here

Arthur never wanted to travel through space and time, but that’s how everyone feels. In Douglas Adams’s science fiction comedy, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, you follow the adventures of Arthur Dent, Trillian Astra (previously Tricia McMillen), Ford Prefect, and Zaphod Beeblebrox as they travel through the universe. At first Arthur Dent wakes up one morning to the sound of an engine, only to realize that the world is ab...more The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy:
Thumbs Up and We’re Out of Here

Arthur never wanted to travel through space and time, but that’s how everyone feels. In Douglas Adams’s science fiction comedy, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, you follow the adventures of Arthur Dent, Trillian Astra (previously Tricia McMillen), Ford Prefect, and Zaphod Beeblebrox as they travel through the universe. At first Arthur Dent wakes up one morning to the sound of an engine, only to realize that the world is about to be destroyed by Vogons, a very diplomatic race. After being warned by his friend, Ford, Arthur hitches a ride on a Vogon ship thanks to Ford. They nearly escape the Vogon ship only to be hurdled into the empty void of space, leaving them to hitch another ride on the Heart of Gold, the coveted space ship of Zaphod Beeblebrox, president of the galaxy. Greetings are exchanged on the Heart of Gold, but soon after, they make their way to the planet building planet, Magrathea. Read more to find out what happens. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is an amazing beginning to the series and amazing book (despite the sixth book) because it is hilarious in many ways, unpredictable, and very well written.

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is brilliant in many ways, one of which is the fact that it’s a riot to read. This is evident in the very beginning when Douglas Adams introduces the story/setting when he writes: “Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. Orbiting this at a distance of roughly ninety-eight million miles is an utterly insignificant little blue-green planet whose ape-descended life forms are so amazingly primitive that they still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea” (page 1). That’s just a hilarious way to start a novel, just to look at the Earth as an insignificant little planet with small brains (like it were from an aliens perspective). This also shows when later on towards the middle of the book, Douglas Adams writes about a super computer, Deep Thought, is asked to answer the meaning of life, the universe, and everything. After about seventy-five thousand generations, Deep Thought found the answer to life, the universe, and everything, which apparently is just forty-two (page 179-181). Therefore The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, and Douglas Adams as a writer, are both just hilarious.

In The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy there come times when it can be completely unpredictable. There are many places where this shows, but one of my favorites is in the beginning, when Arthur’s house is going to be torn down through when the earth is going to be destroyed. When the earth gets destroyed, the Vogons tell everyone that it’s being torn down to make a space-highway. Coincidently that’s why Arthur’s house is going to be torn down, to make room for a highway. Later on in the book, unpredictability is evident when everyone is searching for Magrathea. When they get there, Arthur hits the improbability genitor and turns two rockets following them into a houseplant and a whale. That’s one place where one is confused, but just roles with it because of how funny it is. Overall The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is unpredictable, but its unpredictability provides to its amount of hilarity.

Lastly, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is, overall, well written. As previously stated, its both very funny and very unpredictable. That right there is a good combo when writing a book. When a book is too unpredictable, it can be funny because it’s just horribly written, but The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is not at all like that. The unpredictability provides to the funniness especially when it states the two most intelligent species on Earth, dolphins, and mice. Only if a book were written well enough, that could have worked well. Luckily Douglas Adams is a very good author, which shows in every single one of his books.

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is an amazing beginning to the series and amazing book (despite the sixth book) because it is hilarious in many ways, unpredictable, and very well written. As a long time The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy fan, I have incorporated many references to it in my life. Since Deep Thought came up with the answer to life, the universe, and everything to be forty-two, I have mostly devoted that to being the answer to life, the universe, and everything since there is no actual known answer. Also, I find myself referencing other books in the series, like in the fourth book there’s “Sorry for the inconvenience” which comes from my favorite scene in the whole entire series. While rereading The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and writing this I came upon the fact of the references. I also started reminiscing on the past, when I read and finished each book (besides the sixth one). I started to remember my favorite parts and all the good times that came from the series, like Arthur’s girlfriend Fenchurch, and the second edition of “The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy” along with all the crazy stuff that came with it. Overall, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is a great book and if you haven’t read it, I suggest you do. But if you have read it, reread it, it’s a good experience to revisit good books.
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Oct 10, 2010 Bridget M rated it 5 of 5 stars

Douglas Adams
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
New York: Crown Publishers Inc., 1979
215 pp. $15.00
0-517-54209-9

Shocked, confused, and without a towel; cynical Arthur Dent finds himself hitchhiking the universe after an intergalactic construction ship has demolished the earth. Fortunately, he has his alien best friend, Ford Prefect, and a copy The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy to help him in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. With its outrageous and hilarious plot, Adams...more Douglas Adams
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
New York: Crown Publishers Inc., 1979
215 pp. $15.00
0-517-54209-9

Shocked, confused, and without a towel; cynical Arthur Dent finds himself hitchhiking the universe after an intergalactic construction ship has demolished the earth. Fortunately, he has his alien best friend, Ford Prefect, and a copy The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy to help him in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. With its outrageous and hilarious plot, Adams successfully creates a Sci-Fi spoof book that can be enjoyed by all audiences.
The novel is perfect for anyone who enjoys heavy sarcasm and irony. At the beginning of the novel, Arthur is outraged at his local construction workers for attempting to tear down his house to build a bypass without warning, even though the plans had been clearly on display in a dark cellar with no stairs for nine months. It didn’t matter in the end, because a fleet of Vogon construction ships destroyed the earth in order to build an intergalactic freeway in its place (but at least they had their plans up in across the universe for fifty earth years, never mind the fact that Earth didn’t even know of alien life forms). Such ironic parallels are positive contributions to the laugh-out-loud style of the novel.
Even better are the motley crew of characters, such as Ford Prefect: the human-looking author who wound up stuck on Earth for fifteen years, or Slartibartfast: a native of the planet Magrathea who hates his name. However, the icing on the delicious cake that is The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is the amount of outrageous situations the main character finds himself in. From being rescued a second away from death by a ship driven by improbability, or meeting up with mice who paid for the construction of the Earth, every page is sure to make the reader cry with laughter- or at least crack a smile.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is a great Sci-Fi parody. Such a hilarious and ridiculous novel deserves to be read by everyone, not just Sci-Fi geeks. And if you have any questions, the answer is forty-two.

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Mar 22, 2012 Duchess Nicole rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: genre-manly-authors, library, z-audiobooks, z-no-bueno

Geez, this bored me to death. I felt like I was listening to my kids cartoons, or something. I think a lot of it was meant to be funny, but I just flat out didn't get the humor. I take that back, there were a couple of parts that made me giggle. Mostly, I tuned out. Seriously, I listened to this while mowing, and I would get through two chapters and realize that I wasn't listening any more.

While I wasn't all that interested in the movie, it was still much better than the book...and I rarely say...more

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Sep 25, 2012 Brett Santema rated it 5 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is a very random and funny book. It is very fun to read and I give it 5 stars. Beware of spoilers in this review.

This book is very hard to explain, because it is complicated and really doesn't make a lot of sense at times. In the beginning, it starts out with Arthur Dent and Ford Perfect living on Earth. Then, an alien species called the Vogons destroyed the earth, but Arthur and Ford hitch a ride on the Vogon ship. Once the Vogons found out, however, the are...more The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is a very random and funny book. It is very fun to read and I give it 5 stars. Beware of spoilers in this review.

This book is very hard to explain, because it is complicated and really doesn't make a lot of sense at times. In the beginning, it starts out with Arthur Dent and Ford Perfect living on Earth. Then, an alien species called the Vogons destroyed the earth, but Arthur and Ford hitch a ride on the Vogon ship. Once the Vogons found out, however, the are thrown off the Vogon ship into space. The book mentions that the chance of being picked up by another ship in the 30 seconds that you have to hold your breath are 276,709 to 1. "...the chances of getting picked up by another ship within those thirty seconds are two hundred and seventy-six thousand, seven hundred and nine to one against." (Adams 54). Surprisingly, they get picked up by a ship stolen by Zaphod Beeblebrox, who became president of the galaxy so he could steal the ship. What made this ship special is that it has an improbability drive. Because of this, very random things happen. On the ship they meet Zaphod, Trillian, and Marvin the depressed robot. Due to the ships improbability drive, they land on a long lost planet called Magrathea. From there they find out that mice are actually the smartest species, and humans are the third smartest species. To make a long story short, a super-computer was created to calculate the answer to life, the universe and everything. The answer that the computer came up with was 42. The computer mentioned that it was hard to find an answer without a question. Then, an even larger super computer was built to calculate the question to life, the universe and everything. This new super computer was earth, and humans were just like lab-rats. The reason the Vogons destroyed the earth is because they were clearing room for construction.

The author of this book was Douglas Adams. He was born in Cambridge, UK in 1952, and died in 2001. Other books by Douglas Adams include "The Resteraunt at the End of the Universe", "Life, the Universe, and Everything" and many more.

If I were to associate a theme with this book, I would say a good theme would be 'Don't Panic'. This is actually on the cover of the book. This is a good theme to fit in with this book, because there are many times where all the characters almost die. Although, I don't like the idea of associating a theme with this book, because it is written for comedy, and the plot is very random.

Overall, I give this book 5 stars, because it is very funny and enjoyable to read. It has a very unpredictable plot, and you never know whats going to happen next. (less)

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Nov 01, 2012 Kole Soto rated it 5 of 5 stars

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a must-read for anyone. The combined irony, randomness, and sheer improbability makes it a favorite for total nerds everywhere. With a very stunning vocabulary, Douglas Adams has really outdone himself.
Summary: Arthur Dent is an intellectually smart man that is really left clueless and comparatively dumb throughout the book. To give an example of his intelligence, here's a quote that is responding to the third worst type of poetry known. "Actually, I qui...more The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a must-read for anyone. The combined irony, randomness, and sheer improbability makes it a favorite for total nerds everywhere. With a very stunning vocabulary, Douglas Adams has really outdone himself.
Summary: Arthur Dent is an intellectually smart man that is really left clueless and comparatively dumb throughout the book. To give an example of his intelligence, here's a quote that is responding to the third worst type of poetry known. "Actually, I quite liked it... I thought that some of the metaphysical imagery was really particularly effective" (Adams 52). Ford Prefect is an alien from a small planet in Betelgeuse who came upon Earth while writing his book, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. He was stuck on Earth for 15 years, which is longer than he expected. To start the book off, Arthur wakes up and remembers his house is going to be demolished. Thought the plans were hidden and he was unaware of them for awhile. In the mess of all this, Ford gets a signal that Earth is going to be destroyed that day. By the luck of a towel and some vogon-hating Dentrassi, Ford and Arthur are now hitchhikers of Prostenic Vogon Jeltz's ship. Though soon, they're discovered and are forced to listen to Vogon poetry and after that are then kicked off the ship at Barnard's Star, 6 light years away from where Earth once was. With 30 seconds to live, Ford and Arthur just hold their breath, but by an improbable chance, are saved at the last second. To say it was an improbable chance is merely just the truth. The President of the Galaxy, Zaphod Beeblebrox, had stolen the Heart of Gold, the most technological advanced ships that runs on the Improbability Drive. The Improbability Drive was created by a student sweeping up the map one day who got to thinking, " If such a machine is a virtual impossibility, the it must logically be a finite improbability. So all I have to do in order to make one is work out exactly how improbable it is, feed that figure into the finite improbability generator, give it a fresh cup of really hot tea... and turn it on!" (Adams 68). After that, Arthur and Ford are guided back to cabin of the Heart of Gold by Marvin the Paranoid Android, "...oh God, I'm so depressed. Here's another of those self-satisfied doors. Life! Don't talk to me about life" (Adams 76).Arthur is surprised to see Tricia McMillian, now Trillian, in the cabin. He recognizes her from a party. Though Trillian was stolen by Zaphod before Arthur got to talk to her. Following that encounter, the "quins" (like twins, but five of them) continue on to find Magrathea, the legendary planet that was talked about in myths or childhood tales. They go to the Horsehead Nebula because Zaphod suggests Magrathea will be there since the Horsehead Nebula is a giant, dark cloud that nobody has dared to explore. When they arrive close to Magrathea this is what they saw,"More of this planet was unfolding beneath them as the Heart of Gold streaked along it's orbital path. The suns stood high in the black sky, the pyrotechnics of dawn were over and the surface of the planet appeared bleak and forbidding in the common light of day-gray, dusty and only dimly contoured. It looked dead and cold as a crypt" (Adams 96). To their horror, the quins find twin missiles chasing them as they attempt to land on Magrathea. In panic, Arthur turns on the Improbability Drive. One missile turned into a pot of flowers, the other had the fortune as to turn into a Sperm Whale. By improbability, the whale had hit the surface hard enough to crack it and allow Ford, Trillian, and Zaphod to venture under the surface, where the Magratheans really lived. Meanwhile, Marvin and Arthur are left outside on guard duty. Arthur decided to explore a little, and while exploring he met Slartibartfast, who's in a flying car. Slartibartfast explains how the Magratheans were in a bit of depression, so they were all going to hibernate. Slartibartfast turns out to be a "world designer" who specials in making fjords. While in his office, he stumbles upon some mice who wan't to examine his brain, but he is able to escape when a warning call for a ship startles the mice. It turns out the ship was after Zaphod and there are now two cops trying to kill Zaphod. They narrowly escape that when Marvin talks to the cops ship and makes it commit suicide. Quest for discovery is the best theme that fits this book because really, Zaphod is after nothing. He just does whatever. Nobody planned to go to Magrathea, Zaphod just thought it might be there.

Author's Qualifications: Douglas Adams is one of the most intelligent authors I've ever read. His beautiful word choice, half of which I needed to look up in a dictionary, blew my mind. It created for the perfect imagery, detailed, but still allowing your mind to fill in some of the blanks and make it yours. Douglas Adams continued to write 4 more books in the series, but died before he could start the 6th. There are very many positive reviews. For Example,"With the passing of Douglas Adams on Friday 5/11/2001 I picked up this book after quite a number of years and gave it a good ol' read... and you know what... this novel will forever be poignant, witty, and downright entertaining. I laughed all over again. I mean, I really laughed. I'm going to miss Douglas" (J. Surowiecki). Considering Douglas Adams's series was going to be six books long, he was very talented. He is what I call the pioneer of sci-fi humor. He may not have been the first, but he sure was the best.

Conclusion: To review, Earth is blown up, but Arthur is saved by Ford and are both saved by Zaphod in his stolen Heart of Gold. They find Magrathea, but are trapped by two cops, until Martin saves them. Obviously, Adams is a very very talented author. He wrote 5 books in amazing detail. People's reviews had lots of good things to say about Adams's books.
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Oct 18, 2010 Luca Chiaperotti rated it 5 of 5 stars

I just finished the book and i must say i loved it. The first couple pages i just couldn't focus on regardless how much i reread it but when i kept going it started to make a lot of sense this was a really good book for anyone interested in science fiction/fantasy or people who like comedies. I'm looking forward to the rest of the series.

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Dec 18, 2012 Andy rated it 4 of 5 stars

This is one crazy book !
The book starts off with Arthur Dent at his house. Shortly after Arthur notices the quite large amount of bulldozers outside of his house, he is dragged to a nearby bar by his friend Ford. Ford explains how the earth is to be destroyed, and to live through it Arthur must be completely plowed out of his mind.
After being sucked up into a ship, then being shot out of that same one, something unprobable happens.They are saved ! After this and many other improbable things oc...more

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Nov 02, 2010 Katie Wahlquist rated it 4 of 5 stars

So, I've never read this one and thought maybe I would give it a whirl. Guess what? LOVED IT! This book is generally considered science fiction, but I would put it more in the humor category. Genius Lunacy at it's best!

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Jan 11, 2011 Jeremy Osztreicher rated it 4 of 5 stars

There is a reason it is so loved. Great sense of humour, well paced, easy to read and generally a fantastic satire on philosophy and science fiction. Cannot wait to read the rest!

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Dec 04, 2010 Leigh rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Sep 26, 2012 Eliana rated it 3 of 5 stars

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is a science fiction comedy novel, and is the first of what the author called a "trilogy of five". It's about four beings (Arthur Dent, human; Ford Prefect, an alien from somewhere in the vicinity of Betelgeuse; Zaphod Beeblebrox, the president of the galaxy with two heads and three arms, and Trillian, a human) making their way through the galaxy, what they come across, and the odd creatures they encounter. People who want a good laugh and some random, silly h...more

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Apr 26, 2012 Bart Breen rated it 5 of 5 stars

Monty Python Meets Science Fiction

What can you say about an author who wrote a 5 book trilogy? One hilarious read, for one thing. I'd read Adams many years ago and wanted to return to read him again only this time a little more critically to see if the material still worked for me. It did.

Douglas Adams really started something when he wrote this parody of one genre, and in so-doing he started his own genre and others have followed in his footsteps such as Robert Aspirin, Terry Pratchett and even...more

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Nov 01, 2011 Torin rated it 5 of 5 stars

The book, "A hitchhikers guide to the galaxy", by Douglas Adams is a science-fiction novel that succeeds at being one of the best of all time. The book has a very enjoyable sense of humor that always seems to go in unexpected directions. In this book, you(the reader)Follow Arthur Dent on his journey around the universe with his good friend Ford Prefect while they search for the answer to ,"Life, the universe and everything". This book can be confusing at times, but even whilst confused you will...more

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Aug 12, 2012 Yvette Carol rated it 5 of 5 stars

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Even the title of this book is brilliant. I loved the humour, the scope of Adam's imagination. Goes on my list of all time most loved books.

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May 11, 2013 Cheyenne Rose rated it 2 of 5 stars

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This is one of those books I didn't like until the very end. The plot was really engaging but the characters were too flat for me to care. The only really fun part for me was a very end with the plot twist. Naturally I can't talk about. Maybe if you're really into sci-fi you should read this but not otherwise.

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Sep 20, 2011 Jordan Dix added it

Hitchhicker’s Guide to the Galaxy is one of those books that sucks you in and spits you out in the first chapter. The give and take form the book in magnificent and the content is something new to modern books. This book is the essence of what I think sci-fi is, and of course a total geek book. The language and diction is highly acceptable for a young adult age range. This book gives enlightening to me as a writer and how I could construct something so simple as aliens and losing a planet to a p...more

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Nov 22, 2012 Willy rated it 2 of 5 stars

The author wanted to be very funny, but I just couldn't laugh. I think he tried to hard, and what seemed to be a great idea just turned out to be a string of bad nerd jokes.

I have to admit I was able to read the whole book, and I was somewhat entertained, but I was a little disappointed.

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Jul 09, 2012 Adam rated it 5 of 5 stars

One of my joint favourite books of all time the other being Harper Lee's 'To Kill A Mockingbird'. Some great scenes with funny, interesting characters and witty dialogue. Made into an amazing radio adaptation for the BBC and accompanying TV Series and a film in 2005. I highly reccommend it :)

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Dec 17, 2010 Ruthanne rated it 4 of 5 stars

My first mistake was saying to a fellow colleague "I hadn't seen the movie." She directed me to read the book, which I began straightaway. After listening to the first book on audio, which was read by the author, I grabbed the volume edition so I didn't have to worry about waiting for the others on hold. It worked well that the author read the book because only he can convey his characters for a particular moment. I enjoyed this book very much with all its little quirks and am now a believer in...more

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May 13, 2012 Johnrh rated it 5 of 5 stars

I may be the only person in the galaxy that never read this book before, though I've heard of it often. It is a relatively short book. Hitchhiker, similar to Letters From The Earth, presents (in a HIGHLY hilarious vein) the viewpoint that perhaps "MAN" doesn't need to take himself QUITE so seriously. One of my favorite quotes: "Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?" (Chp. 16). It is VERY light reading and very...more

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Dec 20, 2012 Alys rated it 3 of 5 stars

I had no idea that this was part of a series and I read it after seeing the film many times. The book lived up to my expectations but since I am a fan of the movie I struggled a bit with the ending.

Still worth reading.

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Dec 12, 2012 Lori Greenberg rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: couldn-t-finish, audio, science-fiction

I've tried to read this book, I've tried to listen to it, and just cannot get into it. Bored me. On the other hand, my husband, son and step-son loved it.

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Aug 21, 2012 Nicolet Rorije rated it 4 of 5 stars

Het is even inkomen maar na een paar hoofdstukken wordt er steeds meer duidelijk. Gegoochel met woorden en verbanden is erg mooi gedaan.

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Jul 01, 2012 Nancy rated it 1 of 5 stars

Maybe this is a case of reading this about 40 years too late. I struggled to read it, and skipped through several paragraphs.

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Mar 29, 2013 Philip Benge rated it 5 of 5 stars

You don`t have to be a SciFi fan to enjoy this book. It is very funny and I have read and reread it many times over..

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Jan 21, 2013 Naomi Schwendemann rated it 5 of 5 stars

If you haven't read this book yet... you should probably fix that grievous oversight before anyone else finds out.

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Oct 08, 2012 Scatter rated it 2 of 5 stars

A long book with WAY too much boring detail. It has more detail about unnecessary subjects than on the main ideas!

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Douglas Noël Adams was an English author, comic radio dramatist, and musician. He is best known as the author of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. Hitchhiker's began on radio, and developed into a "trilogy" of five books (which sold more than fifteen million copies during his lifetime) as well as a television series, a comic book series, a computer game, and a feature film that was comp...more

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