The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) in Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge

Feb 25, 2014 Maryam rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: science-fiction, humor, classics, 1001-books

Thanks to foreword by Russel T Davies, when I started to read this book I started it as a young adult who was seeking adventure and fun in a book.

The story is about Arthur Dent who is saved by his friend Ford Prefect (who happens to be an extraterrestrial) in the last minute just before the earth blows up. The two then find themselves traveling the galaxy in search of answers to the universe's biggest questions, meeting strange and funny characters along the way.

This book is so richly packed wit ...more

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Jan 26, 2010 Lydia Presley rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, scifi, 2010

I know, I know.. I should have read this book before then. I have a vague memory of attempting to read it about 10 years ago - but that was when books only interested me if they had a half-dressed hunk on the cover and promised a few hours of romantic dreams.

Clearly, this book didn't do that - so on the shelf it went. Now, in reading through the 1001 books to read I saw the name again and thought, hm.. perhaps I should give it a try. I'm glad I did.

While much of the book feels like it's still o ...more

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Oct 21, 2007 Dina rated it did not like it · review of another edition

This is the worst book I've ever read. I'm assuming I just missed out on the humor of it somehow... ...more

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Jul 22, 2011 Jen Peters rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: sci-fi

After talking to a coworker about 'I Am Number Four', he recommended this series, warning me it was a little out there and he almost walked away from it early on but pushed through and ended up enjoying it. Wow, this is just way out there. 40 pages in I and I am just not sure if I could/should keep going.

Chapter 23 cracks me up!!! Short one page chapter, so worth the read and kinda sums up the strangeness of this book and makes me smile. ...more

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Jun 02, 2013 Genesis Hansen rated it really liked it · review of another edition

It was fun to re-read this book after listening to Dimension of Miracles - it gave me a fresh way to look at a book I've read multiple times. I think Adams was more successful than Sheckley, but that may just be because his sense of humor is closer to my own. ...more

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