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Let's see if I can sum this up in one sentence: Arthur Dent has a bulldozer arrive in his yard which is part of a move to destroy the earth and---boom!---the planet is destroyed, but somehow he, along with his extraterrestrial friend Ford Prefect, is saved and escapes via hitchhiking on an alien ship, and he learns, while traveling using the Infinite Improbability Drive, the meaning of the universe.
Delightful.
A few quotes:
“You know," said Arthur, "it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a V ...more
Delightful.
A few quotes:
“You know," said Arthur, "it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a V ...more
From BBC Radio 4 Extra:
Arthur Dent is trying to stop his house being demolished to make way for a by-pass. But his friend, Ford Prefect (who hails not from Guildford, but somewhere near Betelgeuse), is more concerned about the imminent destruction of the Earth. Ford is a writer for the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, "the most successful book ever to have come out of the great publishing corporations of Ursa Minor" and he may just know how to avoid being evaporated by the Vogons...
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Arthur Dent is trying to stop his house being demolished to make way for a by-pass. But his friend, Ford Prefect (who hails not from Guildford, but somewhere near Betelgeuse), is more concerned about the imminent destruction of the Earth. Ford is a writer for the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, "the most successful book ever to have come out of the great publishing corporations of Ursa Minor" and he may just know how to avoid being evaporated by the Vogons...
The global m ...more
Having read very little science fiction and not being taken with what I had read, I was pleasantly surprised that I enjoyed The Hitchhiker’s Guide... I listened to the audio book while driving and enjoyed it, but felt like I probably missed some of the satire and social commentary that I would have picked up reading it.
Not as amazing as I thought it would be based on my friend's descriptions, but still pretty great. I love the style of the book because of its unique perspective and because of the funny and random interjections.
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Funny in a Monty Python kind of way. I listened to it on audio at 1.75x speed and it was just right for carrying off the humor of this book.
Dec 15, 2020
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