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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Douglas Adams

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ISBN13: 9780345391803
ISBN10: 0345391802
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Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last fifteen years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor.

Together this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker's Guide ("A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have") and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox — the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian, Zaphod's girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan), whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin, a paranoid, brilliant, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years.

Where are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? Why do we spend so much time between wearing digital watches? For all the answers stick your thumb to the stars. And don't forget to bring a towel!

Review:

"Irresistable!" The Boston Globe

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"A whimsical odyssey...Characters frolic through the galaxy with infectious joy." Publishers Weekly

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"The feckless protagonist, Arthur Dent, is reminiscent of Vonnegut heroes, and his travels afford a wild satire of present institutions." Washington Post

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"Very simply, the book is one of the funniest SF spoofs ever written, with hyperbolic ideas folding in on themselves." Chicago Tribune

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"As parody, it's marvelous: It contains just about every science fiction cliche you can think of. As humor, it's, well, hysterical." School Library Journal

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"Adams is one of those rare treasures: an author who, one senses, has as much fun writing as one has reading." The Arizona Daily Star

Synopsis:

Just before the Earth is demolished, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect.
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About the Author

Douglas Adams created all the various and contradictory manifestations of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: radio, novels, TV computer game, stage adaptation, comic book, bath towel and major movie. He lectured and broadcast around the world and was a patron of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund and Save the Rhino International. He was born in Cambridge and lived with his wife and daughter in Santa Barbara, California, where he died suddenly on 11 May 2001.
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amwager, April 5, 2008 (view all comments by amwager)
This is the greatest book ever!!! Its only fault is that its over before you know it. Read this book, and when you're done, read it again!
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780345391803
Author:
Adams, Douglas
Publisher:
Ballantine Books
Location:
New York
Subject:
General
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Humorous Stories
Subject:
Humorous
Subject:
Science Fiction - General
Subject:
Science fiction
Subject:
Fantasy - General
Subject:
Science Fiction - Series
Subject:
Science Fiction - Adventure
Subject:
Prefect, Ford (Fictitious character)
Subject:
Dent, Arthur (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Subject:
Prefect, Ford
Subject:
Dent, Arthur
Publication Date:
September 1995
Binding:
Mass Market Paperbound
Language:
English
Pages:
224
Dimensions:
6.97x4.22x.61 in. .25 lbs.
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