The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Douglas Adams
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Author: Douglas AdamsEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Published: 1995-09-27
ISBN: 0345391802
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Del Rey
Book Reviews of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Book Review: My go-to gift for 12 year old boys
Summary: 5 Stars
Not that this is a kid's book. This book is just so engaging and funny and is just perfect for keeping the cynicism of teenagerdom at bay for a bit, that it's a great gift for a difficult to buy for age.
I've read it so many times, I sometimes forget that parts of it haven't actually happened to me.
My brother and I quote from it liberally; from the whole series, to be fair.
Other reviewers have reviewed the text admirably, so I'll only add that I think this book should be required reading in all middle/junior high schools.
Summary of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Join Douglas Adams's hapless hero Arthur Dent as he travels the galaxy with his intrepid pal Ford Prefect, getting into horrible messes and generally wreaking hilarious havoc. Dent is grabbed from Earth moments before a cosmic construction team obliterates the planet to build a freeway. You'll never read funnier science fiction; Adams is a master of intelligent satire, barbed wit, and comedic dialogue. The Hitchhiker's Guide is rich in comedic detail and thought-provoking situations and stands up to multiple reads. Required reading for science fiction fans, this book (and its follow-ups) is also sure to please fans of Monty Python, Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, and British sitcoms."IRRESISTIBLE!"
--The Boston Globe
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!
"[A] WHIMSICAL ODYSSEY...Characters frolic through the galaxy with infectious joy."
--Publishers Weekly
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