The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, 25th Anniversary Edition
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| Douglas Adams: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
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| Author | Douglas Adams | | Made | Harmony | | Date | 2004-08-03 | | Media | Hardcover | | Catalog | Book | | Sales Rank | 141374 | | Availability | Usually ships in 24 hours | | List Price | US$13.95 | | Our Price* | US$11.16 |
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Reviews:| Rating 4.5/5 from 183 reviews | | A bit of a letdown. | | Rating: 3/5 2006-06-10 | For some years I kept hearing about how good "Hitchhiker's Guide" the book was, so I was really looking forward to this book. So it sucks to say that I was pretty disappointed once I finished.
Douglas Adams' famous novel starts off as an intriguing, funny and well-written story...only to plateau once you get past its half-way point. Don't get me wrong, it's still mildly interesting. It just felt like all the jokes were rehashed and the attempts at trying to be humorous got in the way of the book's plot.
Overall, the book was getting good until it reaches the midpoint. Hopefully the Hitchhiker sequels in this trilogy are better. | | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | | Rating: 5/5 (1 out of 1 think this is helpful) 2006-04-06 | | In my opinion, this is one of the funniest, intelligent books that has come out in a long time. While there is not much in the way of plot, that is, rising action, climax, and falling action, it is still worth it to buy and read many times over. The characters are memorable, each with their own unique personality and view of the world. My favorite is Marvin, the 'paranoid android.' He is a manic depressive, and has the best insight into everthing. The humor is intelligent, a kind that makes people think about what the joke is, not the kind of crass humor that is so popular today, like Austin Powers or Blue Collar TV stuff. I am currently reading the second book in this series, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, and am enjoying it as well. I give The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy a high recommendation to all. | | Don't Panic | | Rating: 5/5 (1 out of 1 think this is helpful) 2006-03-30 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is the number one best selling book in the galaxy for many reasons. One it is slightly cheaper than others, but most important is that it has the words'Don't Panic' written in bold letters on the cover. The story of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy revolves around this remarkable book. This story strangely begins when the earth is destroyed by a Vogon construction fleet clearing the way for a hyper space express way. The last Earthman, Arthur Dent, is saved by his best friend Ford Prefect, who is actually an alien that comed from a small palnet somewhere in the vecinity of Betelgeuse. They are soon thrown out of an air lack and rescued by the Heart of Gold using the Infinate Improbability Drive. Inside they meet up with Zaphod Beeblebrox, the two headed, three armed president of the galaxy, Trillian, an Earthwoman who Arthur failed to pick up and wnt with Zaphod, and Marvin, a parinoid android. This book tells of there amazing adventures throughought the galaxy. These adventures involve mice, an abandonded planet, a rather suprised sperm whale, and the number 42.
I loved this book for many reasons. One reason is that it is filled with unexpected humor. Another is that it gives a good spin on life. I could always count on this book to cheer me up. Don't just stop with this book there are many others in this series. | | The funniest book ever! | | Rating: 5/5 (2 out of 2 think this is helpful) 2006-01-02 | | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series is my Dad's favorite, so I decided to buy the first one. I took it to camp with me and it was just amazing. I read the whole thing quickly, and I thought it was hilarious! It's the oddest book you will ever read, and one of the best. Afterwards my Dad, pleased with how much I liked the first one, bought me The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, all five books in one. But I still keep my first book and read it over and over and over again, the 25th Anniversary Edition. If you like surprising, funny books, you should read this one! | | Deliciously Entertaining! | | Rating: 4/5 2005-11-25 | | This book is pure fun! It's a great trip. The only problem I had was that at the beginning of the book I kept trying to follow and understand every little detail...which is difficult (if not impossible!). I read the first few pages over and over again trying to figure out what the heck was going on; it was very confusing. For people who are very detail-oriented and get frustrated easily, this is not the book for you. But, if you allow yourself to get lost in Adam's world you will throughly enjoy The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. |
Editorials:Book DescriptionHow shall we begin?
This is the story of a book called The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy—not an Earth book, never published on Earth and, until the terrible catastrophe occurred, never seen or even heard of by any Earthman. Nevertheless, a wholly remarkable book.
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This is the story of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, a number-one best seller in England, a weekly radio series with millions of fanatic listeners, and soon to be a television spectacle on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
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This is the story of Arthur Dent, who, secnds before Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, is plucked off the planet by his friend, Ford Prefect, who has been posing as an out-of-work actor for the last fifteen years but is really a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Together they begin a journey through the galaxy aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, with the words don’t panic written on the front. (“A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have.”)
In their travels they meet:
•Zaphod Beeblebrox—the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch President of the Galaxy
•Trillian—Zaphod’s girl friend, formerly Tricia McMillan, whom Arthur once tried to pick up at a cocktail party
•Marvin—a paranoid android, a brilliant but chronically depressed robot
•Veet Voojagig—former graduate student obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years
To find the answers to these burning questions: Why are we born? Why do we die? And why do we spend so much time in between wearing digital watches? read The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. But remember . . . don’t panic, and don’t forget to bring a towel.
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