- Paperback: 976 pages
- Publisher: PAN Macmillan Adult (Sep 4 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0330437569
- ISBN-13: 978-0330437561
- Product Dimensions: 20.2 x 13.4 x 7.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 839 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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#4,555 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2 in Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction > Anthologies
- #10 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Anthologies
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The Hitchhiker’s Trilogy of Five:
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: One Thursday at lunchtime the Earth gets unexpectedly demolished to make way for a new hyperspace bypass. For Arthur Dent, who has only just had his house demolished that morning, this seems already to be more than he can cope with. Sadly, however, the weekend has only just begun, and the galaxy is a very strange and startling place.
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe: When all questions of space, time, matter and the nature of being have been resolved, only one question remains – “Where shall we have dinner?” The Restaurant at the End of the Universe provides the ultimate gastronomic experience, and for once there is no morning after to worry about.
Life, the Universe and Everything: In consequence of a number of stunning catastrophes, Arthur Dent is surprised to find himself living in a hideously miserable cave on prehistoric Earth. However, just as he thinks that things cannot possibly get any worse, they suddenly do. He discovers that the Galaxy is not only mind bogglingly big and bewildering, but also that most of the things that happen in it are staggeringly unfair.
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish: Just as Arthur Dent’s sense of reality is in its dickiest state he suddenly finds the girl of his dreams. He finds her in the last place in which he would expect to find anything, but which 3,976,000,000 people will find oddly familiar. They go in search of God’s Final Message to His Creation and, in a dramatic break with tradition, actually find it.
Mostly Harmless: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy has , in what we laughingly call the past, had a great deal to say on the subject of parallel universes. Very little of this is, however, at all comprehensible to anyone below the level of advanced god and, since it is now well established that all known gods came into existence a good three-millionths of a second after the Universe began rather than, as they usually claimed, the previous week, they already have a great deal of explaining to do as it is, and are therefore not available for comment at this time...
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Just Buy It!,
By "jon_salsberg" (montreal, Quebec Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Douglas Adams Picador Boxset (Paperback)
Okay. A review without a synopsis or, in fact, a review. If you're on this page, if you're reading these words, then you've heard of Hitchhiker's and you want me, as a total stranger, to tell you if it's any good or if you should buy it or not.Just buy it. Don't ask questions. Just buy it. And read it. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in (1) Sci-Fi, (2) Humour, (3) PG Wodehouse. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, with its sequels, stands in a genre of its own. It has been compared to other iconic British comedy such as Monty Python material, or such tongue-in-cheekers as Dr Who. While these share a history with Hitchhiker's and its author, Hitchhiker's has its own unique contribution to make to contemporary entertainment and contemporary literature. No need for a synopsis or a gushing review here. You can Google hundreds (if not thousands) of websites, some fan-driven, some professional, that will tell you all you need to know (and much that you probably wish you could avoid). And you can always see the fair-to-middling 2005 Spyglass Pictures movie for the general plot (with significant studio-pleasing alterations). But nothing can compare to the almost real thing: The Book. Almost real, because the real real thing is the original and unsurpassed BBC radio series (1978-80). You can still buy that one on CD. If you want to experience the majesty of Hitchhiker's in the medium its episodic and staccato plot was originally penned to fit, then get the radio series. Otherwise read the book(s). Why? Because I said so.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hilarious, brilliant--as the other reviewer has said, just buy it!,
By Selena Elizabeth (Parry Sound, ON CANADA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Douglas Adams Picador Boxset (Paperback)
These novels are consistantly hilarious, smart, and thought-provoking. The humour is brilliant--I know that I've laughed the most while reading these books then any other novels. The 2005 film adaptation was lovely, but the books are even more humerous, as well as emotionally moving, towards the end.Some of the things you will encounter in the pages of this science-fiction masterpiece are: depressed psychic elevators, a restaurant located at the exact point in time when the universe ends, an annoyingly cheerful spaceship, and a horribly sad android, and God's last message to creation. Some of the things you will learn? How about how to hunt chesterfield sofas through prehistoric Earth? Why is reincarnation such a drag, and why is cricket a far more sinister game then most Englishmen would be inclined to think? You also learn how to fly (throw yourself at the ground and miss!) Follow Arthur Dent, a normal guy, through his fantastic and hilarious adventures across the galaxy, from having his home demolished to having his home-planet demolished, to becoming the great and much exhalted Sandwich Maker.
5.0 out of 5 stars
How could such a small box house such a great series?!,
By The series is largely about Arthur Dent - an ordinary man whisked off the earth just before it's destroyed to build and Intergalactic Superhighway. He discovers there's more alien species and happenings in the big wide galaxy than he could have ever imagines. The series is about the adventures of him and some aliens he crosses paths with. For the uninitiated, the actual Guide to the Galaxy is a travel book, in the tradition of the Lonely Planet series. On the galactic scale, the earth is rather dull so at one point the entry only states "harmless". The books are very funny and easy to read. Written by a genuine smartass, a kind of blend of Monty Python and Star Trek, if you can characterise it. The box set has all the books in the Trilogy of Five. Therefore, it's good - don't make the mistake of buying just the first book or even the first three as you'll almost certainly want them all. A great read from an amazing Adams.
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