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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Paperback)

by Douglas Adams (Author)
3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Picador; Film Tie-in Ed edition (4 Mar 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0330437992
  • ISBN-13: 978-0330437998
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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Synopsis
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. Losing your planet isn't the end of the world.

About the Author
Douglas Adams created all manifestations of THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY: radio, novels, TV, computer game, stage adaptations, comic book and bath towel. He worked on the movie screenplay before his sudden death in 2001. Robbie Stamp is Executive Producer of THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY MOVIE and was a long-standing friend of Douglas Adams. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Read this book now, 23 Mar 2005
This review is from: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Paperback)
Possibly the funniest book in the history of the Universe. I have read it many times and it still makes me laugh in the same places. Quite exquisite. The fiction is brilliantly interwoven with fact, "proving" that the Earth was populated by a crashlanding of the useless third of the population of the planet Golgafrincham. Which explains a lot!
Timeless, as the forthcoming film will surely prove.
A must read for all people. Beware reading it in public, as you will laugh out loud!
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4.0 out of 5 stars You are about to read a cultural classic, 3 April 2005
By bernie "xyzzy" (Arlington, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Paperback)
How many times have you asked a simple question and go the answer as "42." Yep, you are a victim to this book. Many of the clichés and truisms that rival Shakespeare are creeping into our vocabulary. And attitudes - "It has been on file."
If you are the one person that somehow got through life with out reading this series or at least seeing this on TV, then you are in for a treat. Somehow this story is earmarked as sci-fi and I guess it can be in a sense and it has all the elements necessary; it delivers a powerful message to the local Zoning Board.
I will not go though the story, as that is why you are reading the book. You need to sit down for the next sentence.
This book has changed my life.
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2.0 out of 5 stars sorry to the fans, i didn't like it, 12 Sep 2005
By Luis Nuno Perdigao "luis_perdigao" (Portugal) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Paperback)
Here in Portugal we (thirtysomething people, I mean) didn't get to grow hearing about (or seeing on TV, et coetera) The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
So, because of the movie hype, I bought this book, this tie-in film version of the book.
I must say the book disappointed me and that I really fail to see where it's quality might lie.
There are, yes, some good moments in the book, but they hardly justify the immense following of the book.
I know it's a "science fiction nonsense" type of book and all that.
But I didn't find it entertaining, much less funny or witty.
I disliked the links to the Encyclopaedia Galactica (an Asimov satyrization, of course) for it's lack of originality.
To sum it up, this book has some novelty material and some (scarcely) good material.
Shame that the novelty material isn't good, and that the good ('goodish', I'd say) material isn't novel...
I'd recommend to give it a miss.
Don't Panic, fans.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Gripping read, packed with humour
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" is a confusing, yet gripping book. The author, Douglas Adams, has a very sarcastic and dry sense of humour. Read more
Published on 12 Jun 2006 by Chris Hurford

1.0 out of 5 stars I guess I'm just old fashioned:
But I prefer a good old SF classic based on a beleivable storyline: Like The Triffids or The Trouble with Litchen or The Cephae or even Oryx and Crake. Read more
Published on 29 April 2006 by J. Glazer

4.0 out of 5 stars Really funny
If you like the bizarre humour of the film then i definately recomend this as well. Be warned though it is very different from the film and has some illogical things in it. Read more
Published on 28 Nov 2005 by R. Bagley

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