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The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Four Parts (Paperback)

by Douglas Adams (Author)
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  • Paperback: 768 pages
  • Publisher: Picador; New edition edition (8 Mar 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0330492047
  • ISBN-13: 978-0330492041
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 5.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 9,296 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A one-volume edition charting Arthur Dent's odyssey through space, comprising: THE HITCH HIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY: One Thursday lunchtime the Earth gets demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass. For Arthur, who has just had his house demolished, this is too much. Sadly, the weekend's just begun. THE RESTAURANT AT THE END OF THE UNIVERSE: When all issues of space, time, matter and the nature of being are 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. 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. And then, just as he thinks that things cannot possibly get any worse, they suddenly do. SO LONG, AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH: Arthur Dent's sense of reality is in its dickiest state when he suddenly finds the girl of his dreams. They go in search of God's Final Message and, in a dramatic break with tradition, actually find it.


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The late Douglas Adams was the best-selling author of The Hitch Hiker's Guide series, including Mostly Harmless. He also wrote Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul and co-wrote The Deeper Meaning of Liff with John Lloyd and the travel and wildlife book Last Chance to See with Mark Carwardine. He has sold over 15 million books in the UK, US and Australia and is a bestseller in German, Swedish and many other languages.

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The greatest book ever written. And it's funy, too., 24 Sep 1999
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This review is from: The Hitchhiker Trilogy (Paperback)
You know, I can never really express what is the very special thing about this book. But it totally changed my way of looking at life. Imagine reading a book that makes you laugh throughout the whole story and at the end you suddenly stop laughing and say, "Ship, why am I laughing, this is LIFE." And then you take an aspirin because your stomach really hurts. Well, that's just a minute part of the positive experiences you get reading this book. And then you are never the same again. Nothing looks bad enough not to be laughed at. I would give anything to be able to read this book for the first time once again. Thank you, Douglas Adams, for finally persuading me that life, as I have always suspected, is nothing serious, indeed.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars 42!, 2 Jun 2000
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This review is from: The Hitchhiker Trilogy (Paperback)
What more can you say about HHGTTG. A classic in its many forms (book, radio show, tv series). Surreal, witty, satirical and highly influential. Try logging on to any internet site as Arthur Dent, Slartibartfast or Zaphod, someone got there first.

How can one man have so many original and brilliant ideas, its not fair! Read it in small doses you'll laugh till you have a pain in all the diodes down your left hand side.

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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Master, 17 Aug 2001
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This review is from: The Hitchhiker Trilogy (Paperback)
Science fiction, despite what the sci-fi nerds will tell you, is nothing to do with visions of the future. Sci-fi is a stage where tales relevant to modern life are told free from the shackles of political correctness.

Douglas Adams expertly uses fictional characters in comedic situations to highlight our everyday eccentricities, absurdities and neuroses; making the reader look at all that is important in their life and ask 'in the great scheme of things, is any of this relevant at all?'.

The Hitch Hiker's series the the product of a unique talent the like of which will never be seen again. The jokes, many of which are cocooned in subtlety, prove again and again that there is many a true word spoken in jest. However many times you read these stories, you'll always find something you missed before. Perhaps the story really is being regularly updated via the sub-ether net...

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4.0 out of 5 stars Not quite the complete series
Despite missing the final installment "Mostly Harmless", this is a good read presenting itself in a quasi slapstick vein not dissimilar to Monty Python or The Goon Show... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
When my brother recommended this book I wasn't sure if I'd like it but just a few pages in I knew I'd love it - and I do. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars MY favourite book of all time
I read and reread this book. When I first discovered it, my world was opened up, Adams had the most fantastic way of looking at life and I have never found others books that... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read
Surely one of the most known books in the sci-fi satirical, witty genre with a philosophical twist. This has become a reference for authors and earned the title of 'classic' with... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Trilogy Of Four...
When I first heard of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, I was under the impression that it was a vastly inaccessible universe that only true Sci-Fi loving readers could cling... Read more
Published 17 months ago by James M. George

5.0 out of 5 stars Pure genius!
I won't even try to attempt to convey just how utterly fantastic the Hitch-hiker's Guide 'trilogy' really is - better reviewers than me have tried and failed. Read more
Published on 17 Aug 2007 by thegreenpilgrim

5.0 out of 5 stars The FSFH Book Review says:
Where the legend started.
Arthur Dent is the quintessential Englishman; he can deal with any crisis provided he's allowed three things, 1) the freedom to complain, 2)... Read more
Published on 28 Dec 2005 by Ian Tapley

5.0 out of 5 stars What can I say? Amazing.
Even if you haven't read these books, you've probably heard about them. There can't be many native English speaking adults who haven't heard of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the... Read more
Published on 17 Jun 2005 by ruth12271

5.0 out of 5 stars Very enjoyable read.
This book, is a most fun book to get into, humour insinuated through the subtle attitude of the characters. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Much that is aporcryphal or at least wildly inaccurate
Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker series will, for certain readers, represent an epiphany of the sort caused elsewhere (but in the same sorts of people) only by Monty Python and Pink... Read more
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