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When Earth is destroyed to make way for a Hyperspatial express route, Arthur Dent discovers that space is big, as he is taken on a hair-raising tour of the Galaxy and its very strange inhabitants, by his friend Ford Perfect. This is a new edition which incorporates the fifth part of the trilogy.

Excerpted from The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. Copyright © 2002. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
" 'Hey,' he said, 'what you do that for?'
Trillian was tapping her fingers on a screenful of figures.
'I've just thought of something stupid,' she said.
'Yeah? Worth interrupting a news bulletin about me for?'
'You hear enough about yourself as it is.'
'I'm very insecure. We know that.'
'Can we drop your ego for a moment? This is important.'
'If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.' Zaphod glared at her again, then laughed.
'Listen,' she said, 'we picked up those couple of guys...'
'What couple of guys?'
'The couple of guys we picked up.'
'Oh yeah,' said Zaphod, 'those couple of guys.'
'We picked them up in sector ZZ 9 Plural Z Alpha.'
'Yeah?' said Zaphod, and blinked.
Trillian said quietly, 'Does this mean anything to you?'
'Mmmm,' said Zaphod, ' ZZ 9 Plural Z Alpha. ZZ 9 Plural Z Alpha?'
'Well?' said Trillian.
'Er... What does Z mean?' said Zaphod.
'Which one?'
'Any one.'

One of the major difficulties Trillian experienced in her relationship with Zaphod was learning to distinguish between him pretending to be stupid just to get people off their guard, pretending to be stupid because he couldn't be bothered to think and wanted someone else to do it for him, pretending to be outrageously stupid to hide the fact that he didn't actually understand what was going on, and really being genuinely stupid. He was renowned for being amazingly clever and quite clearly so-but not all the time, which obviously worried him, hence the act. He preferred people to be puzzled rather than contemptuous. This above all appeared to Trillian to be genuinely stupid, but she could no longer be bothered to argue about it." --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   16 of 16 people found the following review helpful: DO buy this edition, 28 Jan 2004 By  "robmcm_82" - See all my reviews Although the page says 'A Trilogy in Four Parts', the actual book is the updated one including Mostly Harmless (as you can see if you click on the photo of the book cover), so ignore the review that says its incomplete. My copy was delivered today and I can definatley say its the 'Trilogy in Five Parts', not four  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   20 of 22 people found the following review helpful: FANTASTIC!, 19 Oct 1999 By A Customer The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy is the best series of books I have ever read. I discovered them courtesy of my brother around 5 years ago, I read the 'trilogy' and have since become a ver avid fan. The chronicles of Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect and the rest of the gang are always guaranteed to make me laugh, and the books are always very well-written by Douglas Adams, as the pace never slows and there is never a dull (or unfunny moment). I live my life according to these books, as I'm sure any of my friends will testify. If you're thinking of buying this book, I would definitely recommend it to anyone after a comedy novel, a sci-fi novel or just a new outlook on life as a whole.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   13 of 15 people found the following review helpful: A book that knows where its towel is....., 3 Oct 2003 By A Customer Oh, this is just hilarious.The cleverest and funniest book(well, set of five) that I have ever read! I really love this! The story, which was adapted by Douglas Adams from his hit radio series, concerns a hapless Earthling, Arthur Dent, who wakes up one morning to find the council preparing to demolish his home. By coincidence, this is also the day when the alien Vogons demolish the planet Earth to make way for a hyperspace express bypass... If you think this is weird, then believe me, it gets much, much weirder than this. It is really fantastic. I can't believe that a book can mix comedy, sci-fi and philosophy so well. I read this in a Chemistry lesson (I am at school) and had to hide my face in the book because I was laughing so much. :D Douglas Adams had to be a genius to come up with this. I love it. Re: towels; you will have to read the book if you wish to know why I think this book knows where its towel is...have fun!  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this) › See all 27 customer reviews...		Most Recent Customer Reviews