Paperback, 192 pages
Published March 7, 2002 by Picador.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is the first of six books in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comedy science fiction "hexalogy" by Douglas Adams. The novel is an adaptation of the first four parts of Adams's radio series of the same name. The novel was first published in London on 12 October 1979. It sold 250,000 copies in the first three months.
The namesake of the novel is The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a fictional guide book for hitchhikers (inspired by the Hitch-hiker's Guide to Europe) written in the form of an encyclopaedia.
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Absolutely loved this! It made me laugh out loud multiple times. Adams' writing style is excellent and makes me want to read the other books in the series.
It's the original BBC audio production of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Before books and movies, there was this.
If you haven't listened to it, you really should treat yourself.
A brilliant book, reminds me of Rincewind.
The beginning to what turns into a great series. The Hitchhiker's franchise is that kind of thing that people either fall in love with or can't stand. I'm in the former camp. The humor, characters and pacing are at their absolute best here.
It's also a really quick read, so if you end up being in the camp that can't stand it, at least you didn't waste too much time!
it was ok.... wished i would have read it before seeing the movie.... i could only see the characters as they were cast in the movie which i think kinda bogged the book down. it still was a fun read though!.... lots of funny existential or absurd ideas , random tangents and puns.
I've started laughing, I can't stop, and now it HURTS.
I can’t believe it took me so long to read this book. It’s the Sci-Fi version of Monty Python, weird humour that will stick with you for years and years to come. It’s really hard to review this book, all I can say the movie is terrible compared to the brilliant humour of [a:Douglas Adams|4|Douglas Adams|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1189120061p2/4.jpg]. I’m really looking forward to reading book two sometimes soon. Well worth reading.
I don’t know how many times I’ve read this book. At least twice, but probably 3 times.
It’s very funny and so so good.
Having picked up Robert Rankin's early stuff again and realised it is mainly a load of old toot, I then turned to Douglas Adams. Now, The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a kind of subset of 'Doctor Who'' and if you know that it makes more sense, with Ford (possibly) as a Doctor figure who has flunked out on his responsibility to the galaxy - or so he thinks. I was reminded of it by the whole Terminator shtick where the Terminator decides to help humanity, rather than thinking 'You lot are complete bastards, you can all die and the sooner the better'' ... which is something you would get at least one character thinking in HHGTTG.
It's complicated ... it certainly is, as a varied cast has adventures around the Galaxy in a story that may well have been influenced by Robert Sheckley's "Dimension of Miracles" (1968), but …
