paperback, 325 pages
English language
Published Aug. 9, 2005 by Pan Books.
One Thursday 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 moring, this seems already to be more that he can cope with. Sadly, however, the weekend has only just begun, and the galaxy is a very strange and startling place.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is now a major motion picture from Touchstone Pictures, starring Sam Rockwell as Zaphod Beeblebrox, Mos Def as Ford Prefect, Zooey Deschanel as Trillian, Martin Freeman as Arthur Dent and Bill Nighy as Slartibartfast. John Malkovich and Anna Chancellor play new characters developed especially for the film by Adams himself. This film tie-in edition of Douglas Adams perennially popular novel includes an Afterword by Robbie Stamp, Executive Producer on the movie and a close friend of Douglas Adams. He explains how after twenty-five years the film …
One Thursday 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 moring, this seems already to be more that he can cope with. Sadly, however, the weekend has only just begun, and the galaxy is a very strange and startling place.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is now a major motion picture from Touchstone Pictures, starring Sam Rockwell as Zaphod Beeblebrox, Mos Def as Ford Prefect, Zooey Deschanel as Trillian, Martin Freeman as Arthur Dent and Bill Nighy as Slartibartfast. John Malkovich and Anna Chancellor play new characters developed especially for the film by Adams himself. This film tie-in edition of Douglas Adams perennially popular novel includes an Afterword by Robbie Stamp, Executive Producer on the movie and a close friend of Douglas Adams. He explains how after twenty-five years the film finally came to be made, and describes how the cast and crew were assembled. Also included are exclusive star interviews, as well as movie stills and on-set photography from filming.
This combination of Douglas Adams' classic novel with behind-the-sences information is for all those who have been brought to Hitchhiker's by the brilliant film adaptation - as well as for those who have loved it in its radio, novel and television incarnations. --back cover
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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 …
