In the world who considerss him or herself scientific or a “geek” by any definition of the word, has read The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy; but I hadn't. My 2 kids, 15 and almost 13 and I listened to the book. Noah, the 15-year-old, had read it (surprise, surprise), but Levi (who absolutely hates to read) and I had not. We both had previously heard such things as “42 is the answer to the life, the universe, and everything”, but it's a bit different cheering in context :-). We were all (even Noah) entertained, and the story and events are just silly. A great waste of time – “great” as in interesting and good, not as in “huge” like a “huge waste of time”. It was nice to really listen to silly instead of something taxing, like the book that Kevin and I are listening to, or the book about lying that I am listening to alone.