The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

ISBN: 0345391802

Author: Adams, Douglas

Condition: New

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ? ?Extremely funny . . . inspired lunacy . . . [and] over much too soon.?-The Washington Post Book WorldNow celebrating the pivotal 42nd anniversary of The Hitchhiker?s Guide to the Galaxy!Nominated as one of America?s best-loved novels by PBS?s The Great American ReadIt?s an ordinary Thursday morning for Arthur Dent . . . until his house gets demolished. The Earth follows shortly after to make way for a new hyperspace express route, and Arthur?s best friend has just announced that he?s an alien.After that, things get much, much worse.With just a towel, a small yellow fish, and a book, Arthur has to navigate through a very hostile universe in the company of a gang of unreliable aliens. Luckily the fish is quite good at languages. And the book is The Hitchhiker?s Guide to the Galaxy . . . which helpfully has the words DON?T PANIC inscribed in large, friendly letters on its cover.Douglas Adams?s mega-selling pop-culture classic sends logic into orbit, plays havoc with both time and physics, offers up pithy commentary on such things as ballpoint pens, potted plants, and digital watches . . . and, most important, reveals the ultimate answer to life, the universe, and everything.Now, if you could only figure out the question. . . .