The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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Summary: Brilliance in its most unorganized form
Review: If you are someone searching for a book with a sturdy plot and a commanding theme or purpose, you have found the opposite in Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. This loony masterpiece has made for a name for itself in everyway the previously defined book has not, and then some.
Though a valid portrayal of the book would tell of an earthman jarred from his home to discover the mysteries of the galaxy, this hardly describes the novel for what it really is. With its chaotic plot and illogical meanderings, you can't help but get addicted to the totally unorthodox writing style of Douglass Adams. As the storyline shifts endlessly, there are innumerable investigations into the underlying truths of our home planet. Things like the fact that dolphins have been warning us of the end of the world for years are common throughout the novel. And with off the wall style comes off the wall humor in a book that will keep you laughing from cover to cover. If you've ever enjoyed a Daniel Pinkwater book you'll fall in love with the Hitchhiker's Guide.
On a scale from 1-10, Douglas Adams' inane writing fashion gets a 10 from me. And if you've ever wondered if it's really the lab mice that are performing the experiments or that the answer to the question of life is 42 for some reason, then The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is the book for you.

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Summary: Hitchhiker's guide, hilarious XD
Review: This is an extremely funny book, with awesome characters and dialogue. The book is humorous, but the storyline and plot are also important and interesting. Their ship, the Heart of Gold, uses an improbablilty drive and takes them to funny places. There are 4 books in the trilogy (yes, 4 books in the trilogy, not 3) and the humor is hidden to some, but you will find this book in your hands until it is done.

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Summary: Perfect Blend of Science Fiction and Humor
Review: The first book in the inaccurately named Hitchhiker's Trilogy is a wonderful introduction to Douglas Adams, his writing style, and extrememly unorthodox sense of humor. Douglas Adams is an exceptionally talented writer. Throughout the book, he approaches details far from the main flow of information and in the last sentence of the chapter makes it all fit together. It is extremely hard to describe his style except that of what some would call slapstick comedy. This type of comedy is completely zany and just throws around plot elements, introducing new items very liberally and taking others away rapidly.
The plot and content are excellent. The charcters are very developed and interesting. Because most of the book does not take place on the Earth, Adams pokes a lot of fun at the Earth and its not-so-brilliant residents, humans. The book is constantly refering to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (an actual book in the story) giving the reader more information and continuing to reveal the plot in Adams's unique style.
I really enjoyed this book. I was often laughing out loud and recieving interesting looks from the other kids in study hall. This book is unequivocally humorous with a very extensive plot and developed characters. Even if someone is not a science fiction fan, I believe everyone can enjoy The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

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Summary: 10 stars
Review: ... This is a wonderful book with lots of froodiness. Now listen. The characters are subtle, sardonic, helpless, clever, stupid by turns. The writing twists swiftly from crazy to normal tones. Okay, too many obscene quips, but this is hilarious, very nice. I like the radio series too. See, this is kind of like Daniel Pinkwater for grownups. Science fiction and comedy make a very, uh, smoooth blend, almost as enjoyable as a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster!

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Summary: One of the best Sci-fi novels
Review: I just finished reading this book after hearing much about it and I think it was fantastic and can't wait to read the sequals. This is a great science fiction novel for any sci-fi fan but is also a good book for any reader, even one that does not enjoy sci-fi. I thought it was hilarious and very quirky and was an overall great book. When I first finished it I was very disappointed by the ending which leaves many points unresolved until I had a friend explain to me that this is all covered in the sequals and that it wasn't just a horribly bad ending :). Apparently all of the sequals (or at least the next couple) were originally sold all together with The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in one big book. I recommend that any and all people read this book and can't wait to read the others.

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Summary: Strange Classic
Review: If you've ever had somebody cryptically answer "42" to a question you ask, this book is for you. A twisted tale, unafraid to be obscure and bizarre, tons of fun all the way.

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Summary: The most amazingly funny book in the history of the universe
Review: This book is hilarious. This book is beyond hilarious. There's no question about it. Everything by Douglas Adams, especially this, is hilarious and worth reading. Period. So there.

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Summary: Unbielivably Funny!!
Review: This is about a wierd man name Arthur Dent. He is from the Earth. Earth is being blown up by Vogons. So his "alien" friend Ford Prefect saves him. Ford is from an outer-space planet and went to Earth for a buisness trip. Unfortunatly he got stranded there. So he knows what is going to happen to Earth. So a few second beore the Vogons Earth gets blown away Ford saved Arthur and they escape on the Vogon ship. But then they get kicked out and, what do ya know, they land on Ford cousins stolen spaceship. And Fords cousin is the President of the Galaxy. So they are stuck with a criminal president.............

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Summary: Fully and Completely Insane
Review: This has got to be the weirdest book I have ever read without question. It has a plot...but then it doesnt. Its crawling with weird comments and the tone is I dont know what. I'm one of the weirdest people I know, but at times this book is still too weird and random for me. I'm defenitely the only person I know who can read this and not be too weirded out by the end to keep going. Its a space-travel book thats written as a complete joke, and Douglas Adams adds every odd comment he can think of. Its too bad hes dead because I would like to meet him in person. But you get the point that the book is weird now. Aside from that I think its a good book, in the sense that its completely hilarious. I was laughing the whole way through. If you have a sort of weird sense of humor and think total randomness is funny, I would want to check this book out. However, the majority of people wouldnt think this was cool, and although I liked it I'm not sure I would recommend it.

Closing comments:Great characters, especially Ford Prefect

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Summary: One of the greatest books ever...
Review: This book, part one in a five-part story, marks the misadventures of Arthur Dent, the lone survivor of the destruction of Earth. With him is his best friend Ford Prefect, an alien from somewhere in the vicinity of Betelgeuse. Add in a ship with infinite improbability, a few disgruntled cops, and a depressed android and you have yourself a sci-fi/comedy classic! This book has a plot on such a wide scope that it's virtually incomplete without the first sequel, "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe." As a stand-alone, this book does work. It is often-hilarious and never boring with its tongue planted firmly in cheek.