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Summary: Great!Couldn't Stop Reading This Book!
Review: Intriguing! Well-developed characters, understandable plot, this book has it all! It's about hitchhikers traveling through the universe. There are billions of planets and one digital book explains all of them, plus everything else in the universe. The book starts with the Earth blowing up. There is someone named Ford from another planet who is on Earth and he grabs his friend and gets on one of the spaceships that is blowing the earth up. They are thrown into space but Ford's cousin, Zaphod picks them up with the spaceship he stole. Then they continue to travel the universe together with Trillion (an earth woman), Arthur, (Ford's friend) and Marvin, a robot. I loved Douglas Adams' writing style! The descriptions were a little weak, but it is fun to imagine what characters and objects look like. Whether you like science fiction or not I think you will like this book.
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Summary: Guide to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Review: In The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams uses humor and sarcasm against a backdrop of science fiction to create a comic masterpiece. The main character in the book is Arthur Dent. He is miraculously rescued from Earth just moments before it is destroyed to make way for an interstellar bypass. His rescuer is Ford Prefect, a researcher for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy who has been stranded on Earth for the past fifteen years. Unfortunately, the only ship available to escape on belongs to the Vogons who throw out the two hitchhikers when they discover them on the ship only after reciting horrible poetry to them. This should have been the end of these two adventurers, but by an amazingly improbable event, they are rescued by the starship Heart of Gold. This event was caused by the revolutionary propulsion system on the ship called the Infinite Improbability Drive, which makes the improbable probable. The occupants of the ship are Zaphod Beeblebrox, President of the Imperial Galactic Government who had recently stolen the Heart of Gold, Trillian, a woman originally from Earth and Zaphod's companion, and Marvin, an extremely intelligent and depressed robot. The party travels to the long lost planet of Magrathea where planets were once manufactured for the extremely wealthy. Zaphod believes that inside they will find countless riches, but are surprised to discover that it is still inhabited. Inside, Arthur discoveries many amazing things, such as the answer to life, the universe, and everything is forty-two, and the planet earth was manufactured as a computer to discover what the actual question to the answer is. The characters in the book are well developed. Arthur is the clueless one who is struggling to understand the events which have happened to him. Ford is the accomplished hitchhiker who answers Arthur's questions with responses which are so insane that they more often than not cause more confusion. Zaphod is a two-headed creature in search of adventure and Trillian is an intelligent and capable woman from earth. Through these characters, we learn to take ourselves a little less seriously. Although this book is full of humor, it also contains other aspects. It satirizes such subjects as capitalism, government, large corporations, organized religion, and militarism. The writing is full of irony and biting sarcasm as well. Adams' atheistic worldview is also displayed through his writing. I believe that Douglas Adams managed to write an excellent book which contains many strengths with very few weaknesses. This book is extremely funny and can be enjoyed as long as the reader is not expecting a serious sci-fi epic. The only possible weakness in the book is that the plot can become confusing at times. This, however, helps the reader relate to what Arthur is experiencing and eventually everything becomes clear if the reader pays attention. Overall, this is a fantastic book which is highly entertaining while still making some intelligent comments on life, the universe, and everything.
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Summary: I wish I could give this book 42 stars!
Review: The PERFECT book for an airplane ride, this book will have you turning pages the whole trip. If you can bare the strange looks of people on the flight as you continuously burst out with laughter, then I encourage you to do so. The plot? Where do I start? The Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy, the most popular and informative book in the universe, is being reasearched by an alien stuck on Earth. Poor Poor Arthur, and Englishman gets thrown into the middle of this Hitchikers hike across the galaxy. Telling you more would spoil a lot of the laughs in this book. By it now, but don't come to me when your sides are sore with laughing.Alex
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Summary: Simply the best!
Review: This fine work of literature examines the meaning of life the universe and everything. What more can you ask for in a novel ? It is absolutely hilarious; I literally fell out of my chair in hysterical laugher on several occasions. It is by far one of the most inventive books ever written, in science fiction or any genre. It is an instant classic for anyone who loves the truly creative and the truly perverse all rolled into one.
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Summary: A classic!
Review: I first read this book in college some 20 years ago, and I still highly recommend it. There's truly nothing else like it. Whole fan clubs are devoted to this series, and with good reason. (Just ask in a chat room some time, "What is the meaning of life?" Go on! I dare you! I bet at least one person responds "42"!). It's imaginative and very, VERY funny. I've never read anything so unusual in my life. I've recently discovered Terry Pratchett's "Discworld" novels, & while they're funny, they pale in comparison to HHGTHG.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: This is the funniest book I have ever read in my entire life. This book contains some of the most entertaining dialogue and gags in a sci-fi book. One of my weirdest memories was reading this book in study hall and getting yelled at for laughing to loudly. Just buy the book.
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Summary: Absolute Classic
Review: I first read this book when I was a teenager (many years ago). I have read it many times since, and it still makes me laugh everytime. This book is definatley a must-read.
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Summary: If you appreciate his humor, you'll love it!
Review: This is a classic for anyone that can appreciate his very British humor. Dry at times, this sci-fi, is no ordinary sci-fi, it is what humor should be...Funny! It can make you roll on the ground with laughter! They don't make much better...
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Summary: this is one of the greatest books ive ever read!
Review: i had to read it for a summer reading program and it turned out to be the greatest book! i loved how he mixed sci-fi and humour and it came out to be confusing yet understandable. this book was great, you really should read it, i recommend it to anyone i come across looking for a good book! seriously adams is a genius. he should get a nobel for this book...i absolutely loved it! the stars i put are not true cause i woulda given it ten if i could have! look for my reviews on the sequels once i read them(which i plan to)
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Summary: Great Science Fiction
Review: A hilarious comic adventure. It is a definite must-read for Monty Python fans and all fans of humorous adventure. It starts when aliens named 'Vogons' decide to blow Earth up so they can build an interstellar bypass. Now, two survivors (Arthur Dent and Trillian) must find the answer to "Life, the Universe and Everything" along with two alien cousins and a robot who is always depressed. One book, one hilarious adventure full of excitement. A thrill that can knock you out with laughter.
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