Author(s): Douglas Adams
Title: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Publication: Hardback, part of the complete collection
Pages: 148 Pages
Genre: Science Fiction
Acquisition: Pulled from hubster's bookshelf
Date Completed: March 23, 2011
Rating: 4.5
Don't Panic.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has been on my "to be read" list for quite awhile; while I didn't really enjoy Adams' Dirk Gently, I thoroughly enjoyed Last Chance to See, and my partner promised that Hitchhiker's is Douglas Adams at his best. It's certainly Adams at his most famous.
Arthur Dent is having a bad day. First, he discovers that his house is scheduled to be bulldozed for road construction, and then his planet meets a similar fate. And really, though he manages to keep his skin, his day doesn't get much better.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is the first novella in a series that follows the last man from Earth as he's dragged around the universe with his travel-writing friend Ford Prefect and the questionably-sane Galactic President. This first introduction is well-paced and highly amusing, and I can't wait to begin The Restaurant at the end of the Universe.
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