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The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide

By Douglas Adams

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| Hardcover | 9780517149256

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This volume contains six zany, outrageous, out-of-this-world adventure stories by bestselling author Douglas Adams: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; The Restaurant at the End of the Universe; Life, the Universe and Everything; So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish; Young Zaphod; and Mostly HarmlContinue

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All of Douglas Adam's books! Awesome!

This huge book with all of Douglas Adam's stories was amazing- it was an absolute mind-job! The whole reason I read it was because I saw the movie, "The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy", and there were so many jokes I missed (so says my now husband) that I had to read it to truly appreciate the movi ... (continue)

This huge book with all of Douglas Adam's stories was amazing- it was an absolute mind-job! The whole reason I read it was because I saw the movie, "The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy", and there were so many jokes I missed (so says my now husband) that I had to read it to truly appreciate the movie.
So, I read the book, and all I can say is "WOW"...it is an absolute mind-job; an adventure that could not possibly happen; must be from some mad-man's ramblings; OMG it's the funniest piece of literature and series of stories and random events that I've ever read! I'm still trying to figure out how someone could possibly imagine half of the content of these stories- but I loved every minute of it!

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Running Fox said on Sep 1, 2008 | Add your feedback

if someone asks me "what book would you bring on a desert island", probably I will answer: "the ultimate hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy".
Uhm no... maybe only "42!"
Simply: I loved the italian edition, I adore this "original" edition, I am going to love and adore it more by the time I re-read it ... (continue)

if someone asks me "what book would you bring on a desert island", probably I will answer: "the ultimate hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy".
Uhm no... maybe only "42!"
Simply: I loved the italian edition, I adore this "original" edition, I am going to love and adore it more by the time I re-read it the 3th, 4th.. 10th time. Stop.

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OniKilly said on Dec 27, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ****
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe ****
Life, the Universe, and Everything **
So Long, and Thanks for All the **
Mostly Harmless ***
Young Zaphod Plays It Safe **
The first tw ... (continue)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ****
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe ****
Life, the Universe, and Everything **
So Long, and Thanks for All the **
Mostly Harmless ***
Young Zaphod Plays It Safe **
The first two books are really worth reading. The others are questionable.
This particular edition is terrible, with its super thin, fragile, see-through pages.

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Doppelganger said on Sep 22, 2010 about the Leather Bound edition | Add your feedback

*** This comment contains spoilers! ***

The Split Second of Hopelessness

While I adore this book to bits for its cleverness and humour, this is one part of the series that remains drilled permanently into my skull. Everyone knows about the whole "42" being the answer to the Ultimate Question, correct? Well, I can't help but to continue to dwell on the sudden intensified ... (continue)

While I adore this book to bits for its cleverness and humour, this is one part of the series that remains drilled permanently into my skull. Everyone knows about the whole "42" being the answer to the Ultimate Question, correct? Well, I can't help but to continue to dwell on the sudden intensified emotion of hopelessness when Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect where back on a more prehistoric Earth, and they found they discovered the lettered stones which, incidentally enough, spelled out "forty two". That's when the two of them thought if it could do this, than perhaps the Ultimate Question, too, could be generated, so Arthur Dent pulls the scrabble-like letter stones out of a bag randomly, and what ends up being spelled out is: "What do you get if you multiply six by nine?" ...then, after some silence, "Six by nine. Forty two. That's it. That's all there is."
This...this sole event in the series that captured my attention has drawn me to these books more than ever. Clever, yes. Witty, yes. But there are definitely messages, both good and grave. Both illuminating- and chilling.

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Ahl(t)erior Mohti(v)es said on May 9, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback