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Life, the Universe and Everything (Hitchhiker's Trilogy)
 

Life, the Universe and Everything

by Douglas Adams

"HYSTERICAL!"
--The Philadelphia Inquirer
The unhappy inhabitants of planet Krikkit are sick of looking at the night sky above their heads--so they plan to destroy it. The universe, that is. Now only five individuals stand between the white killer robots of Krikkit and their goal of total annihilation.
They are Arthur Dent, a mild-mannered space and time traveler, who tries to learn... (read more)

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Will H
  • Rated 5 stars

“In this hilarious space adventure, Arthur dent fins himself searching for answers to life, the universe, and everything. I liked this book and the ones following it because it let me get away from the problems in my life and escape to the strange and completely different world of Arthur Dent.”

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Didn’t Like It

Glau
  • Rated 2 stars

“Not nearly as good as the other two books, but I can't help writing here one of Marvin's GREAT speechs,with which I relate to "This is what I said. I said, `I would like to say that it is a very great pleasure, honour and privilege for me to open this bridge, but I can't because my lying circuits are all out of commission. I hate and despise you all. I now declare this hapless cyberstructure open to the unthinkable abuse of all who wantonly cross her.' And I plugged ...”

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Community:
  • Rated 4.12341 stars
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  • Rated 4 stars
  

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  • Paul

    paul said:

    “Adams is one of my favorite authors of all time, and these books don't disappoint. I just read through the series for the 4th, maybe 5th time, and it's always fantastic. His humor, his clever word play, and his story lines all impress.”

    posted Saturday, July 12 2008
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  • josh m

    josh m said:

    “Do you know if this book is good because I tried to read the beggining and it was bad. This is my opinion though.”

    posted Monday, February 11 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
  • Linda in Maine

    linda in maine said:

    “And don't forget the video game!

    I found the trilogy (in five parts) completely delightful, but took even more enjoyment from Adams' DIRK GENTLY books and LAST CHANCE TO SEE. An enormously whimsical and quotable body of work.

    The majority of Adams' career was focused on television and radio, though he also had a huge interest in the environment. His early death at the age of 49 was a sad loss.”

    posted Sunday, November 25 2007
  • uplandpoet

    uplandpoet said:

    “ahh, see i never knew, being a typical isolated american... thanks”

    posted Sunday, November 25 2007
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