The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
(Douglas Adams)
It all begins with Arthur Dent wallowing in the mud to prevent the destruction of his house, while galactic bureaucratic wheels are cranking out much bigger misguided projects. By coincidence, his pal Ford Prefect just happens to be a researcher for the extremely useful book 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy', and having been stranded on earth for fifteen years, is anxious to hitch a ride on the next passing saucer. Meanwhile, in a galaxy far, far away, Zaphod Beeblebrox, totally powerless figure-head President of the Imperial Galactic Government, is wending his merry way to what will be the most unforgettable launching of a unique spaceship. Discarding and disregarding his prepared speech, he pauses to acknowledge Trillian, a hot chick that he picked up at a party on another planet, thereby irritating the heck out of the attending party hacks, who are obviously unaware of the uncontrollable misbehavior of Presidents when it comes to hot chicks. Arthur and Ford Prefect manage to hitch a ride shortly before ground zero, and after enduring some Vogon poetry (third worst in the Universe), they get chucked out of an airlock with only a lungful of air to fly on. Thanks to Trillian, and Zaphod's amazing technicolor Infinite Improbability Drive, our heroes are rescued from certain doom - or are they? A fugitive, a hot chick and a manic depressive robot do not usually make for happy endings, even with a little improbability thrown in. The adventure continues as they learn the simple answer to the great question of Life, The Universe, and Everything, only to realize that they don't know the question. Page after page of deliberate, wholesale abuse of the English language, plot structure, characterisation, literary convention, humourous and genre fiction - and all to get at some rich vein of deep truths about the modern human condition. Once you get the joke there's no turning back. There's enough laugh-out loud stuff and memorable insights in here to forgive almost anything. Adams has spawned many imitators but few (if any) have hit the nail on the head like the original. This abstract was checked by WhiteSmoke Solution. Learn more.
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