Resumo de The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

If Pratchett had been published 1st then Hitchhiker would
never have stuck out his thumb and been discovered.The
quote came from a critics recommendation on one of Terry
Pratchett?s Discworld series, Terry Pratchett being the
current king of the comic sci-fi / fantasy novel an honour
previously accorded to Douglas Adams. It was this quote
along with the news of the death of Douglas Adams that led
me to dig out hitchhiker for a re-read.Being a fan of
both authors I thought hold on I remember Hitchhiker: the
radio series, the book, the TV series ? and all those
memories are fond (particularly Sandra Dickinson as
Trillian on the TV) so I dug the book out to see whether I
had a rose tinted memory or whether it is as good as I
remember.Found the book and 1st impressions are great,
the cover from the 1979 edition is still stunning ? green,
blue, orange and pink splodges with the title picked out in
red and the phrase ?Don?t Panic? similarly highlighted on
the back cover. So what?s is it all about I hear you
thinking: -Well??..The main characters are: -Ford
Prefect, a man who knows where his towel is, originally
from Betelgeuse but stranded on Earth for the last 15 years
is a researcher for The Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy and
has managed to update the reference on Earth to ?Mostly
Harmless?. Arthur Dent, a human and a friend of Ford?s,
he?s about to have a bad day as the council are about to
knock his house downZaphod Beeblebrox ? also a friend of
Ford?s, and has an odd appearance, what with the 3 arms and
2 heads, who happens to be the President of the Galaxy.
He?s on a secret mission that even he doesn?t know having
burned the appropriate part of his brain out.Trillian, a
brilliant physicist, formally Tricia Macmillan from Earth
who went to a dull party with Arthur but left with
ZaphodMarvin, a paranoid android ? a robot with a brain
the size of a small planet so criminally underused his
personality chip is stuck on manic-depressive.Special
mention should also be made of planet maker Slartibartfast
but only because I think that?s a great name. White mice
and Deep Thought the world?s 2nd greatest computer also
have a part to play.The plot without giving too much
away: -The earth is destroyed to make way for a
hyperspatial express route, making Arthur?s day even worse,
but at least Ford and Arthur hitch a lift off planet
seconds before its destroyed.Zaphod, Trillian and Marvin
steal the Heart of Gold spaceship which has an Infinite
improbability drive to locate the lost planet of Magrathea
to steal as much as possible.The mice know the answer to
life, the universe and everything, which is 42, but have no
idea what the question is.And basically everyone?s paths
cross, but to know more you?ll have to read the book.Any
way if that sounds a bit complicated DON?T PANIC. The story
is very easygoing really and the humour is off the wall and
surreal going off at tangents all the time dissecting late
70?s early 80s style with a wicked wit or just being
plain .Me, I loved it 22 years ago, and I still do ? a
great comic novel.Douglas Adams, comic writer par
excellence, RIP you will be fondly remembered.

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