The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Hardcover - 2004

"IRRESISTIBLE!"--The Boston GlobeSeconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last fifteen years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor.Together this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker's Guide ("A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have") and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox--the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian, Zaphod's girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan), whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin, a paranoid, brilliant, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years. Where are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? Why do we spend so much time between wearing digital watches? For all the answers stick your thumb to the stars. And don't forget to bring a towel!"[A] WHIMSICAL ODYSSEY...Characters frolic through the galaxy with infectious joy."--Publishers WeeklyFrom the Paperback edition.

Details

• Title The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• Author Douglas Adams
• Binding Hardcover
• Edition First edition
• Pages 271
• Volumes 1
• Language ENG
• Publisher Crown Publishing Group (NY), New York
• Date 2004-10-19
• Illustrated Yes
• ISBN 9781400052936 / 1400052939
• Weight 2.01 lbs (0.91 kg)
• Dimensions 9.4 x 7.6 x 0.99 in (23.88 x 19.30 x 2.51 cm)
• Reading level 930
• Library of Congress subjects Science fiction, Humorous fiction
• Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004558987
• Dewey Decimal Code FIC