I can see you now, “What’s with this dude and British authors, anyway?” Or perhaps you’re saying. “Hey. Alex. You’re from America. Read American.” To which I say, “Ptttttttthhhhh.” Just for that, I’m reading Nail Gaiman next. Serves you right!
Anyway, this review will only encompass the first installment in this series, because if you want the other books reviewed, you’ll just have to wait for the future. I’m not at your every whim, you know.
“A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” chronicles the worst day of Arthur Dent’s life. He wakes up to find a construction crew set up outside his home, preparing to demolish his house. While objecting to this development, his friend Ford Prefect drops by in order to take him to a noontime drink. At this noontime drink, Arthur learns that the impending demolition of his house is the least of his problems.
See, Ford Prefect is an alien from the planet Betelgeuse 7, who happens to have been stranded on Earth fifteen years ago while updating the planet’s entry in “the most remarkable book ever to come out of the great publishing corporations of Ursa Minor” – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. To top it all off, Earth is scheduled for destruction in order to build an Interstellar bypass, which will occur in 12 standard Earth minutes. Which leaves Ford with only one real decision – grab his friend Arthur and hitch a ride with the Vogon Construction Fleet as it swings by to wipe out our “Mostly Harmless” planet.
“A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” is a journey aboard stolen space ships, with the President of the Galaxy, as they journey to the planet Magrathea and discover the nature of their home planet and the Question to Life, the Universe, and Everything – the answer of which is “42.” Don’t Panic.
“I mean, here we are are on the run and everything, we must have the police of half the Galaxy after us by now, and we stop to pick up hitchhikers. Okay, so ten out of ten for style, but minus several million for good thinking, yeah?” — Zaphod Beeblebrox, President of the Galaxy to Trillian, one of the last 2 humans in the Galaxy.
Next up – ‘Stardust’ by Neil Gaiman
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