{"product_id":"the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy","title":"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJust before the Earth is demolished, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJacket Description\/Flap\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDon't panic! You're not timetripping! It's the tenth anniversary of the publication of Douglas Adams's zany, best-selling novel, and to celebrate Harmony is reissuing a special edition of this cult classic! \n\u003cbr\u003eBy now the story is legendary. Arthur Dent, mild-mannered, out-to-lunch earth-ling, is plucked from his planet by his friend Ford Prefect just seconds before it was demolished to make way for a hyper-space bypass. Ford, posing as an out-of-work actor, is a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Together the gruesome twosome begin their now-famous inter-galactic journey through time, space and best-sellerdom. \n\u003cbr\u003eFor Hitchhiker fanatics (you know who you are!) who've read the books, seen the television program, and listened to the radio show, as well as newcomers to Douglas Adams's unique universe -- remember -- don't panic, don't forget to bring a towel, and don't forget to celebrate The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy's tenth anniversary by wearing your bathrobe. \n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"From the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Lively, sharply satirical, brilliantly written . . . ranks with the best set pieces in Mark Twain.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Irresistible!\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"With droll wit, a keen eye for detail and heavy doses of insight . . . Adams makes us laugh until we cry.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe San Diego Union-Tribune\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"One of the greatest achievements in comedy. A work of staggering genius.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--David Walliams\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Really entertaining and fun.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Michael Palin\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Fizzing with ideas . . . brilliant.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Charlie Brooker\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Weird and wonderful.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Eoin Colfer\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"It changed my whole life. It's literally out of this world.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Tom Baker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDouglas Adams\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1952 and created all the various and contradictory manifestations of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy\u003c\/i\u003e radio, novels, TV, computer games, stage adaptations, comic book, and bath towel. He was born in Cambridge and lived with his wife and daughter in Islington, London, before moving to Santa Barbara, California, where he died suddenly in 2001.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Line\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew York Times bestselling author Foreword by Eoin Colfer, author of And Another Thing . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"IRRESISTIBLE!\" \n\u003cbr\u003e--The Boston Globe \n\u003cbr\u003eSeconds 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. \n\u003cbr\u003eTogether 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. \n\u003cbr\u003eWhere 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! \n\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] WHIMSICAL ODYSSEY...Characters frolic through the galaxy with infectious joy\". \n\u003cbr\u003e--Publishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - \"Extremely funny . . . inspired lunacy . . . [and] over much too soon.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNow celebrating the pivotal 42nd anniversary of \u003ci\u003eThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy\u003c\/i\u003e!\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's \u003ci\u003eThe Great American Read\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's an ordinary Thursday morning for Arthur Dent . . . until his house gets demolished. The Earth follows shortly after to make way for a new hyperspace express route, and Arthur's best friend has just announced that he's an alien. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter that, things get much, much worse. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith just a towel, a small yellow fish, and a book, Arthur has to navigate through a very hostile universe in the company of a gang of unreliable aliens. Luckily the fish is quite good at languages. And the book is \n\u003ci\u003eThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy\u003c\/i\u003e . . . which helpfully has the words DON'T PANIC inscribed in large, friendly letters on its cover. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDouglas Adams's mega-selling pop-culture classic sends logic into orbit, plays havoc with both time and physics, offers up pithy commentary on such things as ballpoint pens, potted plants, and digital watches . . . and, most important, reveals the ultimate answer to life, the universe, and everything. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, if you could only figure out the question. . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/20\/2012 pg. 30 (EAN 9780345418913, Paperback)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 01\/01\/2001 pg. 976 (EAN 9780345391803, Mass Market Paperbound)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e 03\/20\/2005 pg. 12 (EAN 9780345391803, Mass Market Paperbound)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePeople\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/28\/2012 pg. 51 (EAN 9780345391803, Mass Market Paperbound)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 07\/05\/2013 pg. 103 (EAN 9780345391803, Mass Market Paperbound)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/27\/2014 pg. 22 (EAN 9780345391803, Mass Market Paperbound)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adams, Douglas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Del Rey Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 1997-06-23\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/b\u003e Fiction|Science Fiction|Action \u0026amp; Adventure|Fiction|Humorous|General|Fiction|Action \u0026amp; Adventure\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSubjects:\u003c\/b\u003e Prefect, Ford|Dent, Arthur|Interstellar travel|Interplanetary voyages|Humorous fiction|Science fiction|Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780345418913\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eASIN:\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSKU:\u003c\/b\u003e SP-9780345418913\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Del Rey Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51154251579670,"sku":"SP-9780345418913","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9780345418913_spiral.png?v=1774939457","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}