The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780345391803)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "Extremely funny . . . inspired lunacy . . . and] over much too soon."--The Washington Post Book World

SOON TO BE A HULU SERIES - Now celebrating the pivotal 42nd anniversary of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read

It'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.

After that, things get much, much worse.

With 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 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy . . . which helpfully has the words DON'T PANIC inscribed in large, friendly letters on its cover.

Douglas 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.

Now, if you could only figure out the question. . . .

Author: Douglas Adams
ISBN-10: 0345391802
ISBN-13: 9780345391803
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Language: English
Published: 09/27/1995
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 6.80h x 4.10w x 0.70d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.6
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 7109 / Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Award: Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 01/01/2001 pg. 976
New York Times 03/20/2005 pg. 12
People 05/28/2012 pg. 51
Entertainment Weekly 07/05/2013 pg. 103
Entertainment Weekly 06/27/2014 pg. 22