Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

I started to read Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which was gifted to me by a dear friend, with a lot of skepticism if I would like it. Even the beginning was without any amusement or something that tickled my rib. But i would be proved wrong.

The story, a science fiction / comedy, revolves around 2 characters Aurthur Dent and Ford Prefect. Arthur Dent wakes up to find his house is about to be knocked down to build a road. His friend, Ford Prefect, takes him to a pub and they both get drunk. Arthur then explains the world is about to end, and, just before a Vogon constructor fleet destroys the Earth, they hitchhike their way off the planet. During their travels through the galaxy, they encounter adventure, adversity, and a diverse array of beings and objects. Also in the book, Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy (with the words DON'T PANIC on the cover) is one of the best humor/scifi books ever in the universe.

The definite high point of the book is the 2 characters they meet aboard a space ship heart of gold: the severely depressed Marvin the Paranoid Android, and a computer with an attitude. The thing truly amazing about this book is that a fully grown man, Douglas Adams, wrote what we as 6 year olds played with toys and dreamt about. He not only aired it on radio, published it as a novel, made computer games out of it and also made a movie out of it.

Written in high school English and told in 3^rd person, HHGG uses very little technical jargon. So this can be read by anyone as old as me or a girl attending middle school and be teleported to the world of Douglas Adams. Douglas Adams considered a genius in literary circles was a Cambridge Grad, who was also a sought-after lecturer on topics including technology and the environment. He died at the age of 49, while working out in a gym.

Who said you cannot make a living out of fantasies?

Rating 4 / 5.0