The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Seconds before the Earth is demolished for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is saved by Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised Guide. Together they stick out their thumbs to the stars and begin a wild journey through time and space.

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Facing annihilation at the hands of warmongers is a curious time to crave tea. It could only happen to the cosmically displaced Arthur Dent and his comrades as they hurtle across the galaxy in a desperate search for a place to eat.

Life, the Universe and Everything
The unhappy inhabitants of planet Krikkit are sick of looking at the night sky- so they plan to destroy it. The universe, that is. Now only five individuals can avert Armageddon: mild-mannered Arthur Dent and his stalwart crew.

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
Back on Earth, Arthur Dent is ready to believe that the past eight years were all just a figment of his stressed-out imagination. But a gift-wrapped fishbowl with a cryptic inscription conspires to thrust him back to reality. So to speak.

Mostly Harmless
Just when Arthur Dent makes the terrible mistake of starting to enjoy life, all hell breaks loose. Can he save the Earth from total obliteration? Can he save the Guide from a hostile alien takeover? Can he save his daughter from herself?
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naja super halt, auch wenn man fantasy nicht mag

I loved this book. Funny and insightful, this book drives its points home while entertaining the reader at the same time. I am really looking forward to reading this book again. ( )

A comedic genius up there with Robin Williams when it comes to imagination run wild. Would you believe that, having worked in BackPacker Hostels here in Australia, the amount of 'Western Europeans (Celts in the old days)' that travel with a 'towel' is amazing! I remember watching one Pom flap out his towel next to a Muslim upon his prayer rug at Bondi and say (holding up the HHGTTG) "this is my Religion...hows it going?". Simply awesome. I hear that Douglas Adams is alive an well and travelling around Oz in a Wicked Camper.

This book contains all of Douglas Adams' books in the series (entitled the same as the first book) of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.' It is a wonderful mesh of science fiction, comedy, farce, and parody as the reader follows Arthur Dent, a normal "earth-man" who is unsuspectingly and unwillingly thrust into a wild journey through space (and reality) when he is saved by his best friend (who is actually an alien from a small planet near the vicinity of Betelgeuse, and not Guildford, England) from the destruction of Earth. Loads of laughs and wit that is so ridiculous it makes a funny sort of sense, and therefore can scarcely be argued with.

Douglas Adams is a genius in his writing and warms my heart to know men like him sharpen their pencil more than their tongue. I have been a fan and always will be.

May he rest in peace. Douglas Adams, 1952-2001 ( )