The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker Series Book 1) (Paperback)

Introduction

NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER 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 original radio show on which the book was based.

Nominated as one of Americas best-loved novels by PBSsThe Great American Read

Seconds before 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 ofThe Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxywho, for the last fifteen years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor.

Together, this dynamic pair began a journey through space aided by a galaxyful of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebroxthe two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian (formerly Tricia McMillan), Zaphods girlfriend, whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin, a paranoid, brilliant, and chronically depressed robot; and Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens hes bought over the years.

Where are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? For all the answers, stick your thumb to the stars!

Praise forThe Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

A whimsical oddyssey . . . Characters frolic through the galaxy with infectious joy.Publishers Weekly

Irresistable!The Boston Globe