The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Summary
Overview of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
In Douglas Adams's cosmic comedy masterpiece, Earth is demolished for a hyperspace bypass. With 15 million copies sold and Elon Musk sending a towel to space, discover why "42" became the answer to life's ultimate question. Don't panic - just grab your towel.
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The Universe Has a Wicked Sense of Humor
Imagine waking up to find bulldozers about to demolish your house for a new bypass. Now imagine that same day, your entire planet gets vaporized for an intergalactic highway project. This is the cosmically unfair situation Arthur Dent finds himself in at the beginning of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." Fortunately for Arthur, his friend Ford Prefect isn't actually human but an alien researcher who helps him escape Earth's destruction by hitching a ride on a passing Vogon constructor ship. The absurdity of parallel demolitions-Arthur's house and Earth itself-sets the tone for a universe where the extraordinary and mundane collide with hilarious results. What makes this cosmic joke so effective is how it plays with scale. The bureaucratic indifference that threatens Arthur's home is the same force that casually obliterates an entire planet. The universe, it seems, runs on paperwork and apathy rather than grand design. And how does Arthur respond to witnessing his planet reduced to cosmic dust? By fixating on the impossibility of getting a decent cup of tea-a perfectly human reaction to the incomprehensible. Ford's revised entry for Earth in the Guide after years of research? "Mostly harmless"-an upgrade from the previous single-word entry: "harmless." In two words, Adams captures our species' cosmic insignificance while hinting at our potential for both good and mischief.
Poetry So Bad It's Legally Torture
Improbability Makes Anything Possible
The Robot Who Puts Eeyore to Shame
Custom Planets for the Ultra-Wealthy
The Answer Is 42 (But What's the Question?)
Don't Panic: A Philosophy for Living
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