The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Illustrated Edition eBook by Douglas Adams

Join Douglas Adams's hapless hero Arthur Dent as he travels the galaxy with his intrepid pal Ford Prefect, getting into horrible messes and generally wreaking hilarious havoc. Dent is grabbed from Earth moments before a cosmic construction team obliterates the planet to build a freeway. You'll never read funnier science fiction; Adams is a master of intelligent satire, barbed wit, and comedic dialogue. The Hitchhiker's Guide is rich in comedic detail and thought-provoking situations and stands up to multiple reads. Required reading for science fiction fans, this book (and its follow-ups) is also sure to please fans of Monty Python, Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, and British sitcoms.

• Seconds before the 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 of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last fifteen years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor.
• Together this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker's Guide ("A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have") and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox--the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian, Zaphod's girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan), whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin, a paranoid, brilliant, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he wanted to buy over the years.
• Where are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? Why do we spend so much time between wearing digital watches? For all the answers stick your thumb to the stars. And don't forget to bring a towel!
• “Lively, sharply satirical, brilliantly written . . . ranks with the best set pieces in Mark Twain.” — The Atlantic
• “Irresistible!” — The Boston Globe
• “With droll wit, a keen eye for detail and heavy doses of insight . . . Adams makes us laugh until we cry.” — The San Diego Union-Tribune
• “One of the greatest achievements in comedy. A work of staggering genius.” —David Walliams
• “Really entertaining and fun.” —Michael Palin
• “Fizzing with ideas . . . brilliant.” —Charlie Brooker
• “Weird and wonderful.” —Eoin Colfer
• “It changed my whole life. It’s literally out of this world.” —Tom Baker

Specifications:

• ASIN: B000XUBC2C
• Publisher: Del Rey
• Publication date: December 18, 2007
• Edition: Reissue
• Language: English
• File size: 46.3 MB
• Screen Reader: Supported
• Enhanced typesetting: Enabled
• X-Ray: Enabled
• Word Wise: Enabled
• Print length: 208 pages
• ISBN-10: 9780307417138
• ISBN-13: 978-0307417138
• Page Flip: Enabled
• Book 1 of 6: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• Reading age: 11+ years, from customers