The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "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 America's best loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read Seconds before Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "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 America's best-loved novels by PBS's The 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 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 began a journey through space aided by a galaxyful of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox--the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian (formerly Tricia McMillan), Zaphod's 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 he's 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 for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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

"Irresistable "--The Boston Globe

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Published: 06/23/1997
ISBN: 9780345418913
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.60d

Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 05/20/2012 pg. 30

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 7109 / Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Reading Level: 6.6 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 8