The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Every single page is filled with unexpected imaginative shenanigans, and I love it. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is a hilarious book. Sadly, however, the weekend has only just begun. For Arthur Dent, who has only just had his house demolished that morning, this is already more than he can cope with. One Thursday lunchtime Earth is unexpectedly demolished to make way for a new hyperspace bypass. Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Humorous Stories The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxywill subvert your expectations with every turn of the page, providing plenty of room in the meantime for the asking of the universe’s biggest questions. The book spends far more time exploring its characters than the movie is able to, giving more time to side characters like Zaphod or the hilariously depressed robot Marvin. However, as always, the book is far better than the movie. If you have seen the movie rendition of this book but haven’t yet read the original, you’ll be happy to find that the movie actually follows the book quite closely. He asks big questions, explores existential themes, toying with the ideas we all have thought about, and playing with the people who might ask, “What is the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything?” Adams gives very little answer to any of these questions if only to give the Hitchhiker’s Guide itself and the words on the front that say calmly, “Don’t panic!” Yet even though Douglas Adams obviously takes so much enjoyment in exploring the stars and his own imagination, he also takes every opportunity to use his characters and scenes as commentary on our own world.

Adams finds plenty of Wonderland in the stars.įrom the practical, English, Arthur to the dull Vogons or the two-headed Zaphod Beeblebrox, every character is fascinating, fun, and worth your time.

It combines the elements of a classic space travel novel with the unapologetic imagination of an excited child and the nonsensical brilliance of Lewis Carrol. Douglas Adams’s The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxychallenges the norms of typical science fiction.