I'm going to be honest. Science fiction was never really for me. So reading this book was generally my first step into reading science fiction. Which eventually led to me reading science fiction and crying over fictional characters but I digress.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was written by Douglas Adams in 1979. It is book one of a six part series. I generally consider the series to be incomplete as the sixth book was written by a different author, Eoin Colfer.
The Hitchhiker's Guide features Arthur, who wakes up one morning to find out his house was preparing to be demolished to make way for a bypass. Arthur refuses to move and lies down in the mud in front of his house, insisting that if they wanted to demolish the house, they would have to drive over him. He is then dragged off by his friend, Ford Prefect, an alien who has been stuck on Earth for 15 years, and told that the Earth was about to be demolished to build a bypass.
Arthur is skeptical until the alien constructors showed up to demolish the Earth. It seems like everything is about to end until Ford manages to hitch a ride off Earth and brings Arthur along. The rest of the book follows their adventures throughout space with a depressed robot, Marvin, the President of the galaxy, Zaphod Beeblebrox, and Trillian, a half human.
When I first read this book, I was nothing short of confused. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is one of those books you would have to read multiple times before you can actually form a sort of idea what the book is actually about.
This book is also a movie, starring Martin Freeman and Zooey Deschanel.
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| Did they have to squeeze in the love story though? . |
However, I would definitely consider this book to be a must read. The rest of the series are worth a try as well.
One last piece of advice: DON'T PANIC
