The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Douglas Adams
5/5
Del Rey 224 pages October 12, 1979
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. Together they begin a journey through space aided by quotes from the Guide and a large, friendly towel.
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This one is funny enough to knock a worm out of its apple. Douglas Adams wrote the funniest sci-fi book ever penned, and that's not even debatable. The answer to life, the universe, and everything? Forty-two. The answer to "should I read this book?" Also forty-two. Actually, it's just YES. Don't panic, don't forget your towel, and burrow into this one immediately. Five worms — absolutely essential.
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