The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

A Novel

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Douglas Adams: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1989, Harmony Books)

Hardcover, 224 pages

English language

Published Sept. 15, 1989 by Harmony Books.

ISBN:
978-0-517-54209-5
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OCLC Number:
6251440

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Don't panic! You're not timetripping! It's the tenth anniversary of the publication of Douglas Adams's zany, best-selling novel, and to celebrate Harmony is reissuing a special edition of this cult classic!

By now the story is legendary. Arthur Dent, mild-mannered, out-to-lunch earth-ling, is plucked from his planet by his friend Ford Prefect just seconds before it was demolished to make way for a hyper-space bypass. Ford, posing as an out-of-work actor, is a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Together the gruesome twosome begin their now-famous inter-galactic journey through time, space and best-sellerdom.

For Hitchhiker fanatics (you know who you are!) who've read the books, seen the television program, and listened to the radio show, as well as newcomers to Douglas Adams's unique universe -- remember -- don't panic, don't forget to bring a towel, and don't forget to celebrate The Hitchhiker's Guide to …

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Divertido disparate improbable

Sí, el libro sigue fresco. Y sigue siendo solo para las personas que disfrutan de lo absurdo (mundodisco, etc.). Si tienes dudas sobre si te gustará, yo me leería un artículo de los de El Mundo Today (entero, más allá del titular), porque este libro en realidad no es más que una sucesión de tonterías gordas. La serie de Futurama también bebe de esto, para que tengáis referencias.

A la vez, lo que destaca del libro es precisamente eso: el compromiso con la tontería, con el absurdo y la imaginación, porque todo está bien atado. Puede suceder y sucede cualquier cosa. Las más improbables. Pero todo está atado. Todo tiene una coherencia, y dar coherencia al disparate no es sencillo, y menos cuando se consigue adivinar una trama mayor.

En resumen, si disfrutas del disparate, bienvenide porque es todo un viaje.

A book I keep returning to.

How many times have I read this book? 10? 20? Audiobooks read by multiple narrators, the single edition of the book, the collected trilogy, the collected trilogy in four parts, all the different radio plays, the re-collected trilogy in five parts, the Vogon poetry tributes, etc.

Yet, still, I encounter things I don't remember.

How is it that I can't just quote it, verbatim from memory at this point?

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  • Science fiction
  • Fiction - Science Fiction
  • Fantasy
  • Science Fiction - Adventure
  • Fiction / General