Life, the Universe and Everything (Hitchhiker's Trilogy (Paperback)) 
asked by officefan on November 11, 2006 7:47 PM
"HYSTERICAL!"
--The Philadelphia Inquirer
The unhappy inhabitants of planet Krikkit are sick of looking at the night sky above their heads--so they plan to destroy it. The universe, that is. Now only five individuals stand between the white killer robots of Krikkit and their goal of total annihilation.
They are Arthur Dent, a mild-mannered space and time traveler, who tries to learn how to fly by throwing himself at the ground and missing; Ford Prefect, his best friend, who decides to go insane to see if he likes it; Slartibartfast, the indomitable vicepresident of the Campaign for Real Time, who travels in a ship powered by irrational behavior; Zaphod Beeblebrox, the two-headed, three-armed ex-head honcho of the Universe; and Trillian, the sexy space cadet who is torn between a persistent Thunder God and a very depressed Beeblebrox.
How will it all end? Will it end? Only this stalwart crew knows as they try to avert "universal" Armageddon and save life as we know it--and don't know it!
"ADAMS IS ONE OF THOSE RARE TREASURES: an author who, one senses, has as much fun writing as one has reading."
--The Arizona Daily Star
--The Philadelphia Inquirer
The unhappy inhabitants of planet Krikkit are sick of looking at the night sky above their heads--so they plan to destroy it. The universe, that is. Now only five individuals stand between the white killer robots of Krikkit and their goal of total annihilation.
They are Arthur Dent, a mild-mannered space and time traveler, who tries to learn how to fly by throwing himself at the ground and missing; Ford Prefect, his best friend, who decides to go insane to see if he likes it; Slartibartfast, the indomitable vicepresident of the Campaign for Real Time, who travels in a ship powered by irrational behavior; Zaphod Beeblebrox, the two-headed, three-armed ex-head honcho of the Universe; and Trillian, the sexy space cadet who is torn between a persistent Thunder God and a very depressed Beeblebrox.
How will it all end? Will it end? Only this stalwart crew knows as they try to avert "universal" Armageddon and save life as we know it--and don't know it!
"ADAMS IS ONE OF THOSE RARE TREASURES: an author who, one senses, has as much fun writing as one has reading."
--The Arizona Daily Star
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The Kricket Planet have been locked up for years trying to get the 3 pillars and the Golden Bail so they can have the key. Once they get out they plan to destroy everything that is not Kricket. Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect set out to relieve the Universe of this disaster and along the way they run into some former past and a dangourous enemy. I would not reccomend this book. The book was slow and hard to follow, though it got better as I read on. I just wish that it would explain more of what happened and that the story would be little more adventurous.
reviewed by avi on November 17, 2006 11:17 AM
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The Kricket Planet have been locked up for years trying to get the three pillars and the Golden Bail so they can have the key. Once they get out they plan to destroy everything that is not Kricket. Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect set out to relieve the Universe of this disaster. Along the way they run into some former past and a dangourous enemy. I personnaly would not reccomend this book. The book was slow and hard to follow, though as I read through it, it got better. I just wish that it would explain more of what happened and that the story would be a little bit more adventurous.
reviewed by dataworld on November 29, 2006 11:54 AM
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When I finished this book, I hardly understood what had happened. All I know about it was that it involved the evil robot inhabitants of the planet Krikkit getting sick of looking at the sky, so they decide to destroy it. And naturally, Arthur, Marvin, Ford, Trillian, and Zaphod are the only people who can stop them. However, I found myself laughing quite a bit. Since all the previous books in the series were completely random, I didn't expect this one to be any different. Of course, I was right, but perhaps this one was a bit too Random.
reviewed by perfect10 on November 29, 2006 1:17 PM
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Doug Adams could please us in his sleep. The brilliance of the series is in its self-propelling, self-perpetuating idea that time, space, organic life forms, and furniture are one and that the universe is not only infinite, but can be infinitely boring and absorbing at the same time.
On this hike, we find Arthur Dent descending into madness induced by solitude and boredom on a prehistoric Earth. Not for long, as Ford Prefect and Slartibartfast soon catch up with him--one with party fever, and the other an itch to save the universe from the curse of the planet Krikkit and its belligerent dwellers. Zaphod, Marvin, and Trillian are all crucial spokes on the wheel rolling to the inevitable, but always fun, climax in the race to save life, the universe, and everything.
Adams seens to loosen the reins more and more with each book--which produces lots of smiles and chuckles--but at times, seems to take too many liberties with the space-time continuum. This leads to some rather cacophanous character juxtapositions--such as the exceedingly and strangely somber Slartibartfast and...well, everyone else. But nevermind all that, keep on hitchin'!
On this hike, we find Arthur Dent descending into madness induced by solitude and boredom on a prehistoric Earth. Not for long, as Ford Prefect and Slartibartfast soon catch up with him--one with party fever, and the other an itch to save the universe from the curse of the planet Krikkit and its belligerent dwellers. Zaphod, Marvin, and Trillian are all crucial spokes on the wheel rolling to the inevitable, but always fun, climax in the race to save life, the universe, and everything.
Adams seens to loosen the reins more and more with each book--which produces lots of smiles and chuckles--but at times, seems to take too many liberties with the space-time continuum. This leads to some rather cacophanous character juxtapositions--such as the exceedingly and strangely somber Slartibartfast and...well, everyone else. But nevermind all that, keep on hitchin'!
reviewed by vegaswinner on November 29, 2006 5:31 PM