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More Than Complete Hitchhiker's Guide: Complete & Unabridged

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This collection of sharp, witty, and observant books merits a space on every bookshelf. I am VERY disappointed to find that it
is out of print, as the copy I have is a beautiful black cushioned-leather covered, bible-page style with gold page edges.
Needless to say, I'm preserving it as much as I can! Douglas Adams is one of my favorite authors, with his ability to make
human existance seem so amusing, and yet so futile at the same time. He takes life, gives it a large drink, spins it around a few
times, and watches what happens. Adams is not above self-humiliation either:

"The idea for the title first cropped up when I was lying drunk in a field in Innsbruck, Austria. Well, not really drunk, just the
kind of drunk you get from having a couple of stiff Gossers after not having eaten for two days straight on account of being a
penniless hitchhiker. We are talking of a mild inability to stand up."

I THOROUGHLY recommend this book to ANYONE with a sense of humor, a mind for Sci-Fi, or an adequately functioning
brain. Actually, all carbon-based life-forms should be exposed to this book at some point or another...

Enjoy... I know I did!

If you haven't read this book, you are missing out on a lot. Many allusions are made to this series and many jokes and catchphrases are based off of this series of books. Other than that, this book is a great read anyways, and if you are ever feeling down, there is nothing better to make you feel better. This is definitely one of my personal favorites in my book collection.

If everone could see the world as Douglas Adams did, we'd all be better off. Mix dry British humor with a group of idiosyncratic characters, drop them into the space-time continium and you get non-stop laughs. At times I often found myself with a grin from ear to ear! Sometimes laughing out-loud!! Even a die hard science fiction fan needs a little bit of humor to keep a perspective.

Although I am an avid reader, and have an ever-growing collection of books, I rarely read anything more than once. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series is definitely an exception, since I have read every book numerous times over the years. I recommend this series to people of all ages, since I still get as much enjoyment out of it now as I did the first time I picked up the first book about 12 years ago, when I was a sophmore in high school. Even people who aren't big science fiction buffs will get a kick out of the hilarious escapades of Arthur Dent, and his unique assortment of companions. This series is definitely a must read for everyone!

This is the absolute best book. Definite read for anyone. Time flies like the wind. Fruit flies like bananas. -Groucho Marx

The ship hung in the air much the same way that bricks don't. -Douglas Adams

And by excellent, I mean both the book itself and the condition of this particular copy. Truly like new!

This collection of sharp, witty, and observant books merits a space on every bookshelf. I am VERY disappointed to find that it is out of print, as the copy I have is a beautiful black cushioned-leather covered, bible-page style with gold page edges. Needless to say, I'm preserving it as much as I can! Douglas Adams is one of my favorite authors, with his ability to make human existance seem so amusing, and yet so futile at the same time. He takes life, gives it a large drink, spins it around a few times, and watches what happens. Adams is not above self-humiliation either:

"The idea for the title first cropped up when I was lying drunk in a field in Innsbruck, Austria. Well, not really drunk, just the kind of drunk you get from having a couple of stiff Gossers after not having eaten for two days straight on account of being a penniless hitchhiker. We are talking of a mild inability to stand up."

I THOROUGHLY recommend this book to ANYONE with a sense of humor, a mind for Sci-Fi, or an adequately functioning brain. Actually, all carbon-based life-forms should be exposed to this book at some point or another...

Enjoy... I know I did!

Douglas Adams has a sense of humor that soars in the same way that a boulders don't! This series is a classic, and beyond definition in a single genre.

This series of books, called a Trillogy, is the most hilarious I've ever read. From the (mis-)adventures of Arthur Dent, to the wild lifestyle of Zaphod Beeblebrox. I especially loved the touch of the history of the series at the begining.