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Life, the Universe and Everything Paperback - 2005
by Douglas Adams
Join time-traveling earthling Arthur Dent; sexy space cadet Trillian; mad alien Ford Prefect; the unflappable Slartibartfast; and two-headed, three-armed, ex-head Honcho of the Universe Zaphod Beeblebrox in this third work in the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series.
About this book
Douglas Adams was born in 1952 and educated at Cambridge. He was the author of five books in the Hitchhiker�s Trilogy, including The Hitchhiker�s Guide to the Galaxy; The Restaurant at the End of the Universe; Life, the Universe and Everything; So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish; and Mostly Harmless. His other works include Dirk Gently�s Holistic Detective Agency; The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul; The Meaning of Liff and The Deeper Meaning of Liff (with John Lloyd); and Last Chance to See (with Mark Carwardine). His last book was the bestselling collection, The Salmon of Doubt, published posthumously in May 2002.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Summary
"HYSTERICAL!"--The Philadelphia InquirerThe 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 StarFrom the Paperback edition.
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"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
"From the Paperback edition.
Details
- Title Life, the Universe and Everything
- Author Douglas Adams
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: repri
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Del Rey Books, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.
- Date 2005-04-26
- Features Movie/TV Tie-In
- ISBN 9780345418906 / 0345418905
- Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.6 in (20.83 x 13.97 x 1.52 cm)
- Reading level 1010
- Library of Congress subjects Fantasy fiction, Science fiction
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005274175
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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- Ingram Advance, 05/01/2005, Page 92
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