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Life, the Universe and Everything (Hitchhiker's Trilogy)
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9780345391827
ISBN: 0345391829
Label: Del Rey
Manufacturer: Del Rey
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: September 27, 1995
Publisher: Del Rey
Release Date: September 27, 1995
Studio: Del Rey
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Editorial Review:
"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
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Silly but there's always a message
I'm a latecomer to the "Hitchhiker's Trilogy", and just finished the series. "Life, the Universe, and Everything" is a bit less funny only because the humour and style is the same as the previous books. And seems to be less "meat" in this one. Still, in with all the silliness there are comments about war and xenophobia, as well as the reasons for space travel. Considering how many lives and how much money are sacrificed or spent by the human race on these issues, a topical but funny book about them ... Read More
Rating:  - A Big Thirll in the Triology
Life, the Universe, and Everything is one of the best books in the Hitchhiker's Series. However, you must read the 2 previous books in the series in order to understand this book.
The story continues on from where the Restaurant at the End of the Universe left off. Arthur Dent is stranded on prehistoric Earth, and is very bored, so he decides to go insane. Just after he announces that, his best friend Ford Prefect suddenly appears and stops him from making this decision. Ford pulls him ... Read More
Rating: - Even better than the first two
One of the better installments in the Hitchhiker's Guide series, this one has a much-improved plot over the first two, which is simultaneously self-contained (if you take for granted the opening set-up) and plays an important role in the wider story of the series.
Adams does continue the somewhat strange practice of throwing in random bits that aren't so much "science"-fiction as just pure nonsense--Agrajag's ongoing reincarnation and coincidental persecution at the hands of Arthur, for instance, ... Read More
Rating: - Nothing new here
Adams continues to produce laughs here, but this volume begins to repackage material from the first two books. You have the same type of jokes, situations, randomness and plot twists here from the previous books. While those things were hilarious the first time around, they lose some of their impact on the second and third helpings. Fans of the series will enjoy this volume, but I found it to be less satisying than the first two novels in the series. While I've enjoyed the journey so far, this book does not ... Read More
Rating: - Not Free SF Reader
Throw yourself at the ground and miss. If you can't, don't whine about it.
Unfortunately the third Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy book is nowhere near as entertaining as the first two installments. The tone of it changes considerably to somewhat this side of maudlin, apart from the odd entertaining piece like the flying, and insulting the galaxy in order, or a bit of Clockwork Orange inspired cricket.
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