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Reader reviewed by Dino_girl

Just before earth is blown up, Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect hitchhike on a Vogon spacecraft and got as far away from there as they possibly could. I feel so sorry for Marvin and Arthur, but you just have to laugh at them. It is an excellent book. Some of the places that they visit are hilarious.


Trapped in a place that he has no knowledge of, Arthur and Ford struggle to survive against missiles, and the weirdest things you could possibly think of. Until recently Arthur had been quite happy with his life, although it was not much of a life he had still enjoyed it. Having been stranded on Earth, Ford found things to do in his spare time, like researching things for the electronic book called The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and going for a drink or two. Together these two face untold dangers and funny creatures.


Out of all the characters in the book, I think I would choose Marvin the Robot, well its more like Marvin the severely depressed Robot. He was the funniest of them all. He could kill a space ship just talking about how everyone and everything hated him. Marvin was rarely happy, and when he was happy it only lasted about three seconds. He was more depressed then anyone I have ever met.

If you think being tortured by poetry and launched into space arent bad enough, just wait until you read the rest of the book. It was a hoot. I would suggest this book to people who love comedy. I know that I had a lot of fun reading this. If you like this book you would probably like the second and third books, too, The Restaurant at the end of the Universe and Mostly Harmless. Every morning when I wake up I think of one thing, the number Forty-two.