Today my review is on The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.
Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last fifteen years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor. Together this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker's Guide ("A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have") and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox--the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian, Zaphod's girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan), whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin, a paranoid, brilliant, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years.
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This was a charming little book. It was funny and whimsical. It was such a quick read. It's actually quite genius. Everything we do will eventually be erased because Earth will be no more. Not so much the aliens. It's almost like before climate change was a thing Adams knew that it was coming. If you want a light read this is the book for you. There is a lot of clever commentary on humans. And it's a classic! A book you have to read at least once. At first it's a little confusing but then things clear up. It's just a ridiculous kind of book. I gave it 5 out of 5 stars.
Happy reading!
Mackenzie
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