ABOUT THE BOOK:
The broad narrative of Hitchhiker follows the misadventures of the last surviving man, Arthur Dent, following the demolition of the Earth by a Vogon constructor fleet to make way for a hyperspace bypass. Dent is rescued from Earth’s destruction by Ford Prefect—a human-like alien writer for the eccentric, electronic travel guide The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy—by hitchhiking onto a passing Vogon spacecraft. Following his rescue, Dent explores the galaxy with the Prefect and encounters Trillian, another human who had been taken from Earth (before its destruction) by the two-headed President of the Galaxy Zaphod Beeblebrox and the depressed Marvin, the Paranoid Android. Certain narrative
details were changed among the various adaptations.
REVIEW BY DANIA: N.A
OTHER INFORMATION:
Number one on the Sunday Times bestseller list (1979) Author received the “Golden Pan” (From his publishers for reaching the 1,000,000th book sold) (1984)
Waterstones Books/Channel Four’s list of the ‘One Hundred Greatest Books of the Century’, at number 24. (1996) BBC’s “Big Read”, an attempt to find the “Nation’s Best-loved book”, ranked it number four. (2003)
TRIGGER WARNINGS:
1. Suicide
2. Animal death
