The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams
SF Adams

Arthur Dent, mild-mannered, out-to-lunch earth-ling, is plucked from his planet by his friend Ford Prefect just seconds before it was demolished to make way for a hyper-space bypass. Ford, posing as an out-of-work actor, is a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Together the gruesome twosome begin their now-famous inter-galactic journey through time, space and best-sellerdom.—Random House, Inc.



"It's the reason why whenever I'm traveling, I always make sure I know where my towel is."—Submitted by Craig C., Senior Materials Handler



"This was such an off the wall book when I read this around age 10. The wordsmithing, humor, and overall bizarreness of it all was something completely new to me at the time."—Also submitted by Brian L., Building Services and Security Manager


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