... was written by Douglas Adams. It follows Arthur Dent who is pulled out of earth seconds before it was destroyed. He accompanies a hitchhiking alien who was stranded on earth for fifteen years. The book is full of Adams' quick wit and clichés. I never before was ever really interested in science fiction novels, but this novel have a very comical approach to it, which ... that kept me laughing. Adam's does an excellent job in the description and detail. The reader is able to clearly see Adam's imagination. In the book, he used the destruction of earth to show what we all seek in life, th...

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• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

... takes the ship to the most improbable place at the most improbable time. It is the sole reason that Arthur and Ford were rescued from the vacuum of space and also the reason that Zaphod was able to find Magrathea. The entire theme of the book is Improbability and it works quite well. This book definitely a fun read. It's a bit challenging in that many of the terms are made up alien slang ... like "Hey, you sass that hoopy Ford Prefect? There's a frood who really knows where his towel is.pg 27" The plot can also be a bit hard to follow ... in that you are constantly going to the most im...

• Word Count: 1132
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... out." (Pg 68) This is silly and random, and so is: Another thing that got forgotten was the fact that against all probability a sperm whale had suddenly been called into existence several miles above the surface of an alien planet. (Pg 102) We experience, throughout Adams" book, a sense of randomness and absurdity, and yet it is most entertaining to read. This simply radiates with ... see it as a final and clinching proof of the non-existence of God." This brings about the fundamental issue of the existence of a Higher Being. It also brings about the prospects and theories of evolution,...

• Word Count: 1481
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... outer space. Main characters and their relation to each other Arthur Dent is one of the main characters, he is a simple human from earth, he has a friend, Ford Prefect, who is an alien (Arthur didn't know that until the beginning of the book) from Betelgeuse, he is an editor for the Guide. And finally there is Zaphod Beeblebrox, a friend from Ford's youth, who is also an ... alien from Betelgeuse. Zaphod is also the president of the universe and he has two heads. Main character in detail Arthur is ... to earth and go on with his simple life, forgetting about all that had passed. Three ...

• Word Count: 764
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School