The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: The Illustrated Edition by Douglas Adams and Chris Riddell is $2 at
Amazon,
B&N and
Kobo US. It's a classic and I really like Douglas Adams. But I have DNFed this book several times. I appreciate the humor, but it just never feels like it is going anywhere (yes, I know the history of the book originating as a radio serial. Knowing it doesn't make the experience of reading it any better. I wouldn't read a novelization of one of Grandpa Simpson's stories either).
Quote:
This beautifully illustrated edition of the New York Times bestselling classic celebrates the 42nd anniversary of the original publication—with all-new art by award-winning illustrator Chris Riddell.
It’s an ordinary Thursday morning for Arthur Dent . . . until his house gets demolished. The Earth follows shortly after to make way for a new hyperspace express route, and Arthur’s best friend has just announced that he’s an alien.
After that, things get much, much worse.
With just a towel, a small yellow fish, and a book, Arthur has to navigate through a very hostile universe in the company of a gang of unreliable aliens. Luckily the fish is quite good at languages. And the book is The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy . . . which helpfully has the words DON’T PANIC inscribed in large, friendly letters on its cover.
Douglas Adams’s mega-selling pop-culture classic sends logic into orbit, plays havoc with both time and physics, offers up pithy commentary on such things as ballpoint pens, potted plants, and digital watches . . . and, most important, reveals the ultimate answer to life, the universe, and everything.
Now, if you could only figure out the question. . . .
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