The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Douglas Adams
Taste attributes: science fictioncomedyadventurerobots/ai/spacefastfresh & originallightimaginaryglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingfish out of water/culture clashfool triumphant
Boxlist takeAn otherworldly science-fiction novel that is wide-ranging, accessible and inventive. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Pace: fast · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: very light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score
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4.5 / 5
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About This Book
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is the first of six books in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comedy science fiction "hexalogy" by Douglas Adams. The novel is an adaptation of the first four parts of Adams's radio series of the same name. The novel was first published in London on 12 October 1979. It sold 250,000 copies in the first three months.
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- Douglas Adams
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- 1979
- Pages
- 216
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