The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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Douglas Adams, Stephen Fry: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (AudiobookFormat, 2005, Random House)

Audiobook

English language

Published April 27, 2005 by Random House.

Audible ASIN:
BOO2VA9SWS
Goodreads:
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4 stars (20 reviews)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is the first book in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comedy science fiction "trilogy of five books" by Douglas Adams, with a sixth book written by Eoin Colfer. The novel is an adaptation of the first four parts of Adams's radio series of the same name, centering on the adventures of the only man to survive the destruction of Earth; while roaming outer space, he comes to learn the truth behind Earth's existence. The novel was first published in London on 12 October 1979. It sold 250,000 copies in the first three months.The namesake of the novel is The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a fictional guide book for hitchhikers (inspired by the Hitch-hiker's Guide to Europe) written in the form of an encyclopaedia.

50 editions

Still fabulously funny

4 stars

I absolutely loved the Hitchhiker's series as a young teenager so was curious to discover how I would feel listening to it again now nearly thirty years (eeek)! later. One of the AudioSYNC downloads last week was the Stephen Fry narrated version. He does an excellent job, obviously enjoyed the novel as he reads it and managing to include a few aural nods to the original radio series. I wasn't prepared for how much of the book I still had memorised so apologies to anyone alarmed by the 'crazy' headphoned woman apparently muttering to herself, 'It must be a Thursday, said Arthur, I never could get the hang of Thursdays.' 'Life? Don't talk to me about Life!'.

Marvin is still, for me, the complete star of the show, but the other characters are excellently portrayed too and Adams' dry wit carries the story with a humour that is perfectly suited …

Review of "The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Meine Berührung mit dem Anhalter hatte ich eventuell schon vor meinem 15. Lebensjahr, doch spätestens als der Film rauskam. Also mit 15.
Alle Fans des Buchs hassten diesen Film, obwohl Adams selber am Drehbuch mitwirkte und ich las in dieser Zeit auch das erste Buch. Musste ich mir doch ein eigenes Urteil bilden.
Das erste Buch hat zwar diese wunderbar abgedreht Geschichte (zwei Menschen werden eher zufällig und unabhängig voneinander von Aliens gerettet, kurz bevor die Erde für eine intergalaktische Autobahn zerstört wird) und seine noch viel abgedrehteren Momente (der Petunientopf, der "Not again" denkt etc.), doch ist es das erste Buch von 5.
Viele Handlungsstränge, seien sie noch so absurd, klären sich erstaunlicherweise komplett logisch in späteren Büchern auf. Das wusste ich damals nur nicht und verbrachte relativ viel Zeit mit dem ersten Buch. Las es sogar mehrmals. Und fand es großartig und witzig.
Spulen wir 14 Jahre vor …

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Subjects

  • Science fiction
  • Space exploration
  • Humour