{"product_id":"life-the-universe-and-everything-paperback","title":"Life, the Universe and Everything - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDouglas Adams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow celebrating the 42nd anniversary of \u003ci\u003eThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, \u003c\/i\u003e soon to be a Hulu original series \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Wild satire . . . The feckless protagonist, Arthur Dent, is reminiscent of Vonnegut heroes.\"--\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe unhappy inhabitants of planet Krikkit are sick of looking at the night sky above their heads--so they plan to destroy it. The universe, that is. Now only five individuals stand between the killer robots of Krikkit and their goal of total annihilation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey are Arthur Dent, a mild-mannered space and time traveler who tries to learn how to fly by throwing himself at the ground and missing; Ford Prefect, his best friend, who decides to go insane to see if he likes it; Slartibartfast, the indomitable vice president of the Campaign for Real Time, who travels in a ship powered by irrational behavior; Zaphod Beeblebrox, the two-headed, three-armed ex-president of the galaxy; and Trillian, the sexy space cadet who is torn between a persistent Thunder God and a very depressed Beeblebrox. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow will it all end? Will it end? Only this stalwart crew knows as they try to avert \"universal\" Armageddon and save life as we know it--and don't know it  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Adams is one of those rare treasures: an author who, one senses, has as much fun writing as one has reading.\"--\u003ci\u003eArizona Daily Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHYSTERICAL!\u003cbr\u003e--The Philadelphia Inquirer\u003cbr\u003eThe unhappy inhabitants of planet Krikkit are sick of looking at the night sky above their heads--so they plan to destroy it. The universe, that is. Now only five individuals stand between the white killer robots of Krikkit and their goal of total annihilation.\u003cbr\u003eThey are Arthur Dent, a mild-mannered space and time traveler, who tries to learn how to fly by throwing himself at the ground and missing; Ford Prefect, his best friend, who decides to go insane to see if he likes it; Slartibartfast, the indomitable vicepresident of the Campaign for Real Time, who travels in a ship powered by irrational behavior; Zaphod Beeblebrox, the two-headed, three-armed ex-head honcho of the Universe; and Trillian, the sexy space cadet who is torn between a persistent Thunder God and a very depressed Beeblebrox.\u003cbr\u003eHow will it all end? Will it end? Only this stalwart crew knows as they try to avert \"universal\" Armageddon and save life as we know it--and don't know it!\u003cbr\u003e\"ADAMS IS ONE OF THOSE RARE TREASURES: an author who, one senses, has as much fun writing as one has reading.\"\u003cbr\u003e--The Arizona Daily Star \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"From the Paperback edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDouglas Adams\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1952 and created all the various and contradictory manifestations of \u003ci\u003eThe Hitchhiker's\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eGuide to the Galaxy\u003c\/i\u003e radio, novels, TV, computer games, stage adaptations, comic book, and bath towel. 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