The More Than Complete Hitchhikers Guide

by Douglas Adams

Book Overview

The More Than Complete Hitchhikers Guide Douglas Adams This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0517693119
• ISBN13: 9780517693117
• Release Date: October 1989
• Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
• Length: 624 Pages
• Weight: 2.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.2" x 6.5" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Better than the movie!

A must-read for anyone who loves science fiction, comedy, and craziness! The movie is fine, but these five books in one are a dozen times better!

Buy this book from someone else

Great book, but this copy was totally not what was described. The binding is breaking, the book is quite literally falling apart. Makes it a little difficult to appreciate

An Enduring Classic

Although I am an avid reader, and have an ever-growing collection of books, I rarely read anything more than once. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series is definitely an exception, since I have read every book numerous times over the years. I recommend this series to people of all ages, since I still get as much enjoyment out of it now as I did the first time I picked up the first book about 12 years ago, when I was a sophmore in high school. Even people who aren't big science fiction buffs will get a kick out of the hilarious escapades of Arthur Dent, and his unique assortment of companions. This series is definitely a must read for everyone!

One of the few books that make me laugh out loud!

If everone could see the world as Douglas Adams did, we'd all be better off. Mix dry British humor with a group of idiosyncratic characters, drop them into the space-time continium and you get non-stop laughs. At times I often found myself with a grin from ear to ear! Sometimes laughing out-loud!! Even a die hard science fiction fan needs a little bit of humor to keep a perspective.

Life, The Universe, and HILARITY

This collection of sharp, witty, and observant books merits a space on every bookshelf. I am VERY disappointed to find that itis out of print, as the copy I have is a beautiful black cushioned-leather covered, bible-page style with gold page edges.Needless to say, I'm preserving it as much as I can! Douglas Adams is one of my favorite authors, with his ability to makehuman existance seem so amusing, and yet so futile at the same time. He takes life, gives it a large drink, spins it around a fewtimes, and watches what happens. Adams is not above self-humiliation either:"The idea for the title first cropped up when I was lying drunk in a field in Innsbruck, Austria. Well, not really drunk, just thekind of drunk you get from having a couple of stiff Gossers after not having eaten for two days straight on account of being apenniless hitchhiker. We are talking of a mild inability to stand up."I THOROUGHLY recommend this book to ANYONE with a sense of humor, a mind for Sci-Fi, or an adequately functioningbrain. Actually, all carbon-based life-forms should be exposed to this book at some point or another...Enjoy... I know I did!

Funniest author ever

This is the absolute best book. Definite read for anyone. Time flies like the wind. Fruit flies like bananas. -Groucho MarxThe ship hung in the air much the same way that bricks don't. -Douglas Adams