The
Hitchhiker´s Guide to the Galaxy is a story of the two human beings who survive
the Earth’s senseless destruction, and their adventures in space and time while
attempting to discover the meaning of life
This book
written by Douglas Adams begins with Arthur Dent facing the destruction of his
house to replace it for a new highway. While this is happening, Arthur's friend
of many years, Ford Prefect, tells Arthur that Earth itself is about to end, as
an alien race wishes to make an intergalactic highway and Earth is in its way.
The novel takes
us with Arthur and Ford to their adventures in the galaxy onto the Heart Of
Gold, the most advanced ship in the galaxy, which itself was hijacked by Zaphod
Beeblebrox, the two-headed, three-armed, way trippy ex-hippie president of the
galaxy and an old "friend" of Ford.
At the ship
they meet Trillian which is Zaphod´s girlfriend, whom Arthur once tried to mack
on, and also they meet a paranoid, chronically depressed robot called Marvin. Arthur
and Ford travel through the galaxy, searching for the question to the Ultimate
Answer Of Life, the Universe, and Everything.
The author describes
to specifically how the technology of this novel works, we can read about
technology never heard like the telepathic Babel Fish which can translate all
known languages, and the Infinite Improbability Drive which powers the
spaceship Heart of Gold.
This book
is also famous because of its satire on philosophy and religion fields. The
meaning of life written in this book is actually “42”.
To be
honest I like the book but only in the funniest parts, I believe that in some
chapters the story is a little bit boring and I lost the thread of the plot,
which makes it even more boring for me to re-read those parts and continue with
the plot
