The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams (1979)

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy was such a fun and engaging read! I’ve wanted to read this one for a while and one day noticed it on the bookcase: unknown to me my partner had a copy!

I appreciated Arthur Dent and Ford’s friendship, it felt genuine and Ford’s personality was a fun new perspective with the absurdity of the adventure. The interactions that characters had with the computers were great and gave more life.

Marvin was one of my favourites – his help towards the end made me laugh out loud and Adams wrote it brilliantly.

Adams also set the scene incredibly well, everything felt well thought out and seemed oddly believable: as if Adams had genuinely been to space himself.

Spoilers ahead - avert eyes!

The destruction of Earth being ‘planned’ yet unknown to the inhabitants of Earth was a wild opening and twist that sets the tone and the adventure for the hitchhikers.

What do you think about the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life?