The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe series is absolutely brilliant. I am re-reading the first four books now for at least the tenth time. I love the books and can't wait for the series. I will have to make a trip to the library to try and get the fifth book (Mostly Harmless) though since my copy vanished some years ago. I haven't had the chance to read Samon of a Doubt though, I will have to get that out too.

Love the Gently series, Long Dark Tea Time of The Soul is one of Adams' best books. Have never come accross Young Zaphod Plays it safe, I will have to look for that one too.

Another one for Adams fans is Douglas Adams' Starship Titantic. It was actually written by Monty Python's Terry Jones based on an idea that Douglas Adams developed into a video game and got Jones to write. Douglas Adams was alway a fan of multi media, and writing was only a side gig in comparison. Starship Titantic is great, a must read for all Adams and Monty Python fans (generally they are one and the same, though some Python fans haven't heard of Douglas Adams so have yet to convert to Douglas Adams fans ).

here's hitchhiker's guide "in your pocket"/mobile version (or so it should be, but you can access it via web anyway ):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/pda/

man you guys make it sound so interesting i think i might plan to buy it soon maybe all five books at once or just 1 at a time.

You can get The Complete Hitchhikers Guide to the Universe which includes all five books. (Watch it if your buying used though because older versions will only have the older books). From what I understand some versions of the complete come with Salmon of a doubt and Young Zaphod as well, though I have never seen that before.

Yea I saw it at a bookstore on sale for about 15 dollars. I would recommend this outstanding book to anyone because it is very hilarious. Also, my robotics team is based on this book. Go team 481 Hitchhikers

yeah I just finished hitchhikers. It's one of the funniest books I've ever read. you can tell that the movie would be worse (even though I haven't seen it) because many of the jokes can only be made in book form. See what I'm saying? Dat's the way it works, homie. 5/5

I loved these books, but Mostly Harmles has a sad ending

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If you have read the books and also listened to the radio series ( original Hitch Hikers Guide), there are a lot of different things, though the story follows the same structure more or less. Also the radio series, I believe is funnier than the books, the sounds are really top notch and its a treat listening to the sigh of the automatic doors....... Marvin......Arthur.

The ending is also different, but i'll not spoil it for you.

I have got the link for all the Radio transcripts ( .mp3 ), but I'm not sure if its legal

Is there a certain age you should be to read this book? I tried it when I was younger...and only read the first few pages thinking it was boring. I think I might pick it up again to see if i'll take to it differently this time.