The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Illustrated Edition

Douglas Noel Adams, an English author, created a masterpiece with the invention of a wholly new literary genre of comic science-fiction. The hero of the story is Arthur Dent who wakes up one day in the English countryside to discover his own house is being torn down by the local council. Arthur's best friend Ford Prefect then convinces him to spend his last minutes in a pub where he reveals that he is not really from Earth but is an intergalactic hitchhiker and that the world is about to be demolished too. Arthur then meets Zaphod Beeblebrox and Trillian and end up with a philosophical inquiry into the meaning of life, the universe and everything in it. Thoroughly enjoyable, entertaining and surprising, the story is already a classic milestone in the history of literary comic science-fiction.

Quirky, imaginative, dryly amusing and undeniably British. If you enjoy British humor (Monty Python, Spaced, et al), reading this is a no-brainer (foreshadowy pun absolutely intended). The characters are characters in the best sense, and the situations they find themselves in can be simultaneously relatable (complaining about work) and absurd (said work is designing fjords for Africa on Earth II). If, however, you enjoy books with a more linear structure, chronological plotting and traditional story-telling, then I would advise you to allow this book to pass you by. Adams seems to take delight in upending convention at every turn, and will thus punish readers looking for a familiar read. Not a deterrent necessarily, but a caveat that needs to be addressed. Other quick items: This book is a fast read, and is the first in a series, if you want to continue reading.

Easy system reading if I do not try to understand it.But curiosity keeps you going.. Well isn't that what writer tries to achieve. Sorry ranting again .