The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy, by Douglas Adams is the single greatest book of all time in its category.
This statement, grand though it may seem, is not an overstatement (at least in my opinion).
This book tells the tale of an inconspicuous and seemingly insignificant British man named Arthur Dent, who wakes up one morning to find a yellow bulldozer advancing down his garden path with the intention of demolishing his much ignored brick house. This slight misunderstanding starts the morning in which,
This statement, grand though it may seem, is not an overstatement (at least in my opinion).
This book tells the tale of an inconspicuous and seemingly insignificant British man named Arthur Dent, who wakes up one morning to find a yellow bulldozer advancing down his garden path with the intention of demolishing his much ignored brick house. This slight misunderstanding starts the morning in which,
1). He meets a direct male-line decendent of Genghis Khan,
2). His house is destroyed to make way for a bypass,
3). He finds out his best friend Ford Prefect is from a small planet somewhere in the vicinity of Betelgeuse,
4). The earth is demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass.
He wakes up upon a Vogon spaceship having being saved by his friend Ford and begins walking running and randomizing his way around the universe, unwillingly on a quest to discover the ultimate answer to life, the universe and everything and meets some interesting characters on the way.
A sci-fi, a comedy, a damm good book.
3). He finds out his best friend Ford Prefect is from a small planet somewhere in the vicinity of Betelgeuse,
4). The earth is demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass.
He wakes up upon a Vogon spaceship having being saved by his friend Ford and begins walking running and randomizing his way around the universe, unwillingly on a quest to discover the ultimate answer to life, the universe and everything and meets some interesting characters on the way.
A sci-fi, a comedy, a damm good book.
