The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy book cover

Ford Prefect is an alien from the planet Betelgeuse who has been stranded on Earth for the last 15 years. DON'T PANIC! But the world is about to end. That is when Ford Prefect hitches a ride with the Vogon ship that is about to destroy the planet to make a galactic freeway. Taking his friend Arthur Dent with him, both go on adventures with the President Zaphod Beeblebrox, Trillian and Marvin the paranoid android. With the stolen spaceship, the Heart of Gold, they travel through the galaxy and find a million years old secret alongside with the answer to the meaning of Life, the Universe and Everything. But not without the help of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a book about everything in the universe.

This book written by Douglas Adams is brilliant. It is a mixture of sci-fi and comedy that seems so silly you can't help but laugh. I really loved this book, it's one of my new favorites. The story took on an unexpected turn and an incredible explanation as to why the planet Earth was created. I seriously laughed a lot especially at the Guide's entries like the one from the Earth, "mostly harmless". This book is brilliant, it is really easy to read and quite short. My copy is The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy so it has the 5 novels, I can't wait to read the rest and find out what happens. Also and on a side note the story of how this book came to be is pretty interesting as well. I'd recommend it to any sci-fi fan but if you don't like sci-fi much it may be tougher to get through.
This book has definitively 5/5 stars.