Based on a wildly popular comedy sci-fi radio show in 1978, this classic work first started as a phenomenon in Britsh culture and soon became an international sensation, having been translated to more than 30 languages in 2005.
The broad narrative of Hitchhiker follows the misadventures of the last surviving man, Arthur Dent, following the demolition of the planet Earth by a Vogon constructor fleet to make way for a hyperspace bypass.
Elon Musk
cited this book as one that defines his childhood and helped shape his way of thinking. “It taught me that the tough thing is figuring out what questions to ask, but that once you do that, the rest is really easy,” Musk says, referring to the novel’s revelation that the answer to the ultimate question of “life, the universe, and everything” is 42. “I came to the conclusion that we should aspire to increase the scope and scale of human consciousness in order to better understand what questions to ask. Really, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment.”
About the author
Douglas Noël Adams was an English author, comic radio dramatist, and musician.
In addition to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
, Douglas Adams wrote or co-wrote three stories of the science fiction television series Doctor Who
and served as Script Editor during the seventeenth season.
Douglas Adams also originated the idea for the computer game Starship Titanic
, which was produced by a company that he co-founded, and adapted into a novel by Terry Jones.
Based on a wildly popular comedy sci-fi radio show in 1978, this classic work first started as a phenomenon in Britsh culture and soon became an international sensation, having been translated to more than 30 languages in 2005.
The broad narrative of Hitchhiker follows the misadventures of the last surviving man, Arthur Dent, following the demolition of the planet Earth by a Vogon constructor fleet to make way for a hyperspace bypass.
Elon Musk
cited this book as one that defines his childhood and helped shape his way of thinking. “It taught me that the tough thing is figuring out what questions to ask, but that once you do that, the rest is really easy,” Musk says, referring to the novel’s revelation that the answer to the ultimate question of “life, the universe, and everything” is 42. “I came to the conclusion that we should aspire to increase the scope and scale of human consciousness in order to better understand what questions to ask. Really, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment.”
About the author
Douglas Noël Adams was an English author, comic radio dramatist, and musician.
In addition to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
, Douglas Adams wrote or co-wrote three stories of the science fiction television series Doctor Who
and served as Script Editor during the seventeenth season.
Douglas Adams also originated the idea for the computer game Starship Titanic
, which was produced by a company that he co-founded, and adapted into a novel by Terry Jones.