This is a fair question, as it's one of the oddest (though certainly one of the best) books I've ever read. Basically, the book follows the story of Arthur Dent, an ordinary Earthman whose planet gets demolished to make way for a hyperspatial bypass. This is a particularly harsh blow, as his house has just been demolished. However, Arthur manages to escape with his friend Ford Prefect, who happens to be an alien from a small planet somewhere in the vicinity of Betelgeuse. Together, they set out to explore the galaxy with Ford's cousin Zaphod Beeblebrox, an Earth woman named Trillian, a manically depressed robot called Marvin and two white mice (who happened to be called Frankie and Benjy, but it's not really vital to the plot). I would definitely recommend the book to anyone, even if you don't really understand it at first because that's the fun of it. So long, and thanks for all the fish!
Shynola
Approximately 15% of schools list The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in their curriculum.
hitchhikers guide to the galaxy... it's a hilarious movie
Because it says so in the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy.
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for leaving just before the world exploded in the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy
The "trilogy" of five books were published between 1979 and 1992.
Hit 4-2 in that order. It's from The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy.
As per The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Zaphod Beeblebrox, of course. See the related link for more information. *Dont panic!
It is Zaphod Beebleprox (who, in time, becomes a fugitive after he steals a revolutionary space craft)
BAY-BULL see hitchhikers guide to the galaxy like the tower of babel that features in the bible
to translate any language The babel fish allows you to understand different languages when you hear them.