nNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Extremely funny . . . inspired lunacy . . . and] over much too soon.--The Washington Post Book World nSOON TO BE A HULU SERIES - Now celebrating the pivotal 42nd anniversary of the original radio show on which the book was based. n nNominated as one of Americas best-loved novels by PBSs The Great American Read n nSeconds before Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last fifteen years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor. n nTogether, this dynamic pair began a journey through space aided by a galaxyful of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox--the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian (formerly Tricia McMillan), Zaphods girlfriend, whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin, a paranoid, brilliant, and chronically depressed robot; and Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens hes bought over the years. n nWhere are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? For all the answers, stick your thumb to the stars n nPraise for The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy n nA whimsical oddyssey . . . Characters frolic through the galaxy with infectious joy.--Publishers Weekly n nIrresistable --The Boston Globen