Milena Benini Boeken

Now celebrating the 42nd anniversary of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, soon to be a Hulu original series! “Wild satire . . . The feckless protagonist, Arthur Dent, is reminiscent of Vonnegut heroes.”—Chicago Tribune The unhappy inhabitants of planet Krikkit are sick of looking at the night sky above their heads—so they plan to destroy it. The universe, that is. Now only five individuals stand between the killer robots of Krikkit and their goal of total annihilation. They are Arthur Dent, a mild-mannered space and time traveler who tries to learn how to fly by throwing himself at the ground and missing; Ford Prefect, his best friend, who decides to go insane to see if he likes it; Slartibartfast, the indomitable vice president of the Campaign for Real Time, who travels in a ship powered by irrational behavior; Zaphod Beeblebrox, the two-headed, three-armed ex-president of the galaxy; and Trillian, the sexy space cadet who is torn between a persistent Thunder God and a very depressed Beeblebrox. How will it all end? Will it end? Only this stalwart crew knows as they try to avert “universal” Armageddon and save life as we know it—and don’t know it! “Adams is one of those rare treasures: an author who, one senses, has as much fun writing as one has reading.”—Arizona Daily Star

Arthur Dent wordt net voordat de aarde wordt vernietigd om plaats te maken voor een intergalactische snelweg van de planeet gehaald door zijn vriend Ford Prefect, een onderzoeker voor de Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Ford heeft zich vijftien jaar lang voorgedaan als een werkloze acteur. Samen beginnen ze een reis door de ruimte, vergezeld door een kleurrijke groep medereizigers: Zaphod Beeblebrox, de tweehoofdig, drie-armige ex-hippie en totaal verknipte president van de melkweg; Trillian, Zaphod’s vriendin, die Arthur ooit op een cocktailparty probeerde te versieren; Marvin, een paranoïde, briljante en chronisch depressieve robot; en Veet Voojagig, een voormalige afgestudeerde student die geobsedeerd is door het verdwijnen van alle balpennen die hij in de loop der jaren heeft gekocht. Waar zijn deze pennen? Waarom worden we geboren? Waarom sterven we? Voor alle antwoorden, steek je duim naar de sterren!

Now celebrating the 42nd anniversary of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, soon to be a Hulu original series! “Douglas Adams is a terrific satirist.”—The Washington Post Book World Facing annihilation at the hands of the warlike Vogons? Time for a cup of tea! Join the cosmically displaced Arthur Dent and his uncommon comrades in arms in their desperate search for a place to eat, as they hurtle across space powered by pure improbability. Among Arthur’s motley shipmates are Ford Prefect, a longtime friend and expert contributor to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; Zaphod Beeblebrox, the three-armed, two-headed ex-president of the galaxy; Tricia McMillan, a fellow Earth refugee who’s gone native (her name is Trillian now); and Marvin, the moody android. Their destination? The ultimate hot spot for an evening of apocalyptic entertainment and fine dining, where the food speaks for itself (literally). Will they make it? The answer: hard to say. But bear in mind that The Hitchhiker’s Guide deleted the term “Future Perfect” from its pages, since it was discovered not to be! “What’s such fun is how amusing the galaxy looks through Adams’s sardonically silly eyes.”—Detroit Free Press