Noah Maloney
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
This story is about a young man named Arthur Dent and the adventures he goes on after Earth is decimated to make way for a new galactic freeway. Just before Earth is destroyed, Arthur's friend Ford Prefect saves them by stowing away on a vogan ship. Arthur learns the Ford wasn't really human and discovers a fish that goes through your ear canal to your brain to understand any language that is spoken. Once the vogans announce that they're not too pleased with hitchhikers on their ship, Arthur realizes just what being a hitchhiker is really like. Of course, Arthur isn't in too good of a mood what with his planet being destroyed and being threatened to be thrown into the vast depths of space so Ford attempts to calm him down a little. But this is Ford Prefect so calming people down after losing their entire race and home wasn't too easy for him.
Meanwhile, the vogans have sent out a patrol party to find the hitchhikers, capture them, possibly read poetry to them and toss the two into the unforgiving void of the universe.
Throughout the book, Arthur is dazzled by the marvels of space while Ford shrugs it off like a patch of dust. They're always getting into problems and hitchhiking out like a guaranteed escape route.
Personally, I thought everything was fantastic. The way Ford tries to fit in with earthlings but only ends up turning heads of confusion, or how the book The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy the two through countless situations. It's British humor at some of it's best. However, to someone new to reading books from other places in the world, some of the grammar and words
may confuse. But if you can understand their sayings and different vocabulary it's a great read.
If you love sci-fi and enjoy a different style of reading from time to time, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is perfect for you. There's so much humor that not all of it can even be contained in just the pages of the story because there are even jokes on the flaps of the cover! Honestly, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a great read and I would highly recommend it to anyone who wants a good laugh and fascinating story.
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