Milena Benini Książki

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

Młody Ziemianin Arthur Dent dowiaduje się z przerażeniem, że jego najbliższy przyjaciel Ford Prefect jest kosmitą, Ziemia zaś za chwilę zostanie unicestwiona, gdyż podobno leży na trasie planowanej kosmicznej autostrady. Stosowna informacja została nawet wywieszona w jakimś galaktycznym urzędzie na Alfa Centauri, ale… Ziemianie jej nie oprotestowali. Zniszczenie ojczystej planety to dla Arthura dopiero początek niewiarygodnych przygód w czasie i przestrzeni. Ford zabiera go statkiem kosmicznym w podróż po galaktyce. Jego przyjaciel zbiera materiały do nowej edycji przewodnika – komendium wszelkiej wiedzy i mądrości – „Autostopem przez galaktykę”. W czasie tej podróży Arthur spróbuje pojąć sens życia, a także rozwiązać jedną z największych zagadek kosmosu…

Facing annihilation at the hands of the warlike Vogons is a curious time to have a craving for tea. It could only happen to the cosmically displaced Arthur Dent and his comrades in arms as they hurtle across space powered by pure improbability - and desperately in search of a place to eat. 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 who suffers nothing and no one very gladly. Their destination? The ultimate hot spot for an evening of apocalyptic entertainment and fine dining, where the food (literally) speaks for itself.