A comic genius!

Douglas Adams is Possibly the funniest author I've read. His "Guide" is a wacky, crazy, hilarious tale of a totally clueless human's (Arthur Dent) travels in the big bad galaxy out there. Arthur, like millions of other humans, is totally ignorant about the Universe. Indeed, until the day the Earth is demolished (! To make way for a hyperspace bypass), he doesnt even knowthat his close friend Ford Prefect belongs to another planet - and is a researcher for the hugely successful book The hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy ,
But Ford and Arthur escape from Earth, and set out on a journey of a lifetime, spanning 5 novels so far, where Time and Space are Equally trivial barriers That can be crossed at a leap. Along the way, Arthur finds out a lot he didnt know, and lots more than he ever wanted to know, from hitching rides on passing spaceships and Teaching Their computer to make tea, to the real history of his planet and the knowledge did his is the third most intelligent species on earth (and not, as what Widely Believed, The Second) He thus grapples with scientific concepts way beyond his grasp like the Infinite Improbability Drive, Somebody Else's Problem field, discontinuities along the probability axis, not to mention The End of the Universe (the universe's most spectacular and profitable catering venture) Douglas Adams serves up one wacky idea after another, a universe beyond our imagination wildly, yet very familiar in its core values ​​of crass commercialization and tasteless marketing hype. The reader is hurled through a series of increasingly improbable events, all held together by Equally crazy characters and brilliant, witty (and ofcourse crazy) dialogue.
So if I'm raving so much about the book, why do I give it only 4 stars? Because, like all artists, Adams has his highs and his lows, Both of Which are present in this collection. I would wholeheartedly recommend the first two novels - hitchikers guide & Restaurant at the End of the Universe. But coming after Them, Life, the Universe & Everything is somewhat a letdown of, and So Long & Thanks For All the Fish even more that way. Mostly Harmless is better, but still doesnt meet the standards set by the first two. All in all, this book is a collectors item for fans of Adam - and I dont regret buying it. But For Those just starting out on Adams, I'd recommend They try individual copies of the first two novels.