The ultimate Hitchhiker

Arthur Dent wakes up one morning, only to find that his house just before is to make way for a ring road. The debates with the supervisor bring little, yet Arthurs problems on this day are rather insignificant, because a little later, it is the whole earth shall yield the a ring road. With his friend Ford Prefect, who suddenly turns out to be a travel writer of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Arthur begins an incredible space odyssey as they escape on a spaceship of the construction fleet ...

But although The Hitchhikers Guide to the Universe has become a cult classic, and is also called the world literature, the book itself is incomplete. His end was written about by Douglas Adams to multiple Exceeded Deadline between a telephone conversation with his publisher and the arrival of the messenger. Of course, that hardly disturbs a reader, also because the missing chapters were later published as "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe" and the Hitchhiker so verleihten his rightful end.

Today the Hitchhiker as a trilogy in five parts is known, which is a very strange canon basis. Castle restaurant nor the Hitchhiker from, was "Life, the Universe and Everything" already rather a continuation, which still partly could continue the style and atmosphere of the Hitchhikers and thus completed the trilogy. "So long, and thanks for all the fish" this looked more like an appendage of the Hitchhiker saga and only briefly brought a return of known characters, was marked during the book of a love story at the suddenly resurrected Earth. Douglas Adams himself know in the book suggests that one should next equal to the last chapters, perhaps because there happen again Marvin and Ford. Probably because of this irritating fourth volume, Adams wanted to end the saga with Hitchhiker Mostly Harmless once and for all. What he already wanted to finish with the actual Hitchhiker, thus ending the fifth installment of the trilogy, but rather confused and torn between the dimensions back and.

Overall, however, the Hitchhiker saga is a masterpiece, a high-class sci-fi parody with its own philosophy. Unconventional succeeds Douglas Adams to avoid any seriousness and with much wit to explain the galaxy. He waived emphasizes on real hero, Arthur Dent is about thoroughly quite common. The plot runs erratic and marked by twists, which act completely unlikely but always intellectually challenge the reader.

In the present edition the Hitchhiker saga is completely summarized in a band, as opposed to many other anthologies but without the short stories "Young Zaphod Plays It Safe". This is, however, already contained in Salmon of Doubt, the official discount band of the author. Rein priced this issue is relatively cheap and many competitors, which they make headlines by a more manageable size and lighter weight.

Conclusion:
Plain and simple, the ideal Hitchhiker-anthology - cheap, reasonably handy and of course completely.