The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, which tells the story of Arthur Dent, a quintessential Englishman who is unexpectedly swept up into an adventure across the galaxy when Earth is destroyed. After being saved by his friend Ford Prefect, who is revealed to be an alien in disguise, Arthur finds himself on board the Heart of Gold, a spaceship powered by an ‘infinite improbability drive’. As a result, the protagonists are plunged into a series of madcap adventures and astounding coincidences, which may even lead them to discover the meaning of life itself… The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is the first instalment in a series of novels adapted from the radio series of the same name, which was also written by Adams.
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ENGLISH AUTHOR, SCRIPTWRITER AND ESSAYIST
Born in Cambridge (England) in 1952.
Died in Los Angeles in 2001.
Notable works:
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1980), novel (sequel to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy)
Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency (1988), novel
Starship Titanic (1998), video game
Douglas Adams was born in Cambridge, but spent a large portion of his childhood at an animal shelter run by his grandparents. He began writing creatively at an early age, and after attending Cambridge University, where he was a member of the well-known Footlights theatre group, he moved to London to write for television and radio. Apart from minor writing and acting roles for Monty Python’s Flying Circus, his career was largely unsuccessful until he wrote the hugely popular Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy radio series, which he later adapted to novel form, eventually extending the series to five books while also working as a writer and script editor for the BBC science-fiction television series Doctor Who. The success of the Hitchhiker’s Guide meant that he was subsequently able to work on projects of his choosing. A notoriously slow and reluctant writer, he divided his time between infrequently publishing new books, working with animal conservation groups, assisting in the production of video games based on his work, and trying to get a film version of the Hitchhiker’s Guide