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Seconds before Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last fifteen years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor.

Together, this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by a galaxyful of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox–the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian (formerly Tricia McMillan), Zaphod’s girlfriend, whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin, a paranoid, brilliant, and chronically depressed robot; and Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he’s bought over the years.

Where are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? For all the answers, stick your thumb to the stars!

Hands down one of the most unusual books I’ve ever read, and surprisingly entertaining and gripping. I don’t always engage with speculative fiction or suspense books because they tend to jump right into action or history without much character development first, which is very much the case with this book. Adams’s style, however, grabbed my attention and held it.

Maybe it’s because I knew the character was more confused that I was, or maybe it was the way Stephen Frye narrated the audio book, but something about it captured my attention.

This is NOT a book for everyone, not even for every spec-fic reader. There’s is a serious level of absurdity to this book that I quite enjoy (though now I have to get the rest of the series, and I didn’t realize it was a series when I started). If you want reason and some semblance of organization, you probably won’t enjoy this book. If, however, you’re good at suspending belief and accepting the absurd, you might want to give it a try.

Rate PG–I especially enjoyed that it’s a PG book (one swear word that I can remember). I have nieces and nephews that read, and I like being able to suggest books to them. I can comfortably recommend this one.