The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

One of the greatest achievements in comedy. A work of staggering genius – David WalliamsDazzlingly inventive – Caitlin MoranFizzing with ideas … Brilliant – Charlie BrookerReally entertaining and fun – John CleeseMuch funnier than anything John Cleese has written – Terry JonesI know for a fact that John Cleese hasn’t read it – Graham ChapmanWho is John Cleese? – Eric IdleReally entertaining and fun – Michael PalinI haven’t known many geniuses in my life. Some brilliantly smart people, but only a tiny handful would I class as geniuses. I would class Douglas, because he saw things differently, and he was capable of communicating the way he saw things, and once he explained things the way he saw them, it was almost impossible to see them the way you used to see them – Neil GaimanHitchhiker’s is packed with that unique energy, all barmy and bristling and bold. This book can be witty, iconoclastic, godless, savage, sweet, surreal, but above all, it dares to be silly. Fiercely, beautifully silly – Russell T. Davies, writer and producer of Doctor Who

Douglas Adams created all the various and contradictory manifestations of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: radio, novels, TV, computer game, stage adaptations, comic book and bath towel. Douglas Adams was born in Cambridge, UK before moving to Santa Barbara, California, where he died suddenly in 2001.