Mostly Harmless (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)

by Douglas Adams (Author), Dirk Maggs (Introduction), Douglas Adams (Author), Dirk Maggs (Introduction), Douglas Adams (Author)

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Paperback
2016
$8.16

Mostly Harmless is the fifth and final part in Douglas Adams' much-loved cult classic series.
Arthur Dent hadn't had a day as bad as this since the Earth had been blown up.
After years of galactic wanderings, Arthur finally settles on the small planet Lamuella and becomes a sandwich maker. Looking forward to a quiet life, his plans are thrown awry by the unexpected arrival of his daughter.
There's nothing worse than a frustrated teenager with a copy of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in their hands. When she runs away, Arthur goes after her determined to save her from the horrors of the universe.
After all - he's encountered most of them before . . .
With exclusive bonus material from the Douglas Adams archives, and an introduction by Dirk Maggs.

Synopsis

Mostly Harmless is the fifth and final part in Douglas Adams' much-loved cult classic series.

Arthur Dent hadn't had a day as bad as this since the Earth had been blown up.

After years of galactic wanderings, Arthur finally settles on the small planet Lamuella and becomes a sandwich maker. Looking forward to a quiet life, his plans are thrown awry by the unexpected arrival of his daughter.

There's nothing worse than a frustrated teenager with a copy of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in their hands. When she runs away, Arthur goes after her determined to save her from the horrors of the universe.

After all - he's encountered most of them before . . .

With exclusive bonus material from the Douglas Adams archives, and an introduction by Dirk Maggs.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
Edition: New Edit/Cover
Publisher: Pan
Published: 08 Sep 2016
ISBN 10: 1509808388
ISBN 13: 9781509808380
Book Overview: The fifth and final installment of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy of Five. Featuring additional material from the Adams archives, and an introduction from Dirk Maggs.

Media Reviews

Really entertaining and -- John Cleese
Much funnier than anything John Cleese has written -- Terry Jones
I know for a fact that John Cleese hasn't read -- Graham Chapman
Who is John Cleese? -- Eric Idle
Really entertaining and fun -- Michael Palin

Author Bio

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. He lectured and broadcast around the world and was a patron of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund and Save the Rhino International. Douglas Adams was born in Cambridge, UK and lived with his wife and daughter in Islington, London, before moving to Santa Barbara, California, where he died suddenly in 2001.

In addition to Hitchhiker, He is also the author of the Dirk Gently novels: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul and the unfinished The Salmon of Doubt.