{"product_id":"the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-9780345391803","title":"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - \"Extremely funny . . . inspired lunacy . . . [and] over much too soon.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow celebrating the pivotal 42nd anniversary of \u003ci\u003eThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy\u003c\/i\u003e!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's \u003ci\u003eThe Great American Read\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's an ordinary Thursday morning for Arthur Dent . . . until his house gets demolished. The Earth follows shortly after to make way for a new hyperspace express route, and Arthur's best friend has just announced that he's an alien. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter that, things get much, much worse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith just a towel, a small yellow fish, and a book, Arthur has to navigate through a very hostile universe in the company of a gang of unreliable aliens. Luckily the fish is quite good at languages. And the book is \u003ci\u003eThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy\u003c\/i\u003e . . . which helpfully has the words DON'T PANIC inscribed in large, friendly letters on its cover. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDouglas Adams's mega-selling pop-culture classic sends logic into orbit, plays havoc with both time and physics, offers up pithy commentary on such things as ballpoint pens, potted plants, and digital watches . . . and, most important, reveals the ultimate answer to life, the universe, and everything. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, if you could only figure out the question. . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDouglas Adams\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1952 and created all the various and contradictory manifestations of \u003ci\u003eThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy\u003c\/i\u003e radio, novels, TV, computer games, stage adaptations, comic book, and bath towel. He was born in Cambridge and lived with his wife and daughter in Islington, London, before moving to Santa Barbara, California, where he died suddenly in 2001.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Del Rey Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50568740405522,"sku":"9780345391803","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b1482a51-74d7-400e-8e27-7dcb1effdbbb.jpg?v=1744274191","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-9780345391803","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}