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Mostly Harmless

By Douglas Adams

By Douglas Adams

By Douglas Adams

By Douglas Adams

By Douglas Adams

By Douglas Adams

By Douglas Adams
Read by Martin Freeman

By Douglas Adams
Read by Martin Freeman

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Part of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Part of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Part of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Part of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Paperback $16.00

Oct 19, 1993 | ISBN 9780345379337

Mass Market Paperback $7.99

Feb 01, 2000 | ISBN 9780345418777

Ebook $7.99

Sep 23, 2009 | ISBN 9780307422224

Audiobook Download $15.00

Oct 03, 2006 | 392 Minutes

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    About Mostly Harmless

    Now celebrating the 42nd anniversary of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, soon to be a Hulu original series!

    “Hitchhiker fans rejoice! . . . [Here’s] more of the same zany nonsensical mayhem.”—The New York Times Book Review

    It’s easy to get disheartened when your planet has been blown up and the woman you love has vanished due to a misunderstanding about space/time. However, instead of being disheartened, Arthur Dent makes the terrible mistake of starting to enjoy life a bit—and immediately all hell breaks loose.

    Hell takes a number of forms: there’s the standard Ford Prefect version, in the shape of an all-new edition of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and a totally unexpected manifestation in the form of a teenage girl who startles Arthur Dent by being his daughter when he didn’t even know he had one. 

    Can Arthur save the Earth from total multidimensional obliteration? Can he save the Guide from a hostile alien takeover? Can he save his daughter, Random, from herself? Of course not. He never works out exactly what is going on. Will you?

    “Douglas Adams is a terrific satirist. . . . He is anything but harmless.”—The Washington Post Book World

    About Mostly Harmless

    Now celebrating the 42nd anniversary of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, soon to be a Hulu original series!

    “Hitchhiker fans rejoice! . . . [Here’s] more of the same zany nonsensical mayhem.”—The New York Times Book Review

    It’s easy to get disheartened when your planet has been blown up and the woman you love has vanished due to a misunderstanding about space/time. However, instead of being disheartened, Arthur Dent makes the terrible mistake of starting to enjoy life a bit—and immediately all hell breaks loose.

    Hell takes a number of forms: there’s the standard Ford Prefect version, in the shape of an all-new edition of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and a totally unexpected manifestation in the form of a teenage girl who startles Arthur Dent by being his daughter when he didn’t even know he had one. 

    Can Arthur save the Earth from total multidimensional obliteration? Can he save the Guide from a hostile alien takeover? Can he save his daughter, Random, from herself? Of course not. He never works out exactly what is going on. Will you?

    “Douglas Adams is a terrific satirist. . . . He is anything but harmless.”—The Washington Post Book World

    About Mostly Harmless

    Now celebrating the 42nd anniversary of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, soon to be a Hulu original series!

    “Hitchhiker fans rejoice! . . . [Here’s] more of the same zany nonsensical mayhem.”—The New York Times Book Review

    It’s easy to get disheartened when your planet has been blown up and the woman you love has vanished due to a misunderstanding about space/time. However, instead of being disheartened, Arthur Dent makes the terrible mistake of starting to enjoy life a bit—and immediately all hell breaks loose.

    Hell takes a number of forms: there’s the standard Ford Prefect version, in the shape of an all-new edition of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and a totally unexpected manifestation in the form of a teenage girl who startles Arthur Dent by being his daughter when he didn’t even know he had one. 

    Can Arthur save the Earth from total multidimensional obliteration? Can he save the Guide from a hostile alien takeover? Can he save his daughter, Random, from herself? Of course not. He never works out exactly what is going on. Will you?

    “Douglas Adams is a terrific satirist. . . . He is anything but harmless.”—The Washington Post Book World

    About Mostly Harmless

    It’s easy to get disheartened when your planet has been blown up, the woman you love has vanished due to a misunderstanding about space/time, the spaceship you are on crashes on a remote and Bob-fearing planet, and all you have to fall back on are a few simple sandwich-making skills. However, instead of being disheartened, Arthur Dent makes the terrible mistake of starting to enjoy life a bit–and immediately all hell breaks loose.

    Hell takes a number of forms: there’s the standard Ford Prefect version, in the shape of an all-new edition of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and a totally unexpected manifestation in the form of a teenage girl who startles Arthur Dent by being his daughter when he didn’t even know he had one.

    Can Arthur save the Earth from total multidimensional obliteration? Can he save the Guide from a hostile alien takeover? Can he save his daughter, Random, from herself? Of course not. He never works out exactly what is going on. Will you?

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    The Deeper Meaning of Liff
    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 25th Anniversary Edition
    The Salmon of Doubt
    The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
    Life, the Universe and Everything
    See all books by Douglas Adams

    Also by Douglas Adams

    The Deeper Meaning of Liff
    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 25th Anniversary Edition
    The Salmon of Doubt
    The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
    Life, the Universe and Everything
    See all books by Douglas Adams

    About Douglas Adams

    Douglas Adams was born in 1952 and created all the various and contradictory manifestations of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: radio, novels, TV, computer games, stage adaptations, comic book, and bath towel. He was born in Cambridge and lived with his wife… More about Douglas Adams

    About Douglas Adams

    Douglas Adams was born in 1952 and created all the various and contradictory manifestations of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: radio, novels, TV, computer games, stage adaptations, comic book, and bath towel. He was born in Cambridge and lived with his wife… More about Douglas Adams

    About Douglas Adams

    Douglas Adams was born in 1952 and created all the various and contradictory manifestations of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: radio, novels, TV, computer games, stage adaptations, comic book, and bath towel. He was born in Cambridge and lived with his wife… More about Douglas Adams

    About Douglas Adams

    Douglas Adams was born in 1952 and created all the various and contradictory manifestations of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: radio, novels, TV, computer games, stage adaptations, comic book, and bath towel. He was born in Cambridge and lived with his wife… More about Douglas Adams

    Product Details

    Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Del Rey
    Oct 19, 1993 | 288 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | ISBN 9780345379337

    Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy

    Mass Market Paperback | $7.99
    Published by Del Rey
    Feb 01, 2000 | 240 Pages | 4-3/16 x 6-7/8 | ISBN 9780345418777

    Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy

    Ebook | $7.99
    Published by Del Rey
    Sep 23, 2009 | 240 Pages | ISBN 9780307422224

    Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $15.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Oct 03, 2006 | 392 Minutes | ISBN 9780739332146

    Praise

    “Hitchhiker fans rejoice! . . . [Here’s] more of the same zany nonsensical mayhem.”—New York Times Book Review


    “It is Mr. Adams’s genius to hurl readers into a plot that seems to go everywhere and nowhere, then suddenly drop the pieces into place, click, click, click, like tumblers in a lock. . . . Delightful.”—Baltimore Sun

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