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Thirty years of celebrating the comic genius of Douglas Adams...If you've done six impossible things this morning, why not round it off with breakfast at Milliways, the Restaurant at the end of the Universe? Which is exactly what the crew of the Heart of Gold plan to do. There's just the small matter of escaping the Vogons, avoiding being taken to the most totally evil world in the Galaxy and teaching a space ship how to make a proper cup of tea. And did anyone actually make a reservation? This is Volume Two in the "Trilogy of Five".

This title celebrates the thirty years of comic genius of Douglas Adams. After a series of events which have involved Arthur Dent being alternately blown up and insulted in more bizarre regions of the Galaxy that he has ever dreamt existed, he finds himself stranded on Prehistoric Earth. Luckily an amazing rescue by Ford Prefect and a time eddy, cleverly disguised as a sofa, lands them in the middle of Lords two days before the world is due to end. It's just not cricket. This is volume three in the trilogy of five.

This title celebrates the thirty years of comic genius of Douglas Adams. On 12 October 1979, the most remarkable book ever to come out of the great publishing corporations of Ursa Minor (and Earth) was made available to humanity - The Hitchhiker''s Guide to the Galaxy . It''s an ordinary Thursday lunchtime for Arthur Dent until his house gets demolished. The Earth follows shortly afterwards to make way for a new hyperspace bypass and his best friend has just announced that he''s an alien. At this moment, they''re hurtling through space with nothing but their towels and an innocuous-looking book inscribed with the big, friendly words: Don''t Panic. The weekend has only just begun. This title is volume one in the trilogy of five.

This title celebrates the thirty years of comic genius of Douglas Adams. There is a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. It's not an easy thing to do and Arthur Dent thinks he's the only human who's been able to master this nifty little trick - until he meets Fenchurch, the girl of his dreams. Fenchurch knows how the world could be made a good and happy place. Unfortunately she's forgotten. Convinced that the secret lies within God's Final Message to His Creation they go in search of it. And in a dramatic break with tradition - actually find it. This title is volume four in the trilogy of five.

Thirty years of celebrating the comic genius of Douglas Adams There is a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. Its not an easy thing to do and Arthur Dent thinks hes the only human whos been able to master this nifty little trick until he meets Fenchurch, the girl of his dreams. Fenchurch knows how the world could be made a good and happy place. Unfortunately shes forgotten. Convinced that the secret lies within Gods Final Message to His Creation they go in search of it. And in a dramatic break with tradition actually find it Volume Four in the Trilogy of Five

La historia de esta novela, indiscutiblemente una de las más divertidas que se hayan escrito en muchos años , es muy curiosa. Primero fue una serie radiofónica de la BBC, lanzada sin ninguna fanfarria, de forma casi subrepticia, pero que alcanzo de inmediato una tremenda popularidad. Despues se redacto y se publico en forma de libro, tambien con un exito fulminante. Ademas se han hecho discos, adaptaciones teatrales, series televisivas y gadgets, tanto de este libro como de los otros cuatro del autor: "El restaurante del fin del mundo", "La vida, el universo y todo lo demas", "Hasta luego y gracias por el pescado", "Informe sobre la tierra: fundamentalmente inofensiva". Douglas Adams ha sido comparado con el grupo cinematografico Monty Phyton -con quienes colaboro un tiempo-, con Kurt Vonnegut e incluso con Lewis Carrol, Edward Lear y Jonathan Swift. La accion empieza justo antes de la inopinada demolicion de la tierra para dejar la via libre a una autopista hiperespacial. Arthur Dent, un tipo de lo mas comun, logra salvarse gracias a su amistad con Ford Prefect, que resulto ser un extraterrestre con aspecto humano; ambos logran introducirse como polizones en una nave espacial de los temibles Vogones, malhumorados burocratas de color verde, con una terrible propension a la poesia mas atroz, quienes al descubrirlos los expulsan al espacio. Prosiguen las mas desopilantes aventuras tras su infortunado rescate a cargo de de un pirata esquizoide de dos cabezas y tres brazos, Zaphod Beebledrox (que a su vez es presidente de la galaxia, un cargo muy especial). Conoceremos tambien a otros singulares personajes: a Marvin, el androide paranoide, tan extraordinariamente inteligente como profundamente depresivo; a Trillian, la chica, unico ser humano, ademas de Dent, que ha logrado salvarse; a una raza de "hiperinteligentes seres pandimensionales" que adoptaban en la tierra forma de ratones blancos, etc.

When all the questions of space, time, matter and the nature of being have been resolved, only one question remains: Where shall we have dinner? The Restaurant at the End of the Universe is the obvious answer, as it provides the ultimate gastronomic experience, and for once, there is no morning after to worry about ...The Restaurant at the End of the Universe was the first sequel to the cult bestseller The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, continuing the crazy adventures of Arthur Dent, Marvin the Paranoid Android, Zaphod Beeblebrox and, of course, the Vogons.

Armados de la Guía del autoestopista galáctico, los protagonistas del libro más divertido que se recuerda continúan sus disparatadas aventuras, que les conducirán al asombroso Restaurante del Fin del Mundo. En esta segunda entrega de la trilogia en cinco partes de Douglas Adams (que gracias a las paradojas espaciales permite ser leida en cualquier orden), Ford Prefect, Arthur Dent, Trillian, Zaphod Beeblebrox y Marvin, el Androide Paranoide, se enfrentan a una tetera automatica de la que solo mana un liquido asqueroso, al planeta condenado porque sus habitantes se empeñaron en tener mas zapaterias de la cuenta, a un olvidado transporte espacial cuyos pasajeros, debido a toda clase de estupidos retrasos, llevan novecientos años esperando que la nave arranque y, luego, al Restaurante del Fin del Mundo, situado en el momento del tiempo en el que el universo entero llega a su estrepitoso final: un inusitado numero de cabaret, amenizado por la musica ligera de la orquesta del restaurante. No termina ahi su odisea, porque a continuacion viven otra aventura que les revelara el verdadero origen de la especie humana: una pandilla de ejecutivos de poca monta que fueron expulsados de su planeta por indeseables.Douglas Adams vuelve a explorar las posibilidades hilarantes de la ciencia ficcion, pero tomando tambien como base la tradicion del humor de Lewis Carroll, que le permite inventar espacios impensables, objetos charlatanes y paisajes pintorescamente absurdos.Una de las mejores novelas de humor puro de los ultimos años (Antonio Saura Medrano).Las situaciones mas divertidas y disparatadas se suceden a un ritmo trepidante. El espacio es una fiesta (Jorge Berlanga).

A miniature cloth bound edition with coloured end papers and jacket, this is one of a trilogy of adventures starring Ford Prefect and Arthur Dent. Travelling throughout the galaxy in his bathrobe, Arthur meets Vogons and Marvin the paranoid robot, aided by the knowledge of the Hitch Hiker's Guide.

Just when Arthur Dent's sense of reality is at its most clouded, he suddenly finds the girl of his dreams. He finds her in the last place in the Universe in which he would expect to find anything at all, but which 3,976,000,000 people will find oddly familiar. They go in search of God's Final Message to His Creation and, in a dramatic break with tradition, actually find it. This is volume four in the Trilogy of five.

When all questions of space, time, matter and the nature of being have been resolved, only one question remains - "Where shall we have dinner?" "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe" provides the ultimate gastronomic experience, and for once there is no morning after to worry about. This is volume two in the Trilogy of five.

A miniature cloth bound edition with coloured end papers and jacket, this is one of a trilogy of adventures starring Ford Prefect and Arthur Dent. Travelling throughout the galaxy in his bathrobe, Arthur meets Vogons and Marvin the paranoid robot, aided by the knowledge of the Hitch Hiker's Guide.

Lontano, nei dimenticati spazi non segnati sulle carte del limite estremo e poco a la page della Spirale Ovest della Galassia, c'e un piccolo e insignificante sole giallo. A orbitargli intorno, alla distanza di centoquarantanove milioni di chilometri, c'e un piccolo, trascurabilissimo pianeta azzurro-verde. Quel pianeta sta per essere distrutto, per lasciare il posto a una gigantesca circonvallazione iperspaziale...

This darkly satirical sf mystery is somewhat of a departure from Douglas Adams's internationally bestselling HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY series. Richard MacDuff, a bemused computer programmer, is propelled into a series of mysterious but inextricably interconnected events, involving the odd behavior of an extremely absentminded Cambridge professor, the senseless murder of his boss, the true meaning of Coleridge's two most famous poems, and a horse stuck in a bathroom. Only Richard's old college friend Dirk Gently, a somewhat shady, possibly psychic, and perennially underemployed PI, can trace the pattern to its source: an ancient ghost searching for a hidden time machine. Although DIRK GENTLY has never reached the same popularity as the HITCHHIKER'S books, it has a certain cult classic status. Fans of the British television series DOCTOR WHO will find DIRK GENTLY of interest, as it borrows plot elements from two scripts that Douglas Adams wrote for the series: "City of Death" and "Shada" (the filming of the latter was never completed due to a labor dispute). DIRK GENTLY'S HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY was followed by a second Dirk book, THE LONG DARK TEATIME OF THE SOUL. A third book in the series, THE SALMON OF DOUBT, was incomplete at the time of Adams's death; the work-in-progress, along with some of Adams's collected writings, was published in 2002.

La quinta y última entrega de la Guía del autoestopista galáctico. ¿Fue Elvis Presley secuestrado por los alienígenas? ¿Qué hace el terrícola Arthur Dent convertido en Hacedor de Bocadillos en un remoto y primitivo planeta cuyos habitantes adoran a Bob Todopoderoso? ¿Como ha podido la ahora intrepida reportera transgalactica Trillian tener una hija con el terricola antes mentado sin el previo concurso de un ayuntamiento carnal? ¿Como se consigue que un robot este perpetuamente al borde del orgasmo?Todos estos inquietantes y trascendentales enigmas tienen su respuesta en esta novela, quinta parte de la Guia del autoestopista galactico.