One Thursday lunchtime the Earth gets unexpectedly demolished to make way for a new hyperspace bypass. For Arthur Dent, who has only just had his house demolished that moring, this seems already to be more that he can cope with. Sadly, however, the weekend has only just begun, and the galaxy is a very strange and startling place.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is now a major motion picture from Touchstone Pictures, starring Sam Rockwell as Zaphod Beeblebrox, Mos Def as Ford Prefect, Zooey Deschanel as Trillian, Martin Freeman as Arthur Dent and Bill Nighy as Slartibartfast. John Malkovich and Anna Chancellor play new characters developed especially for the film by Adams himself. This film tie-in edition of Douglas Adams perennially popular novel includes an Afterword by Robbie Stamp, Executive Producer on the movie and a close friend of Douglas Adams. He explains how after twenty-five years the film …
One Thursday lunchtime the Earth gets unexpectedly demolished to make way for a new hyperspace bypass. For Arthur Dent, who has only just had his house demolished that moring, this seems already to be more that he can cope with. Sadly, however, the weekend has only just begun, and the galaxy is a very strange and startling place.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is now a major motion picture from Touchstone Pictures, starring Sam Rockwell as Zaphod Beeblebrox, Mos Def as Ford Prefect, Zooey Deschanel as Trillian, Martin Freeman as Arthur Dent and Bill Nighy as Slartibartfast. John Malkovich and Anna Chancellor play new characters developed especially for the film by Adams himself. This film tie-in edition of Douglas Adams perennially popular novel includes an Afterword by Robbie Stamp, Executive Producer on the movie and a close friend of Douglas Adams. He explains how after twenty-five years the film finally came to be made, and describes how the cast and crew were assembled. Also included are exclusive star interviews, as well as movie stills and on-set photography from filming.
This combination of Douglas Adams' classic novel with behind-the-sences information is for all those who have been brought to Hitchhiker's by the brilliant film adaptation - as well as for those who have loved it in its radio, novel and television incarnations.
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Imagine hearing about the planet/galaxy that you call home, but every detail is slightly different. Slightly more interesting, slightly more comedic, and slightly more mad. An incredibly fun, nerdy, and quotable read.
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¿Que hacía yo que no me había leido "La Guia del Autoestopista Galáctico" todavía? Esto era un libro necesario en mi vida.
La novela de Douglas Adams es una referencia en el mundo "sci-fy" casi obligada y era una lectura a la que tenía ganas de adentrarme. Este libro narra la historia de como un señor británico llamado Arthur Dent se entera una mañana de que van a tirar la Tierra abajo para construir una autopista interespacial y las aventuras que vive tras enterarse de este acontecimiento.
Adams mezcla ciencia-ficción sin límites con toques de comedia e incluso sus comentarios más metafísicos para hacer una novela que es tan divertida como es atrapante, sobre todo por ese basto universo que el autor es capaz de crear. Los multiples "cachivaches" galácticos, las especies extraterrestres, las historias interespaciales y la propia historia de La Guía del Autoestopista Galáctico sirven de complemento perfecto …
¿Que hacía yo que no me había leido "La Guia del Autoestopista Galáctico" todavía? Esto era un libro necesario en mi vida.
La novela de Douglas Adams es una referencia en el mundo "sci-fy" casi obligada y era una lectura a la que tenía ganas de adentrarme. Este libro narra la historia de como un señor británico llamado Arthur Dent se entera una mañana de que van a tirar la Tierra abajo para construir una autopista interespacial y las aventuras que vive tras enterarse de este acontecimiento.
Adams mezcla ciencia-ficción sin límites con toques de comedia e incluso sus comentarios más metafísicos para hacer una novela que es tan divertida como es atrapante, sobre todo por ese basto universo que el autor es capaz de crear. Los multiples "cachivaches" galácticos, las especies extraterrestres, las historias interespaciales y la propia historia de La Guía del Autoestopista Galáctico sirven de complemento perfecto para la historia de nuestro protagonista.
En definitiva, que ganas de adentrarme en su segunda parte. Adams ha logrado enamorarme con ese cariño por la ciencia-ficción, la irreverencia y absurdidad de su narrativa (pero, de misma manera, increíblemente divertida) y la sensación de estar viendo un universo vivo con muchas historias que merecen la pena explorar. ¡A reivindicar!