This beautifully illustrated edition of the New York Times bestselling classic celebrates the
42nd anniversary of the original publication—with all-new art by award-winning illustrator
Chris Riddell. SOON TO BE A HULU SERIES • An astonishing comic writer.”—Neil Gaiman Nominated
as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American ReadIt’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.After that things get much much worse.With 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 The
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy . . . which helpfully has the words DON’T PANIC inscribed in
large friendly letters on its cover.Douglas 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.Now if you could only figure out the
question. . . .
