How shall we begin?
This is the story of a book called The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy —not an Earth book, never published on Earth and, until the terrible catastrophe occurred, never seen or even heard of by any Earthman. Nevertheless, a wholly remarkable book.
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This is the story of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy , a number-one best seller in England, a weekly radio series with millions of fanatic listeners, and soon to be a television spectacle on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
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This is the story of Arthur Dent, who, secnds before Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, is plucked off the planet by his friend, Ford Prefect, who has been posing as an out-of-work actor for the last fifteen years but is really a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Together they begin a journey through the galaxy aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, with the words don’t panic written on the front. (“A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have.”)
In their travels they meet:
•Zaphod Beeblebrox—the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch President of the Galaxy
•Trillian—Zaphod’s girl friend, formerly Tricia McMillan, whom Arthur once tried to pick up at a cocktail party
•Marvin—a paranoid android, a brilliant but chronically depressed robot
•Veet Voojagig—former graduate student obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years
To find the answers to these burning questions: Why are we born? Why do we die? And why do we spend so much time in between wearing digital watches? read The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy . But remember . . . don’t panic, and don’t forget to bring a towel.
道格拉斯·亚当斯(1952—2001),英国作家,毕业于剑桥大学。主要作品就是银河系漫游五部曲。包括《银河系漫游指南》、《宇宙尽头餐馆》、《生命、宇宙及一切》、《再见,谢谢鱼》和《基本无害》。这个系列被西方科幻读者奉为“科幻圣经”之一。由于银河系漫游系列小说的突出成就,国际小行星管理委员会甚至还将一颗小行星命名为阿瑟·邓特——该系列的主人公。
2001年,亚当斯因心脏病猝发离世——此前正在与好莱坞制片商合作,共同将《银河系漫游指南》搬上银幕。2005年4月29日,由迪斯尼公司拍摄的《银河系漫游指南》正式公映。首映周便获得二千一百七十多万美元,成为当周北美票房冠军。
有两个原因让《银河系漫游指南》超过《银河系百科全书》,成为所有知识和智慧的标准:“第一,它稍微便宜一点儿;第二、它的封面上以大而友善的字体写着:不要恐慌。” 不幸的是,在我们这个世界上的这本同名出版物的封面上,却找不到这四个字——连一点相关的暗示也没有。 ...
评分在银河系西螺旋臂的末端那片未曾标明的寂静虚空中,悬挂着—颗不被人注意的小小的黄色太阳。 Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. (什么叫做“未曾标明”?uncharte...
评分Vincent: 你喜欢什么类型的书和电影? 人生无聊才读书: 外国小说看的比较多。 人生无聊才读书: 电影就是喜欢文艺片。 Vincent: 小说类型呢? 人生无聊才读书: 关于人生的小说。 Vincent: 人性? 人生无聊才读书: 偏重于探索人性价值,人生意义的 Vincent...
评分道格拉斯·亚当斯(Douglas Adams)的科幻小说《银河系搭车客指南》("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy",缩写HG2G/HHGTTG/H2G2,又译《银河系漫游指南》)系列自1979年开始出版,共有五本,分别是: 《银河系搭车客指南》 "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" 《宇...
评分《银河系漫游指南》的小说很好看,比电影好看10倍。 它是一个叫道格拉斯·亚当斯的人写的,他当过阿拉伯王公的保镖,准备着一旦有人举着鸡蛋或者炸弹尖叫着跑过来,就立刻鼠窜,他客串过PINKFLOYD的吉他手,因为跟乐队成员是好朋友,他还做过鸡场清洁工,一个扫鸡粪的。。。 ...
永远是我的pick-me-up book No.1. 【p.s. 这版新增了afterword,有讲hitchhiker's是怎样搬上大荧幕的~】
评分It's an extraordinarily thrilling book with its mind-boggling story and particular sense of humour. Coincidence by coincidence, it reveals the absurdity of the universe which always exists in our daily life. Our life is indeed absurd and ironic. So be it. And why not?
评分第三次努力读,终于读完了
评分英国式幽默,剧情像人生一样荒诞离奇,宇宙生命多姿多彩。宇宙画面通过主观视角和心理描写展现,跟大刘完全不一样。人类看起来最愚蠢却又在关键时常常灵机一动,生命力像marvin一样强大。看英文版有意思多了,语言的魅力翻译无能。
评分Funny. Funny. Absolutely Funny in a every single British sense of humor. I love, love, love this book
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