Life, the Universe and Everything

Douglas Adams

Pan Macmillan UK, Nov 21, 1984 - Fiction - 200 pages

In consequence of a number of stunning catastrophes, Arthur Dent is surprised to find himself living in a hideously miserable prehistoric Earth. However, just as he thinks that things cannot possibly get any worse, they suddenly do. He discovers that the galaxy is not only mind-bogglingly big and bewildering, but also that most of the things that happen in it are staggeringly unfair.

Praise for audio edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
"By turns authoritative as the narrator, bemused as Arthur Dent, deadpan as Ford Prefect and manic as Zaphod Beeblebrox" (The Times)

What people are saying

Review: Life, the Universe and Everything (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #3)

User Review  - Phearsa - Goodreads

Interesting plot and I love how Arthur is finally finding his footing in the Universe! If only the flying were true...

Review: Life, the Universe and Everything (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #3)

User Review  - Shinke - Goodreads

It's as hilarious and random as the other two. Poor Arthur though, I don't know how he gets himself into these pickles.

About the author

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 game, stage adaptation, comic book and bath towel. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy book was published 30 years ago on 12 October 1979 and its phenomenal success sent the book straight to Number One in the UK Bestseller List. In 1984 Douglas Adams became the youngest author to be awarded a Golden Pan. His series has sold over 15 million books in the UK, the US and Australia and was also a bestseller in German, Swedish and many other languages. Douglas lived with his wife and daughter in California, where he died suddenly in 2001.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Life, the Universe and Everything; Volume 3 of Hitchhiker series; Pan Books; Volume 3 of The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy; Volume 3 of Trilogy of five
• Author: Douglas Adams
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Pan Macmillan UK, 1984
• ISBN: 0330508571, 9780330508575
• Length: 200 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Science Fiction / General