Lot of fond memories, but not the books I go back and reread. Maybe the movies tarnished the fondness?

I read it in my 20s. "Hitchhiker's Guide the the Galaxy" wasn't memorable.

Greater books stood the test of time.

It’s great teenage literature. Similar in quality to The Wizard of Earthsea.

Only book for many years that made me laugh out loud. And especially when faced with obstructive government, I always think about the planning notice pinned up in a basement behind a locked door marked, 'beware of the leopard'.

PS. Spoiler, it may also make you cry, which is amazing for a light hearted fantasy, but you have that yet to come in the later books.

I especially liked the explanation for the accidental origin of humanity on the supercomputer earth -- the Golgafrinchan Ark Fleet Ship B created to eliminate all the useless telephone sanitizers and such from their population.
Then of course that their society afterwards collapsed from a dirty telephone contracted disease.

I happened to read the book first so I was a little disappointed that the tv show didn't have the entire story. But I very much enjoyed them both.

Brilliant books. I hope you enjoy the rest in the seies.

I did not read the book but I did enjoy the BBC series, I did not think the movie was all that good, reading the books is probably a winter project this year. Oh yes I forgot, 42 is ASCII for an asterisk, look for the footnotes.

You will enjoy it the most if you are familiar with and appreciate British humor. And no, it is not a version of the bible, updated or otherwise.

I believe every word of it.