Arthur Dent is an ordinary fellow... until evil bureaucratic space aliens (Vogons) demolish the planet Earth to build an intergalactic freeway in its place. Now Arthur is the last surviving human in the entire universe (well, almost) and he treks through the stars with his alien friend Ford Prefect on a quest to discover the secrets of life, the universe, and everything.
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HHGG is my favorite literary series ever. Not as many people know about it as they should.