The Librarian's Husband's Book Club discussion

Let’s set the stage for our May 2025 read! This is the place for any pre-reading discussion about The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, our Under the Stars pick.

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Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last fifteen years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor.

Together this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker's Guide ("A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have") and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox--the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian, Zaphod's girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan), whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin, a paranoid, brilliant, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years.

Where are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? Why do we spend so much time between wearing digital watches? For all the answers stick your thumb to the stars. And don't forget to bring a towel!

This book is one of my husband's favorites. My copy that I had in my classroom seems to have gone on its own journey, so I hope it turns up soon or the library has one.

I regret not snagging a copy at the thrift store when i saw it a couple months ago. Have you also read it before or just your husband has?

Yay! It’s available on Libby now! I have 3 different libraries on my account so I’m always a bit shocked when I can’t find what I’m looking for or have to wait! ( yes, last months selections!!)

Devon wrote: "I regret not snagging a copy at the thrift store when i saw it a couple months ago. Have you also read it before or just your husband has?"

I have only seen the recent-ish movie, but he has read it.

Although I tried reading it before and stopped reading it I decided to give it another try. I enjoy the audible so far.

Dawn wrote: "Although I tried reading it before and stopped reading it I decided to give it another try. I enjoy the audible so far."

I started and stopped a long time ago too. I believe i was ten when i tried to read this. Funny.