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The third book in the inaccurately titled five book Hitchhikers Trilogy, from the legendary Douglas Adams. Sci-fi satire at it's best, with imagery that will change the way you look at the world. You will not regret reading this, under any circumstances.
My favorite quote from this book is this:
The party and the Krikket warship looked a bit like two ducks, one of which is trying to make a third duck inside the second duck, whilst the second duck is trying very hard to explain that it doesn't feel ready for a third duck right now, is uncertain that it would want any putative third duck to be made by this particular first duck anyway, and certainly not whilst it, the second duck, was busy flying.
Here's the synopsis from the back of the book:
The unhappy inhabitants of the planet Krikket are sick of looking at the night sky above their heads- so they plan to destroy it. The universe, that is. Now only five individuals stand between the white killer robots of Krikket and their goals of total annihilation.
They are Arthur Dent, a mild mannered space and time traveller, who tries to learn how to fly by throwing himself at the ground and missing; Ford Prefect, his best friend, who decides to go insane to see if he likes it; Slartibartfast, the indomitable vice president of the Campaign for REal Time, who travels in a ship powered by irrational behavior; Zaphod Beeblebro, the two headed, three armed ex head honcho of the Universe; and Trillian, the sexy space cadet who is torn between a persistent Thunder God and a very depressed Beeblebrox.
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