The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

When we hear the word “guide”, we might think of something that would help us or show us the path to reach something, like a set of instructions. However, what if we receive something known as a guide and when we read it, instead of finding instructions or something helpful, we just meet strange space creatures living non-sense adventures? Well, basically, that is what happens to Arthur Dent, the main character of this novel whose title is “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”.

Arthur Dent is just an earthman whose house is destroyed, in order to build a highway, in addition to this miserable situation, Arthur finds out that one of his closest friends, Ford Prefect, is an alien and that he is part of the crew that wants to destroy the Earth in order to be able to build the highway. Therefore, since Arthur ends up with no place to live, he joins his friend Ford on a journey through the Galaxy.

                   

This journey becomes such an adventure since they drive spaceships like Heart of Gold, visit planets like Magrathea, and meet interesting (and weird) personalities such as Marvin: a depressed robot (whom I really loved), Zaphod Beeblebrox, Trillian, Slartibartfast, Deep Thought, the computer who calculates the answer to the ultimate question to life, the universe and everything, among other characters.

In my opinion, I can say that this is a good novel, it has some funny chapters and the plot is very original. Nevertheless, I would not say that it attracted me a lot, because I believe that I am not the target for such originality and strange plot, but I do believe that it is a good novel. What I am trying to say is that the novel is not bad, it is good, actually, but its style is not something that would definitely attract me.