雖然今天看來道格拉斯．亞當斯命中注定成為二十世紀最偉大的流行科幻作家，但是在三十年前，廣播劇《銀河便車指南》第一部剛在BBC Radio 4一檔深夜節目中被播出時，其實誰也不會認為這東西能印行小說、搞續集、拍成電視還有一再規畫拍攝並延期的電影計畫。 如今，《銀河便車指南》系列出版三十年來，成了最長銷著名的英語科幻作品之一。看看Amazon的榜單，它依然在科幻和喜劇類中高居前列，跟那些赫赫有名的文學獎作品或曇花一現的泡沫創作並列。 Kuso如果有教主、大眾科幻如果有巨星、地球毀滅如果有爆笑價值； 他一定是道格拉斯．亞當斯，除了他還會有誰！ 三十年來，科幻迷最念念不忘的「銀河便車系列」第三彈！ 阪裘行星上鬱鬱寡歡的居民實在看厭了他們頭上的夜空--於是他們打算把它毀掉。也就是說，把宇宙毀掉。 最後只剩五個人，還橫梗在阪裘的白色殺手機器人和它們殲滅一切的目標之間。他們是： 亞瑟．丹特，一個舉止溫和的時空旅人，他想學飛，方法是把自己摔在地上，卻撲一個空；福特．派法特，他最好的朋友，此人決定發瘋，只想嘗嘗滋味如何；史拉德檜，不屈不撓的「爭取真實時間運動」副會長，來來去去用的是一艘以非理性行為來推動的船；柴法德．癟頭士，兩頭三臂的前任宇宙一哥；和崔莉恩，一個性感的白日夢者，夾在死乞白賴的雷神和鬱卒無比的癟頭士之間，不知如何取捨。 會有什麼結局？到底有無結局？ 答案全在這個英勇的小組身上，且看他們如何遏止宇宙末日的浩劫，拯救我們已知的生命— 和未知的生命！

In consequence of a number of stunning catastrophes, Arther Dent is surprised to find himself living in a hideously miserable cave on prehistoric Earth. However, just as he thinks that things cannot possibly get any worse, they suddenly do. He discovers that the galaxy is not only mind-bogglingly big and bewildering, but also that most of the things that happen in it are straggeringly unfair. This is volum three in the trilogy of five.

When all questions of space, time, matter and the nature of being have been resolved, only one question remains - "Where shall we have dinner?" "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe" provides the ultimate gastronomic experience, and for once there is no morning after to worry about. This is volume two in the Trilogy of five.

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 Hitch Hiker'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 their journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitch Hiker's Guide "A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have" and a galaxy-full of fellow travellers: Zaphod Beeblebroxthe 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;and Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ball-point pens he has bought over the years.

"DOUGLAS ADAMS IS A TERRIFIC SATIRIST." --The Washington Post Book World Facing annihilation at the hands of the warlike Vogons is a curious time to have a craving for tea. It could only happen to the cosmically displaced Arthur Dent and his curious comrades in arms as they hurtle across space powered by pure improbability--and desperately in search of a place to eat. Among Arthur's motley shipmates are Ford Prefect, a longtime friend and expert contributor to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; Zaphod Beeblebrox, the three-armed, two-headed ex-president of the galaxy; Tricia McMillan, a fellow Earth refugee who's gone native (her name is Trillian now); and Marvin, the moody android who suffers nothing and no one very gladly. Their destination? The ultimate hot spot for an evening of apocalyptic entertainment and fine dining, where the food (literally) speaks for itself. Will they make it? The answer: hard to say. But bear in mind that the Hitchhiker's Guide deleted the term "Future Perfect" from its pages, since it was discovered not to be! "What's such fun is how amusing the galaxy looks through Adams' sardonically silly eyes." --Detroit Free Press

Douglas Adams is back with the amazing, logic-defying, but-why-stop-now fifth novel in the Hitchhiker Trilogy. Here is the epic story of Random, who sets out on a transgalactic quest to find the planet of her ancestors. Line drawings. From the Hardcover edition.