As this is Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy week I’m running a competition to win books one to five of the trilogy in five parts. They are really lovely especially with the new introductions I can’t wait to read Neil Gaiman’s and lovely archive material in the back.
So you’re entering to win:
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
It’s an ordinary Thursday lunchtime for Arthur Dent until his house gets demolished. The Earth follows shortly afterwards to make way for a new hyperspace bypass and his best friend has just announced that he’s an alien. At this moment, they’re hurtling through space with nothing but their towels and an innocuous-looking book inscribed with the big, friendly words: DON’T PANIC.
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
If you’ve done six impossible things this morning, why not round it off with breakfast at Milliways, the Restaurant at the end of the Universe?
Which is exactly what the crew of the Heart of Gold plan to do. There’s just the small matter of escaping the Vogons, avoiding being taken to the most totally evil world in the Galaxy and teaching a space ship how to make a proper cup of tea.
And did anyone actually make a reservation?
Life, The Universe and Everything
After a series of events which have involved Arthur Dent being alternately blown up and insulted in more bizarre regions of the Galaxy that he has ever dreamt existed, he finds himself stranded on Prehistoric Earth.
Luckily an amazing rescue by Ford Prefect and a time eddy, cleverly disguised as a sofa, lands them in the middle of Lords two days before the world is due to end.
It’s just not cricket
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
There is a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. It’s not an easy thing to do and Arthur Dent thinks he’s the only human who’s been able to master this nifty little trick until he meets Fenchurch, the girl of his dreams.
Fenchurch knows how the world could be made a good and happy place. Unfortunately she’s forgotten. Convinced that the secret lies within God’s Final Message to His
Creation they go in search of it.
And in a dramatic break with tradition actually find it
Mostly Harmless
Arthur Dent hadn’t had a day as bad as this since the Earth had been blown up.
Depressed and alone, Arthur finally settles on the small planet Lamuella and becomes a sandwich maker. Looking forward to a quiet life, his plans are thrown awry by the unexpected arrival of his daughter.
There’s nothing worse than a frustrated teenager with a copy of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy in their hands. When she runs away Arthur goes after her determined to save her from the horrors of the universe.
After all he’s encountered most of them before
To enter leave a comment below on this post or use the tag #h2g2comp on twitter with your version of The Ultimate Question to Life, The Universe and Everything.
UK only I’m afraid.
The deadline is Midnight GMT 12 October 2009
Funniest or most fitting wins.
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