Get your towels ready because this classic is back in stock for those that missed it a few months ago, and at the same discounted price :)
CamelCamelCamel.
You'll probably need the Heart of Gold to find that movie jv
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Maybe I am cheap, but $24 is still too expensive for paperback book.
Isn't this basically all 5 books in one?
Isn't this basically all 5 books in one?
Yep, imagine being too cheap to pay <$5 for a book.
It's the whole trilogy of five books. At 752 pages and 12.9 x 5.4 x 19.7 cm, this would be a hefty tome.
I'd be more than happy to snap this up, but I'm one of the 15 million people who bought this some years ago.
Yep - I don't care that some of the pages are no longer glued in place properly. I'm not replacing my signed copy with a new one…. :-)
@clintdb: did you just drink a pan-galactic gargle blaster?
…also it has more material or something. I bought this book again. That said I am a fan have the tv series here as well.
I know where my towel is.
My favourite books of all time, and I have been going through a new book every week or two since I was a kid. Do yourself a favour and pick up a copy.
yes cant second this. i have ready thousands of books in last 30 years and this one ranks in top 3 for me.
Ok, I'm going to pull the trigger because of you two
Edit: bugger! Back to $38+
I dunno. I hated the fifth book, so I'd rather pretend it didn't exist. I already have the quadrilogy. But, well priced, so + for the deal.
Yes, the fifth book (from memory) he wrote when he was suffering some severe depression.
Sad that Douglas won't make money for my purchase. Thanks Op.
don't be too sad, a large part of his estate is donated to conservation charities.
donated to conservation charities.
Oh the irony !!!
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The ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything is The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy
Love some of the reviews in the listing:
Really entertaining and fun — John Cleese
Much funnier than anything John Cleese has written — Terry Jones
I know for a fact that John Cleese hasn’t read it — Graham Chapman
Who is John Cleese? — Eric Idle
Really entertaining and fun — Michael Palin
Hurry! Or you will be late!
Late? What for?
Late as in the late @uncyspam. I'm still working on my threats.
Fun fact - Slartibartfast's original name was supposed to be "PHARTIPHUCKBORLZ"
Actually I remember the name being used before Hitchhikers.
Is there a kindle version?
Yes, but the AU store doesn't have the collection, only the US store.
Also it has the 6th book!
Pricey though
Au - https://www.amazon.com.au/s?k=hitchhikers&rh=n%3A2496751051&…
US - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09C37PHLS?ref_=dbs_p_mng_…
"hung in the air in the same way bricks don't" is still one of the greatest lines in a book ever :)
This deal appears to be mostly harmless.
Is the deal over? I don't see a backorder option on the website
Was reading comments and was looking forward to getting it, but now looks like the deal is over :(
Get your towels ready…
I never knew HHGTTG was a porno!
Same deal from a couple of days ago, more stock available to purchase now, but with longer delivery times (July 12-31 for me).
42nd anniversary edition. Now I feel old. HHGTTG was one of the first books I bought when I was a kid and it would have been the year it was published.
Now I feel old
Don't panic……
I'm not, but I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left side.
I haven't read this. Is this book for kids? I read somewhere that it's for 18+ :-(
There are 2 early-teens at home. Should I purchase one for them?
Thanks
there's nothing explicitly or implicitly adult in there, at least that I can think of (worst thing that comes to mind is a a whale going splat).
I think it's just that adults relate better to some of the humour, metaphors, and scenarios. some kids just find it all lame and dumb.
Yes, that's a good age for the books. Anything from about ten upwards really (and younger if you like). I'd have been about nine or ten when I first started reading them, before the "trilogy" was even a trilogy.
shut up marvin
Just FYI, it says ‘trilogy in five parts’ but it is 1 thic book
Yeah, they are still separate books (Like you can buy LOTR in a single volume though there are three distinct books in them).
The whole triology was a good joke (I think I first saw it when the fourth book came out) ruined a little by putting them all together.
I ordered from the last time this was posted: its arriving 6 Jul - 25 Jul so this conceivably could arrive quicker!
so this conceivably could arrive quicker!
That would be due to a negative reality inversion.
Dumb question: is this the same as https://www.amazon.com.au/Hitchiker-Trilogy-Box-Set/dp/15290…
Thanks
same book/content. op's is in a single large volume while yours has each book in its own volume. I prefer yours. but it's double the price.
an anniversary edition + thick single volume = hardback the way to go. unfortunately that's very expensive :-(
if was $42 then it would free postage for all
I'll wait for the movie…
Thanks for all the fish…