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  • Life, the Universe, and Everything

  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Book 3
  • By: Douglas Adams
  • Narrated by: Martin Freeman
  • Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (8,181 ratings)

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Life, the Universe, and Everything

By: Douglas Adams
Narrated by: Martin Freeman
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Publisher's summary

“Wild satire.... The feckless protagonist, Arthur Dent, is reminiscent of Vonnegut heroes.” (Chicago Tribune)

The unhappy inhabitants of planet Krikkit 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 killer robots of Krikkit and their goal of total annihilation.

They are Arthur Dent, a mild-mannered space and time traveler 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 Beeblebrox, the two-headed, three-armed ex-president of the galaxy; and Trillian, the sexy space cadet who is torn between a persistent Thunder God and a very depressed Beeblebrox.

How will it all end? Will it end? Only this stalwart crew knows as they try to avert "universal" Armageddon and save life as we know it - and don't know it!

“Adams is one of those rare treasures: an author who, one senses, has as much fun writing as one has reading.” (Arizona Daily Star)

Listen to the rest of Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy "trilogy".

Want to learn more about the new Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie? Listen to this interview with Robbie Stamp, close friend of Douglas Adams and executive producer of the film.

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funny!

great funny story. classic tongue in cheek humor or life. you will do it over and over

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Hilarious Situations and Silly Names

Just as random and delightful as the previous books. Truly hilarious moments about the game of cricket, mattresses, reincarnation, fooling gravity, and alphabetical insults. My personal favorite book in the series. Martin Freeman is spectacular.

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SO many laughs

I love this series in total and I LOVE this book in particular!! Pretty much everything about it is hilarious.
I miss Douglas Adams :-(

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testing here is the information, testing if it works for an unfinished title. word word word

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Martin Freeman is simply amazing!

Add a life long fan of the Hitchhiker's series, Martin Freeman is just phenomenal at reading these and I can't recommend these enough!

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best series ever

loved it couldn't stop till it was over narrator is amazing and there will never be anyone like him ever again

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Brilliant, Just a Half Step Behind First Two

If you've made it as far as book three, no doubt you're a fan of Douglas Adams's delightful world, characters, and humor. If that is the case, you will love this installment as well. The movement of the plot and the interaction between the characters feels just a tad more sluggish here than in the first two installments, but the lasting impression is of the same wacky brilliance that we've come to know and love.

Life, the Universe, and Everything makes you think so outlandishly about the universe that you'll be inclined to just hang the sense of it and keep yourself busy. This is a worthy installment in a genius series, but a bit shy of being the best.

On the audiobook production: Freeman continues to impress with his range of character voices. He's a star.

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Martin Freeman rocks!

I love listening to Martin Freeman narrate these books. He was Arthur Dent in the film and did a great job, so it’s like listening to Arthur Dent read the series to you. It’s excellent!

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The last of the Brilliant trilogy.

This closes out the trilogy in brilliant manner, without feeling like it’s milking the prior work.

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Absurd and Amazing

I read this series many years ago, hearing Martin Freeman read it actually sounds better than the subvocalization voice in my head.

The only issue with this or any of the other audiobooks in this series is the chapter breaks.

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