Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Illustrated – serie

‘Sheer delight’ – The TimesThis gorgeous 42nd Anniversary gift edition of Douglas Adams's pop-culture classic, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, is stunningly illustrated throughout by the award-winning Chris Riddell.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 express route, 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, in large friendly letters, with the words: DON'T PANIC.The weekend has only just begun . . .Douglas Adams's mega-selling pop-culture classic sends logic into orbit, plays havoc with physics and twists time, but most importantly it's very, very funny.Praise for Douglas Adams:‘One of the world’s sanest, smartest, kindest, funniest voices’ – Independent on Sunday‘Magical . . . read this book’ – Sunday Express‘Weird and wonderful’ – Eoin Colfer, author of the Artemis Fowl seriesPraise for Chris Riddell:‘Gorgeous’ – Daily Mail‘Each page is designed with retro elegance’ – Sunday Times‘Marvellously detailed to the eye’ – The Independent