Book #20 – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

This one’s for you dad! Happy Father’s Day.

So, this book happens to be one of my father’s favorite series (I was going to go Fellowship of the Ring, but by the time I got to Tom Bombadil, I wanted to throw some hobbits into Mount Doom, ok?) So, instead I followed Arthur and Ford on their rather hilarious first adventure through space.

First published in 1979, this book has a lot of mixed reviews. Either people love the darker humor, or they find it utterly repulsive, much like Vogon poetry. Some people were also turned off by the random asides in the book to explain parts of alien culture. I, for one, found it fascinating.