A world of bizarre, comical, and free-spirited fables

This book is a freewheeling fable set in space.
The novel's quirky and delightful imagination, its absurd and absurd devices and dialogues, its exaggerated and eccentric characters, its freedom to break down formality and authority, and its witty humor that ridicules serious topics as trivial jokes, never let readers go for a moment.
Scientific evidence or the plausibility of the story is of no importance whatsoever.

Let's take a quick look at the complex and absurd world this book has created.


According to this book, Earth is a giant supercomputer designed by some superintelligent, pan-dimensional race.
This race creates a supercomputer called 'Deep Thought' to find the ultimate answer to life, the universe, and everything, and after 7.5 million years of calculations and guesses, Deep Thought finally announces the answer.
And to figure out what this answer means, he designs a computer that is much bigger and more powerful than his own.
The name of this computer is Earth.
But at the crucial moment when the calculation results are about to be output, Earth is destroyed by spacemen trying to build a bypass for hyperspace travel.


Arthur Dent, who dramatically escaped Earth's destruction, experiences all kinds of adventures as he wanders the galaxy with his friends.
On their high-speed journey, which can take them 5.76 trillion years into the future in an instant, Arthur and his companions meet a variety of characters, each boasting their own quirky personalities, including those who wage a "real-time campaign" claiming that time travel erases the differences between one era and another.
Marvin the robot, who suffers from chronic depression and paranoia because he is unable to properly utilize his incredibly high intelligence; Gagrabar, who manages a torture device called the 'All Views Vortex' while his body and mind are in the midst of a divorce; Wowbagger, who accidentally gained immortality and endures boredom by insulting people all over the universe; Slativatfast, who reminisces about his award-winning work designing the coast of Norway when the Earth was created and is now working part-time to prevent the end of the universe…

Countless other extraordinary characters, countless objects, countless planets, and countless events unfold across space, Earth, prehistoric times, and trillions of years into the future.
All readers have to do is catch a passing spaceship and surrender themselves to this special journey through time and space, laughing and occasionally shedding tears.


A grand joke that seems indifferent and trivial, yet profound and philosophical.

This quirky and funny story is nevertheless profound and sharp at the same time.
This is because questions about the fundamental meaning of life and the universe, as well as criticism of humanity and civilization, are naturally mixed in as ridiculous stories burst out like laughter.
How was the universe created? What is the ultimate meaning of life? Are the morals and values ​​we're accustomed to justified? What does the future hold for modern civilization and science? How can we create a more beautiful world?

However, the way this book poses questions is neither serious nor earnest.
As all kinds of characters and events breathlessly intertwine across time and space, he just seems indifferent, makes small jokes, suddenly intervenes, or pretends to step back.
In this question, blurted out with a very meaningful smile, lies a reflection on the origins of life and the universe, and a critique of human greed and foolishness.

What answers can the astronauts, each living their own way across the galaxy, and the descendants of monkeys, oblivious to the fact that they are part of a vast organic computer, find? Douglas Adams might advise them to forget these thorny questions and simply focus on their journey. However, another way to read this special book is to explore its profound reflections and sharp satire.


A special experience traveling the Milky Way as a hitchhiker - Sketches for each volume of the complete edition

〈Information about the guide〉
The hidden history of the 'Hitchhiker' series, which began as a radio drama and has continued to expand and evolve into various versions, including television dramas, albums, computer games, plays, books, and movies.
It also includes very practical information on how to leave planet Earth, told directly by the author.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The computer called Earth is destroyed due to the construction of a hyperspace bypass by astronauts.
Arthur Dent, the last surviving Earthling who narrowly escaped, meets space hitchhiker Ford Prefect, the two-headed former galactic president Zaphod Beeblebrox, and Trillian, who had left Earth six months earlier.
What will happen on their special journey through time and space?

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Milliways, a restaurant built on the remains of a shattered planet that was launched at the end of the universe.
You can come here as many times as you like and enjoy a sumptuous feast while watching all the creatures of the universe explode.

Life, the Universe, and Everything
Arthur Dent, with a rabbit bone in his beard, in a cave on prehistoric Earth.
Now he and his friends must stop the planet Cricket from destroying the universe.
Can they truly save the universe? Can they find the definitive answer to life, the universe, and everything?

Goodbye, and thank you for the fish.
Remember the woman who, just before the Earth's destruction, sat in a small café and realized how to create a kinder, happier world? This book is her story.
Where did all the dolphins go when the Earth was restored to life? What happened in the meantime?
Young Zaphod safely disposed of
A 'perfectly safe ship' carrying some kind of secret and heading towards a black hole sinks.
The cause of the sinking was none other than a lobster dish… … What will be the fate of the most dangerous creature in history, a custom-made synthetic personality designed by Sirius Cybernetics Corporation?

〈Generally harmless〉
Arthur Dent returns to Earth once again, only to settle for the prestigious title of Master Sandwich Maker.
Meanwhile, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy appears to be secretly transforming, and Ford Prefect continues his escape, only to encounter Arthur Dent, whose daughter has just hijacked Ford's spaceship.