Description: "Dirk Gently is a private detective who is more interested in
telekinesis, quantum mechanics and lunch than fiddling around with fingerprint
powder, so his investigations tend to produce startling and unexpected
results. A simple search for a missing cat uncovers a bewildered ghost, a
secret time-traveler, and the devastating secret that lies behind the whole
human history and threatens to bring it to a premature end.
"Sadly, the cat dies."
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Description: "Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a
galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford
Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to
the Galaxy who, for the last fifteen years, has been posing as an
out-of-work actor.
"Together this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from
The Hitchhiker's Guide ('A towel is about the most massively useful
thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have') and a galaxy-full of fellow
travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox - the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and
totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian, Zaphod's girlfriend
(formerly Tricia McMillan), whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party
once upon a time zone; Marvin, a paranoid, brilliant, and chronically
depressed robot; Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student who is obsessed with
the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years.
"Where are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? Why do we spend so
much time wearing digital watches? For all the answers stick your thumb to
the stars. And don't forget to bring a towel!"
Life, the Universe, and Everything
"Join Arthur Dent, earthling, 'jerk,' kneebiter and time-traveler; sexy space
cadet Trillian; mad alien Ford Prefect; unflappable Slartibartfast, two-headed,
three-armed ex-head Honcho of the Universe Zaphod Beeblebrox...and
learn to fly.
"Is it the end? With Douglas Adams, it's always up in the air!"
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
Description: "When a passenger check-in desk at London's Heathrow Airport
disappears in a ball of orange flame, the explosion is deemed an act of God.
But which god, wonders holistic detective Dirk Gently? What god would be
hanging around Heathrow trying to catch the 3:37 to Oslo?
"And what has this to do with Dirk's latest - and late - client, found only
this morning with his head revolving atop the hit record 'Hot Potato'?
"Amid the hostile attentions of a stray eagle and the trauma of a very
dirty refrigerator, super-sleuth Dirk Gently will once again solve the
mysteries of the universe..."
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Description: "In the beginning the universe was created...this made a lot of
people angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.
"You decide.
"Come along on a zany journey to the low-rent neighborhood of the Cosmos with
earthling Arthur Dent, sexy space cadet Trillian, that imperturbable alien
Ford Prefect and Zaphod Beeblebrox, the two-headed, three-armed ex-head Honcho
of All Creation.
"Don't forget to bring a towel, but don't bother to pack a lunch. You'll be
dining at The Restaurant at the End of the Universe."
So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish
Description: "Was the earth really demolished? Why did all the dolphins
disappear? What is God's final message to His creatures? Arthur Dent,
Ford Prefect, and the new voivoid gang are off (by commercial airline) on a
wacked-out quest to answer these truly unimportant questions."
