The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

SecondsbeforeEarthisdemolishedtomakewayforagalacticfreeway,ArthurDentispluckedofftheplanetbyhisfriendFordPrefect,aresearcherfortherevisededitionofTheHitchhiker'sGuidetotheGalaxywho,forthelastfifteenyears,hasbeenposingasanout-of-workactor.Together,thisdynamicpairbeganajourneythroughspaceaidedbyagalaxyfuloffellowtravelers:ZaphodBeeblebrox,thetwo-headed,three-armed,ex-hippieandtotallyout-to-lunchpresidentofthegalaxy;Trillian(formerlyTriciaMcMillan),Zaphod'sgirlfriend,whomArthurtriedtopickupatacocktailpartyonceuponatimezone;Marvin,aparanoid,brilliant,andchronicallydepressedrobot;andVeetVoojagig,aformergraduatestudentobsessedwiththedisappearanceofalltheballpointpenshe'sboughtovertheyears.Wherearethesepens?Whyareweborn?Whydowedie?Foralltheanswers,stickyourthumbtothestars!