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3. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy《銀河系漫游指南》1979年

作者：(英)道格拉斯·亞當斯

[梗概]

讓我們加入本書主人公阿瑟·鄧特的銀河冒險，看他怎樣跟勇敢的小伙伴福特·派法一起進入亂如麻的恐怖世界，引發一場令人捧腹的災難。鄧特被拋出地球之前，剛有一支宇宙施工隊將地球消滅掉，準備在原處建一條高速路。

Join the book's hero, Arthur Dent, as he travels the galaxy with his intrepid pal Ford Prefect, getting into horrible messes and wreaking hilarious havoc. Dent is grabbed from Earth moments before a cosmic construction team obliterates the planet to build a freeway.

[簡評]

--再沒有比這更搞笑的科幻小說了。——亞馬遜網站

You'll never read funnier science fiction. – Amazon.com

--我覺得我們在讀這本書時得時刻記住，這是一本寫于1979年的書。——讀者亞歷杭德羅

I think that one of the things that one has to keep in mind while reading this book is that it was written in 1979. - Reader Alejandro

[精彩片段]

--"我現在不想死！"他大聲喊道。"我的頭疼還沒好呢！我不想帶著頭疼上天堂！"

"I don't want to die now!" he yelled. "I've still got a headache! I don't want to go to heaven with a headache!"

--宇宙大總統手中沒有實權。他唯一的目標就是把人們的注意力從實權人物那兒轉移開。

The President of the Universe holds no real power. His sole purpose is to take attention away from where the power truly exists.

--"6乘以9是多少？""6乘以9，42。""對，就這些了。""我總覺得關于宇宙好像哪里出現了根本性的問題。"

"What do you get if you multiply six by nine?" "Six by nine. 42.""That's it. That's all there is." "I always thought something was fundamentally wrong with the universe."

--人生、宇宙和所有一切的終極奧秘就是——42！

The ultimate answer to life, the universe and everything is...42!