I purchased a lovely copy of the complete Hitchhiker's Series.
I just love these books. One of the few sets of books that I have read several times and always enjoy. Douglas Adams was just so odd and yet amazingly brilliant. The journeys with the absent minded Arthur Dent and his "alien" friend Ford Prefect are so rich with images that are almost beyond the reach of imagination, but not quite.
Perhaps the most spectacular to envision is the Restaurant at the end of the Universe. I oft wonder if he saw a swirl of paints floating in oil or if I, somehow, am the only one who pictures something like that while wondering what the restaurant goers are seeing as they gaze toward the "last glimpse of the heavens."
I'm always sad for many reasons when I finish the trilogy, and continue to long for someone to find alternate endings or additional books that Mr. Adams had hidden somewhere other than his mind.
Keep your towel handy!
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