Summary from back cover:

IF TOM ROBBINS AND KURT VONNEGUT HAD A SON, THIS IS THE BOOK HE WOULD WRITE!

But he'd get sued down to his skivvies because Douglas Adams has already written it!

AND...

It's the wildest, funniest novel to come along in the last ten years.

Maybe fifteen.

Well...twelve, anyway.

Why, it's about the end of the world and the happy-go-lucky days that follow it...about the very worst Thursday that ever happened, and why the universe is a lot safer if you bring a towel...

If you haven't heard of it before, you're hearing about it now.

And this is just the Beginning.

Blech!
I hated this so much that I would rather re-read Wild Animus than suffer through a second reading of this one.

Sending off on a journey in "The Otherworldly" bookbox.

I'm claiming this from the Otherworldly bookbox. I first encountered the story via the delightful 1981 TV mini-series, and enjoyed the books as well. (The more recent film version was not nearly as good, IMO.) I loved Adams' snarky, surreal riffs on SF tropes - and anything else he could think of; great fun! There are too many wonderful lines to quote, but here are a couple of my favorites:

"The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don’t."

And this exchange between Ford and Arthur:

"You'd better be prepared for the jump into hyperspace. It's unpleasantly like being drunk."
"What's so unpleasant about being drunk?"
"Ask a glass of water."

I still giggle at that one...

[The TV Tropes page may be of interest as well.]

I left this book, bagged against the elements, at the Lincoln Park entrance to Mine Falls Park; hope someone enjoys it!

[See other recent releases in NH here.]

*** Released for the 2018 Keep Them Moving release challenge. ***

*** Released for the 2018 Movie release challenge. ***

*** Released for the 2018 TV Series release challenge. ***