Who recommends it
- Sophie RatcliffeInterview
This question is giving me flashbacks and palpitations. It’s dangerously near to the question that I was asked in my Cambridge Admissions interview, aged 17. It was a cold December afternoon, and I think the Professor asked me a variation actually – ‘If an alien landed in your garden, what books would yougift him to…
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- The Best AudiobooksReading list
The audiobook version of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, narrated by Stephen Fry, is a must-listen for any fan of the late Douglas Adams. Fry’s voice is the perfect match for Adams’ eccentric prose, and he brings the characters to life in a way that is both entertaining and moving.
- Derek OwusoInterview
Great question. Less by Andrew Sean Greer; The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to The Galaxy by Douglas Adams.
- Aubrey de GreyInterview
Does teenage count as a child? I was a massive fan of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. Anyone who has only experienced the movie and/or the TV series knows nothing about it. You have to read the 5-part “trilogy” – and, ideally, listen to the original radio series.
- Doug BradleyInterview
The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams, The Complete Illuminated Books of William Blake, and Concise History Of Painting From Giotto To Cezanne by Michael Levey.
- Frances HardingeInterview
So many books have had a strong effect on me, it’s very difficult to single out one book. However, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams was definitely a formative influence. I loved its anarchic black humour, its surrealism and the way it broke all the rules. There was also a feeling of recognition…
- David RothschildInterview
I love collections of short stories. It is trite, but besides The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy, The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain, Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut. And, as a kid The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, World According to Garp by John Irving, and The History of…
- Matt ForbeckInterview
Ideally, I’d give myself my own books so I could save myself all the bother and struggle of actually having to write them. Other than that, I don’t know. Even at those ages, I just went ahead and read the books I wanted to read, things like Neuromancer by William Gibson and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by…
- Katie McGarryInterview
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams. My son read The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams and was hungry to read more.
- Kate DarlingInterview
The book I’ve recommended the most is The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.
- Elad Yom-TovInterview
Finally, as a geek, I feel I have to recommend the five-book trilogy of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.
- Marc WittmannInterview
Certain authors of novels were part of certain periods of life which also are connected to a person or two. I always remember fondly the exchanges and outing in high school with my friend Dirk on The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.
- Julian BagginiInterview
Some David Hume should be in there, perhaps An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals by David Hume. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams is probably the book I’ve read the most. And since I think everyone should know some contemporary psychology, why not Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel…
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