Books like The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
12 books with a reading profile close to The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. Escapist; a moderate read.
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Don't Panic : The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Also escapist · entertainment, science fiction
Arthur Dent’s morning begins with his house being bulldozed for a bypass and ends with the Earth’s demolition by a Vogon constructor fleet to make way for a hyperspace expressway.
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And Another Thing...
by Eoin Colfer
Also escapist · entertainment, science fiction
Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Tricia McMillan, and Random wake up from a simulated reality on Earth to find a Vogon fleet preparing to demolish the planet once again.
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The Original Hitchhiker Radio Scripts
Also escapist · entertainment, science fiction
This book contains the complete scripts for the first twelve episodes of the BBC radio series, including the Primary and Secondary Phases.
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The Colour of Magic
Also escapist · entertainment, accessible
On a flat world supported by four elephants standing on the back of a giant space turtle, an inept wizard named Rincewind becomes the reluctant guide for Twoflower, the Discworld’s first tourist.
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Have Space Suit—Will Travel
Also escapist · entertainment, science fiction
Kip Russell, a high school student determined to reach the Moon, wins a surplus Oscar rocket suit in a soap jingle contest.
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The Last Continent
Also escapist · entertainment, accessible
Rincewind the wizard is magically stranded on the sun-scorched continent of Fourecks, an unfinished landmass where it never rains.
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Dark Matter
by Blake Crouch
Also escapist · entertainment, science fiction
Jason Dessen is a physics professor living a quiet life in Chicago with his wife and son until a masked stranger kidnaps him at gunpoint.
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The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
by Jon Scieszka
entertainment, accessible
In this postmodern picture book, the Jack of beanstalk fame acts as a frantic narrator attempting to organize a series of fractured fairy tales while dodging a falling giant.
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Redshirts
by John Scalzi
Also escapist · entertainment, science fiction
Andrew Dahl joins the crew of the Intrepid, the flagship of the Universal Union, only to discover a lethal pattern among the junior officers.
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Maze Runner. Expedientes secretos
by James Dashner, V&R Editoras
Also escapist · entertainment, science fiction
This volume functions as a confidential archive that bridges the gap between the initial trilogy and the prequel.
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Maze Runner. Arquivos
Also escapist · entertainment, science fiction
Maze Runner: Arquivos serves as a confidential dossier compiled by the organization WICKED, providing supplemental documentation that expands the history of the Glade.
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Snow Crash
Also escapist · entertainment, science fiction
In a near-future Los Angeles partitioned into sovereign corporate franchises, Hiro Protagonist delivers pizzas for the Mafia and hacks within the Metaverse, a three-dimensional virtual reality landscape he helped build.
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