In Life, the Universe and Everything , the third title in Douglas Adams' blockbusting sci-fi comedy series, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Arthur Dent finds himself enlisted to prevent a galactic war. Following a number of stunning catastrophes, which have involved him being alternately blown up and insulted in ever stranger regions of the Galaxy, Arthur Dent is surprised to find himself living in a cave on prehistoric Earth. However, just as he thinks that things cannot get possibly worse, they suddenly do. An eddy in the space-time continuum lands him, Ford Prefect, and their flying sofa in the middle of the cricket ground at Lord's, just two days before the world is due to be destroyed by the Vogons. Escaping the end of the world for a second time, Arthur, Ford, and their old friend Slartibartfast embark (reluctantly) on a mission to save the whole galaxy from fanatical robots. Not bad for a man in his dressing gown . . . Follow Arthur Dent's galactic (mis)adventures in the rest of the trilogy with five parts: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, and Mostly Harmless .

Autorentext
Douglas Adams created all the various and contradictory manifestations of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: radio, novels, TV, computer game, stage adaptations, comic book and bath towel. He lectured and broadcast around the world and was a patron of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund and Save the Rhino International. Douglas Adams was born in Cambridge, UK and lived with his wife and daughter in Islington, London, before moving to Santa Barbara, California, where he died suddenly in 2001. Martin Freeman is best known to audiences for playing the central character of Arthur Dent in Disney's recent success The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and as Tim in the runaway hit BBC comedy series The Office. Other television credits include Charles II and The Robinsons for BBC and Hardware for ITV. Recent film credits include Confetti (Wasted Talent / Fox Searchlight), Anthony Minghella's Breaking and Entering and Jake Paltrow's The Good Night.

Klappentext
VOLUME THREE IN THE TRILOGY OF FIVE

After a series of events which have involved Arthur Dent being alternately blown up and insulted in more bizarre regions of the Galaxy than he has ever dreamt existed, he finds himself stranded on prehistoric Earth. Luckily, an eddy in the space-time continuum lands him, Ford Prefect and their flying sofa in the middle of the grounds at Lord's two days before the world is due to end.

It's just not cricket . . .

WITH MATERIAL FROM THE DOUGLAS ADAMS ARCHIVES AND FOREWORD BY SIMON BRETT

Zusammenfassung
Part three of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy of five.