I’m getting on a bit now, but when the books first came out (the original trilogy) I managed to do a school project on them. Seeing as the project was for a GCSE, I got to choose the title myself (Brits will know what I’m implying there) and it was something along the lines of “What makes the comedy in the H2G2 books?” Which obviously meant I had to read all the books – probably the only time I’ve done so for an English Literature essay.

I’ve since read them a number of times over, along with the following two books of the series which have a different feel but are still very Adams and a great read.