Don’t Panic

Recently, I had the opportunity to attempt to convince a small group of people to read any one of my favourite books.  I had decided upon a book that is near and dear to my heart due to its excruciating humor and descriptive language.  This author has the uncanny ability to both entertain an audience and challenge them intellectually, and it is for that reason why I think that everyone should read this book.  The following is the speech that I made, albeit shaking from fear the whole time, to my small audience. 

What if the world blew up? No, I don’t mean figuratively. I mean literal, erratic planetary combustion. Kablooey.

Now imagine that there are only four people in the entire universe that know of the world’s previous existence. Imagine that the only memory left of our planet are two words written in a universe-wide encyclopaedia: Mostly harmless.  

Hello, my name is Argon, and I’m advocating for Douglas Adams’ novel, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

If you’re looking for a book with an intricate plotline and suspense that keeps you on the edge of your seat from page to page, has a beautifully romantic side plot that makes your heart beat faster as the book progresses, and has hidden subliminal messages, symbols and plot details within the pages, then this is not the right book for you.

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is a hilarious take on the Science Fiction universe that will keep you laughing, or at least grinning, until the end of the book. Any one reading The Guide is sure to get a kick out of it, with its ludicrous concepts and ridiculous characters.

Among the two-headed president of the galaxy; an overzealous computer named Eddy; Marvin, the depressed robot; enthusiastic doors; an infinite improbability drive; Vogon poetry that is second in horridness only to Earth’s poetry; evil mice; planet building races; a pot of petunias; a hyperspace bypasses; the answer to life, the universe and everything; and a book that can teach you to make a mean Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster… SOMEWHERE among all those things, is a book that delves into the science fiction realm and attempts to explain our existence.

Welcome to The Guide.

Vote for The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and remember, Don’t Panic.  

Alas, if you have not yet read The Guide, you should pick yourself up a copy of this book and read through it.  I can assure you, so long as you have a decent sense of humor, you will not be disappointed. 

Oh yes.  I almost forgot.  A public thank you to Hoomoo and Kaize for their support, and for taking the time to head my advertising campaign.  I owe you big time. 

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