31 Days of December meme - Day 4: My favorite book

[orangerful]

Day 4 - your favorite book

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. It's one of the few books that I have read more than once and can actually quote. It always cracks me up and it is still relevant today. Plus, I'm pretty sure the reason I love my iPhone so much is that it is practically my own Guide. :D

I stumbled upon it in middle school while working on a writing assignment. My mom was helping me and made some crack about "42" and I was like "wtf?" and she said I should read the book. I had seen it on the bookshelf in the basement but assumed it was just an astronomy book. Yeah, I was WAY off. I've read all 5 books in the series (YES THERE ARE ONLY FIVE - TAKE THAT EOIN COLFER! I REFUSE TO READ YOUR "SIXTH" BOOK) but the first one will always be my favorite (and I think my writing journal for 8th grade had some weird HHGTTG fanfic in it...mostly because I was too lazy to make up other names for my characters and had a crush on Ford Prefect)

I lent this book to every single person I knew in high school. I think I even forced Adrian to read it. It's not quite as pretty as it used to be. Here is a scan of my actual copy:





Yes, if it was a library book, I would weed it in a heartbeat. I really like the blurb on the back though, much better than the current editions write-up.

Oddly enough, I developed a weird HHGTTG kleptomania while I worked at the library. Any time a copy was donated or withdrawn, I would take it home with me, so I have a really random collection of different edition scattered between my apartment and the box hidden under my bed at my parents house. YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU'LL NEED A COPY!

I do have the pretty anniversary edition, but this tattered paperback is ony of my most cherished possessions.

Comments

[ekaterin24.livejournal.com]

Ah! It's been loved almost to death!

One of my many happy moments at Otakon last summer was meeting a Hitchhiker in a bathrobe with, of course, a towel. And a copy of HHGTTG, which she displayed proudly in the picture I took.

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

I was going to do a Hitchhiker for Dragon*Con but I wussed out. Even found a background online to make my iPhone's main page look like the Guide.

[ekaterin24.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't be surprised if that Hitchhiker background was one of the first "homemade" backgrounds ever. It's a natural, like setting your cellphone opening-sound to be a Star Trek communicator chirp.

[jellibean.livejournal.com]

I would love to have that BG. Can you send it to meeee?

[jellibean.livejournal.com]

You should have a special H2G2 shelf for all your different editions. Or at least take a picture of them all.

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

One day, I will! But if I brought the box over from my parents house, I have no IDEA where I would put them all. But when we have a house, they will have their own shelf. :)