The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide

Douglas Adams Paperback, $20 Del Ray April 2002 815 pages This is a collection of Douglas Adams‘s  classic sci fi novels starring hapless human Arthur Dent.  When the earth is destroyed to make way for a new interstellar hyperspace bypass, Arthur and the-girl-who-turned-him-down-at-a-party, Trillian, are the last humans in the Universe.  Arthur was rescued by [...]

Where My Time Goes

I have long been in the habit of reading at least two books at a time.  Sometimes the reason is technical: I’m reading a large book that won’t fit in my purse, so I take a smaller one to read on the subway.  Sometimes the reason is geographical: The book I’ve been reading is in [...]