The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams

Excellent trilogy in four parts. I first encountered it via the BBC radio series, which I listened to on radio 4, Sunday lunchtimes. Douglas Adams sadly died in May 2001, and that prompted me to read/re-read the books - which are still brilliant. No slow bits, great observational humour.

• http://www.floor42.com/The_Hitchhiker_Trilogy/
• Play The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Adventure game online (once it's loaded you can go offline) - http://www.douglasadams.com/creations/infocomjava.html

The third part of the trilogy (2004) is being broadcast as I write (Sept 2004).