After Earth is demolished to make way for a new hyperspatial expressway, Arthur Dent begins to hitchhike through space.

This is the story of Arthur Dent, who, seconds before Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, is plucked off the planet by his friend, Ford Prefect, who has been posing as an out-of-work actor for the last fifteen years but is really a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Together they begin a journey through the galaxy aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, with the words...

Arthur Dent and his unlikely comrades in arms--including fellow Earth refugee who has gone alien native calling herself Trillian; Ford Prefect, a contributor to "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy;" Zaphod Beeblebrox, the two-headed, three-armed, former president of the galaxy; and Marvin the moody android--just wants to escape the apocalypse of the warlike Vogons and find a good bite to eat. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe seems like...