However...
My favorite novel of the five is The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. The plot is more cohesive and the story hangs together without as many contradictions. Mostly Harmless, unfortunately, seems tacked on. So Long and Thanks for All the Fish would have been a more than suitable ending point. The additional story, Young Zaphod Plays it Safe, is good enough, but I feel it would have been better in a different anthology.
With all that, I still enjoy the series. It is at turns silly, sarcastic, droll, completely outrageous and in-credible as it chronicles the adventures of one Arthur Dent and his journeys through space, time, and encounters with beings from Betelgeuse.
Join our grand group of space hikers(arthur dent the earthling, marvin the robot, fernchurch the earthling, zaphod beetlebrox president of the galaxy, and his cousin Ford Prefect)as they ecounter anwers to the life the universe and everything.
This book is a collection of the works of Douglas Adams written originally for BBC radio.
Many things that are answered in this volume of work include
Why 42 is the most important number you need to know.Milliways and what kind of shows they offer with dinner.Where the dolphins wentHow you can fly(not in an airplane or space craft that is)Improbablity drivesKritkrit and they're problemWho really controls the universeand many many more things that will keep you spell bound for years to come.
Join a select group of people that have experiencedThe hitch hikers guide to the galaxy.