A review by wordmaster
Don't Panic: The Official Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Companion by Neil Gaiman

3.0

I love love love love love "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" so I was bound to read this sooner or later. I'm not quite sure how to describe this book. It's... breezy, I guess. It's linear. It's a brief and tidy little biography of Douglas Adams and a pretty rapid summary of how "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" came to be. Very factual, but Gaiman's writing is lively enough to keep it from being too dry. It focuses a lot on the radio show, which is less interesting to me as I far prefer the novel. A pretty good read for an airplane or bus trip, as it's hardly heavy lifting. Hoopy froods who already know where their towels are will find it worth reading through at least once. Non-fans should go read "The Guide" and the other five books in the trilogy first and then read this one after they become fans (as they inevitably will, of course).