Why am I passionate about this?
These characters exist outside their natural world, forced to adapt. As a white child in the Bahamas, then a foreigner in the US, and finally a gringo in Guatemala, I’m always the odd man out, wearing many different masks to fit in. Because of this background, my views have always clashed, and gave rise to some interesting conflicts that became my own books. Like these fantasy heroes, I had to stop trying to be something I wasn’t to fit in and instead embrace my own weirdness, rejection be damned. These books all push people to think empathetically, and I hope to carry on that tradition, opening the minds of others.
Alexander's book list on fantasy and sci-fi books with lasting impression
Why did Alexander love this book?
This one-of-a-kind comedy turned the sci-fi genre on its head. With outrageous ideas pitched in a fast-paced and verbose style, Douglas stole the hearts of many young readers.
I especially loved the long-winded explanations of ridiculous but compelling things, often written in Thurberesque run-on sentences that lead the reader on a wild goose chase of logic before coming together in tight little conclusions.
36 authors picked The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
This box set contains all five parts of the' trilogy of five' so you can listen to the complete tales of Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Zaphod Bebblebrox and Marvin the Paranoid Android! Travel through space, time and parallel universes with the only guide you'll ever need, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Read by Stephen Fry, actor, director, author and popular audiobook reader, and Martin Freeman, who played Arthur Dent in film version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. He is well known as Tim in The Office.
The set also includes a bonus DVD Life, the Universe and…