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#5 Mostly Harmless

by Douglas Adams

It’s easy to get disheartened when your planet has been blown up and the woman you love has vanished due to a misunderstanding about space/time

Cover of Mostly Harmless
Hardcover
Pages 250 pages
Published 1992
Audiobook 6h 32m
Languages English, Czech, Dutch +11

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Publisher's Summary

However, instead of being disheartened, Arthur Dent makes the terrible mistake of starting to enjoy life a bit—and immediately all hell breaks loose. Hell takes a number of forms: there’s the standard Ford Prefect version, in the shape of an all-new edition of The Hitchhiker’s G…

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Weighted Score
3.86 out of 5.0
Bayesian Score Formula
(R × v + C × m) / (v + m)
R (Avg Rating): 3.85 ★
v (Ratings Count): 749
C (Catalog Average): 3.89 ★
m (Min Weight Threshold): 50
Calculates a weighted average score to prevent bias towards books with few ratings.
Hardcover Avg: 3.85
True Ratings 749
Written Reviews 18
Shelved (Popularity) 1,538
Users Read 1,159
Rating Distribution
5
27%
4
37%
3
30%
2
4%
1
2%

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Featured Characters

Ford Prefect
Arthur Dent (Fictitious character)

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