Ms. Smarty Pants Know It All

Douglas Adams is best known as the author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. If you are at all familiar with that book and the Hitchhiker’s series, then you certainly wouldn’t want to pass up an Earthly travel tour with Mr. Adams.

Part travelogue, part adventure journal, and part biology lesson, this book is Douglas Adams’s first-person account of his journeys to see some of the most-rare and most-endangered animals left on our planet.

I often describe science fiction as applied philosophy so I feel that the creators of science fiction are especially qualified to comment on contemporary issues. Science fiction writers have to think about the possible consequences of our decisions today, and luckily for us, Douglas Adams is able to do so with a huge amount of humor.

You are going to laugh out loud at his descriptions and exploits, but he doesn’t allow the humor to overshadow the reasons behind his trips.

The beauty and wonder he conveys about our world is going to give you travel fever. And since he doesn’t hit you with a sledgehammer of morality, you’ll get to appreciate these strange and unique animals through an artist’s eye. Without politics, without eco-guilt, he’s going to tell you his message using a storyteller’s tools.

Audiobook Challenge status: eight completed, four to go.

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