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I remember attempting to read the Guide sometime in highschool and found it nonsensical and not fun at all. When I picked it up again several years later I enjoyed it immensely and read the entire series. I guess you need have a job and first-hand experience with neighborhood plans publicly displayed behind figurative "Beware of the leopard" signs to appreciate the humor.

The audiobook read by Stephen Fry is fantastic. Reading it is so-so. Audio definitely brings the characters alive.

Funny you say that, that's what I started with. Stephen Fry is the only thing that kept me going through this far.

I can second that the audio book is very entertaining. Lively character voices.

There's also an audio version of the book read by Adams himself, called

"Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (read by Douglas Adams)"

Try to track it down. I found it very enjoyable to listen to.