In Life the Universe & Everything the third title in Douglas Adams' blockbusting sci-fi comedy series Arthur Dent finds himself enlisted to prevent a galactic war Following a number of stunning catastrophes which have involved him being alternately blown up & insulted in ever stranger regions of the Galaxy Arthur Dent is surprised to find himself living in a cave on prehistoric Earth However just as he thinks that things cannot get possibly worse they suddenly do An eddy in the space-time continuum lands him Ford Prefect & their flying sofa in the middle of the cricket ground at Lord's just two days before the world is due to be destroyed by the Vogons Escaping the end of the world for a second time Arthur Ford & their old friend Slartibartfast embark (reluctantly) on a mission to save the whole galaxy from fanatical robots Not bad for a man in his dressing gown With exclusive bonus material from the Douglas Adams archives & an introduction by Simon Brett