It's been 42 years since 'The Hitchhiker's Guide' answered the ultimate question
I was 9 when he published Hitchhiker's guide. I'd just started reading and would go on to spend my teens reading ANYTHING I managed to lay my hands on. And throughout my teens everyone went on and on about Hitchhiker's Guide, and it just didn't... push me to read it. I eventually read it after being consrcipted. And it left me feeling as ambivalent as I felt before reading it.As the comments here evidence, people read much into it, and the number 42. This is great. I felt books like The Ugly American [0], Honey Badger (Robert Ruark) and King Rat [1] had more to offer. My opinion hasn't much changed - but I feel the problem lies with me, in that depth and meaning are what I value.Is humour the entirety of the draw for Hitchhiker's Guide, or  (probably more likely) have I missed something?[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ugly_American[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Rat_(Clavell_novel)