![]() Ford and Arthur survive by hitching a ride on the spaceship, much to Arthur's amazement. The Vogons, a callous race of civil servants running the fleet, announce that they have come to demolish Earth to make way for a hyperspace expressway, and promptly destroy the planet. ![]() The construction crew begin demolishing the house anyway, but stop when a fleet of alien spaceships arrives on Earth undetected by human space agencies. Prosser to lie down in front of the bulldozer for Arthur so that he can take Arthur to the local pub. His friend Ford Prefect convinces the lead bureaucrat Mr. ![]() Earthman and Englishman Arthur Dent awakes in his home in the West Country to discover that the local planning council is trying to demolish his house to build a bypass: he lies down in front of the bulldozer to stop it. The novel opens with an introduction describing the human race as a primitive and deeply unhappy species, while also introducing the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy which provides information on every planet in the galaxy. ( January 2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. ![]() This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. ![]()
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