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Chapter 1 | Chapter 2

• Arthur Dent wakes up with a hangover, and discovers a team of bulldozers poised to demolish his house.

• Arthur's friend, Ford Prefect, arrives and arranges for Arthur to accompany him to the local pub.

• Ford reveals that he is an alien, and that the world is about to end.

Chapter 3 | Chapter 4

• Arthur's house is demolished, while a Vogon Constructor Fleet arrives to demolish the Earth.

• Zaphod Beeblebrox, the Galactic President, steals the Starship Heart of Gold.

Chapter 5 | Chapter 6

• Arthur and Ford awake on one of the Vogon ships after having hitched a ride.

• Arthur is introduced to the babel fish, which allows him to understand alien languages.

• Arthur reads some of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and the Vogons discover the location of Ford and Arthur.

Chapter 7 | Chapter 8

• Arthur and Ford are subjected to a Vogon poetry reading and thrown into space.

• The Guide explains...

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