"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy notes that Disaster Area, a plutonium rock band from the Gagrakacka Mind Zones, are generally held to be not only the loudest rock band in the Galaxy, but in fact the loudest noise of any kind at all. Regular concert goers judge that the best sound balance is usually to be heard from within a heavily insulated spaceship which stays in orbit around the planet--or more frequently around a completely different planet." --(page 114)
Douglas Adams has an amazing sense of humor, and it shows in his writing style. Very often, chapters begin with random tidbits of knowledge such as the above paragraph. These tidbits are always phrased to sound factual, but are at the same time completely ridiculous. Adams' use of sarcasm and humor in his writing greatly adds to my enjoyment of this book. As a fairly sarcastic person myself, reading is made much more enjoyable when I can laugh with the author.
Adams also uses fantastic action words when writing. He often treats inanimate objects as people in this respect (a drink machine "gurgles sweetly"). Little details such as this add to the humor in Adams' style and voice that really draws me to his writing.
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