Well, there are worse reading of Hitchiker's. I actually really like Bateman's reading of it.The worst reading of it is the guy from NLS who reads The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. My favorite reading is Douglas Adams himself reading it. I have his readings of all of the books, and if you'd be able to benefit from that, would be glad to get those to you. I also have the RNIB versions of the Douglas Adams books, and the RFB&D version, which isn't much better than the Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Finally, I have the comercial CD's of Stephen Fry reading the first book and MArtin Freeman reading the others. Not bad.