Get "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" of Douglas Adams (movie was shot after it in 2005 or 06 i think)
Arthur Dent is being rescued by a friend just before the Earth is being destroyed to make room for an intergalactic Highway... And learns why it is so important always to have a towel with you, what had been the 2 most intelligent creatures on earth and even the last answer to life, the universe and everything...
great comedy / sci-fi book, the best one ever written i think... u don't need to like sci-fi, but if u like somehow intelligent humor you will love it...
sequels:
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Life, the Universe and everything
So Long , and thanks for all the Fish
and a fifth part i haven't read yet and can't remember the name...
it is btw the only trilogy in five parts that was ever written