The voice belonged to a man called Stephen, who was, by an astonishing coincidence, the only person on Earth whose reading of the book could make Arthur forget, even briefly, that his planet was about to be demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass.
On this planet, a man named Arthur Dent had a problem.
Stephen Fry does not just read the book; he performs it. His voice captures the mundane annoyance of Arthur Dent, the frenetic energy of Ford Prefect, and the haughty disdain of the Vogons.