Review of "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy Collection 5 Books Set by Douglas Adams" on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
totally ridonkolous!!! in like... a good way??
paperback
Published 2020 by Pan Macmillan.
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
4 stars
(292 reviews)
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5 stars
Always great fun everytime I read it!
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3 stars
It's less archaic than I was expecting.
Review of "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy Collection 5 Books Set by Douglas Adams" on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
A timeless and funny tale about an ordinary guy experiencing extraordinary adventures in space.
A lot of scenes and themes in this book have become pop culture standard so it was nice to finally learn about their origin.
Review of "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy Collection 5 Books Set by Douglas Adams" on 'Storygraph'
3 stars
Fun read. I'll likely read it again at some point. I caught myself drifting off to pay attention to other things while listening so a second listen will be even more enjoyable, I think.
Review of "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy Collection 5 Books Set by Douglas Adams" on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
In the world who considerss him or herself scientific or a “geek” by any definition of the word, has read The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy; but I hadn't. My 2 kids, 15 and almost 13 and I listened to the book. Noah, the 15-year-old, had read it (surprise, surprise), but Levi (who absolutely hates to read) and I had not. We both had previously heard such things as “42 is the answer to the life, the universe, and everything”, but it's a bit different cheering in context :-). We were all (even Noah) entertained, and the story and events are just silly. A great waste of time – “great” as in interesting and good, not as in “huge” like a “huge waste of time”. It was nice to really listen to silly instead of something taxing, like the book that Kevin and I are listening to, or the …
In the world who considerss him or herself scientific or a “geek” by any definition of the word, has read The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy; but I hadn't. My 2 kids, 15 and almost 13 and I listened to the book. Noah, the 15-year-old, had read it (surprise, surprise), but Levi (who absolutely hates to read) and I had not. We both had previously heard such things as “42 is the answer to the life, the universe, and everything”, but it's a bit different cheering in context :-). We were all (even Noah) entertained, and the story and events are just silly. A great waste of time – “great” as in interesting and good, not as in “huge” like a “huge waste of time”. It was nice to really listen to silly instead of something taxing, like the book that Kevin and I are listening to, or the book about lying that I am listening to alone.
Review of "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy Collection 5 Books Set by Douglas Adams" on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
After a few Pangalactic Gargleblasters I decided to
to begin the journey along with Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect rather than lie in the mud to save my house from the wrecking crew. Ummm... So long and thanks for all
the fish!
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4 stars
There are some authors you read in your late teens or early 20s and think are world-shattering and when you come back to them later you wonder why you bothered. William Burroughs was one for me - I'm with whichever reviewer asked 'can anyone over the age of 21 take this guy seriously?' or whatever it was.
Adams, though. I was very much taken with THHGTTG at a tender age - my parents recognised I think that this was a teenage infatuation, but tbh he is no Burroughs (in a good way) - the Guide is a spoof and intended as one, and a good-natured one at that. And as I later realised, probably influenced by Robert Sheckley's "Dimension of Miracles." But that was just a start point.
Perhaps such things as multidimensional mouse-like organisms, Vogon Poetry, Magrathea (every time I encountered the automated air defence system on the Ice …
There are some authors you read in your late teens or early 20s and think are world-shattering and when you come back to them later you wonder why you bothered. William Burroughs was one for me - I'm with whichever reviewer asked 'can anyone over the age of 21 take this guy seriously?' or whatever it was.
Adams, though. I was very much taken with THHGTTG at a tender age - my parents recognised I think that this was a teenage infatuation, but tbh he is no Burroughs (in a good way) - the Guide is a spoof and intended as one, and a good-natured one at that. And as I later realised, probably influenced by Robert Sheckley's "Dimension of Miracles." But that was just a start point.
Perhaps such things as multidimensional mouse-like organisms, Vogon Poetry, Magrathea (every time I encountered the automated air defence system on the Ice Islands in SimplePlanes I thought of Magrathea's surface-to-space missiles defending a dead planet), "Your Plastic Pal who's Fun to Be With", knowing where your towel is, and so on and not forgetting 42 - has all become so much a defining part of cultural history for a certain generation that you really don't want to re-read it, not because it wouldn't be good, but because basically you don't have to.
Life. Don't talk to me about Life.
