The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; The Restaurant at the End of the Universe; Life, the Universe, and Everything, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish; Mostly Harmless
Douglas Adams: The Hitchhiker's Trilogy (2000, SFBC)
Hardcover, 839 pages
English language
Published Aug. 18, 2000 by SFBC.
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.
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.
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!
