DON'T LEAVE EARTH WITHOUT THE HILARIOUS INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
About the end of the world and the happy-go-lucky days that follow...
About the worst Thursday that ever happened, and why the Universe is a lot safer if you bring a towel...
--back cover
Review of "The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy" on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
In the beginning there was science fiction. And there was comedy. But never the twain shall, erm, met.
But that all changed when, in the 1970s, an ape descendant called Douglas Adams got very, very drunk and passed out in a field in Austria and found himself assaulted by an idea.
Terribly ordinary Englishman, Arthur Dent, and his slightly less-ordinary friend, Ford Prefect, hitch a ride off Earth mere moments before the aforementioned planet is destroyed to make way for Progress. And then things get weird.
Expect the beige hood of inanity to be lifted off the gooey and absurd innards of reality. And some unreality. And some other stuff too.
Review of "The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy" on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Absolutely loved this! It made me laugh out loud multiple times. Adams' writing style is excellent and makes me want to read the other books in the series.
Review of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
The beginning to what turns into a great series. The Hitchhiker's franchise is that kind of thing that people either fall in love with or can't stand. I'm in the former camp. The humor, characters and pacing are at their absolute best here.
It's also a really quick read, so if you end up being in the camp that can't stand it, at least you didn't waste too much time!
Éste libro cambió mi vida. Desde entonces no he entrado por una puerta sin agradecimiento. Y mi respeto por los eventos de probabilidad baja ha incrementado a casi llegar a la cantidad de información que otorgan.
Review of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" on 'GoodReads'
3 stars
it was ok.... wished i would have read it before seeing the movie.... i could only see the characters as they were cast in the movie which i think kinda bogged the book down. it still was a fun read though!.... lots of funny existential or absurd ideas , random tangents and puns.
Review of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
I can’t believe it took me so long to read this book. It’s the Sci-Fi version of Monty Python, weird humour that will stick with you for years and years to come. It’s really hard to review this book, all I can say the movie is terrible compared to the brilliant humour of [a:Douglas Adams|4|Douglas Adams|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1189120061p2/4.jpg]. I’m really looking forward to reading book two sometimes soon. Well worth reading.
Having picked up Robert Rankin's early stuff again and realised it is mainly a load of old toot, I then turned to Douglas Adams. Now, The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a kind of subset of 'Doctor Who'' and if you know that it makes more sense, with Ford (possibly) as a Doctor figure who has flunked out on his responsibility to the galaxy - or so he thinks. I was reminded of it by the whole Terminator shtick where the Terminator decides to help humanity, rather than thinking 'You lot are complete bastards, you can all die and the sooner the better'' ... which is something you would get at least one character thinking in HHGTTG. It's complicated ... it certainly is, as a varied cast has adventures around the Galaxy in a story that may well have been influenced by Robert Sheckley's "Dimension of Miracles" (1968), but …
Having picked up Robert Rankin's early stuff again and realised it is mainly a load of old toot, I then turned to Douglas Adams. Now, The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a kind of subset of 'Doctor Who'' and if you know that it makes more sense, with Ford (possibly) as a Doctor figure who has flunked out on his responsibility to the galaxy - or so he thinks. I was reminded of it by the whole Terminator shtick where the Terminator decides to help humanity, rather than thinking 'You lot are complete bastards, you can all die and the sooner the better'' ... which is something you would get at least one character thinking in HHGTTG. It's complicated ... it certainly is, as a varied cast has adventures around the Galaxy in a story that may well have been influenced by Robert Sheckley's "Dimension of Miracles" (1968), but has massively overshadowed it. Yes, it's the Vogons and their awful poetry, Earth as a computer built by mice, er, pandimensional beings, the Infinite Improbability Drive, the two-headed Zaphod who steals the ship containing said drive, the Krikkiters (i.e. Daleks with the serial numbers slightly filed down), and the answer to the Ultimate Question which as we all know is 42. The 'varied cast of characters' is very much "It's complicated" as including two humans, two aliens of the same species one of whom has two heads, a paranoid robot, bird people, etc, etc, however almost all (apart that is from one of the two humans, i.e. Trillian) are perceived as male. Or at least not female. The series went on rather longer than it should have (which you could also say for Robert Rankin's Brentford novels) but at this early stage it's quirky and entertaining. Do you know where your towel is?
