And another thing--

Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, part six of three

by Eoin Colfer, Eoin Colfer

Hardcover, 275 pages

English language

Published April 2, 2009 by Hyperion.

ISBN:: 978-1-4013-2358-5
OCLC Number:: 427439407

(54 reviews)

In this sixth installment of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, Arthur Dent has finally made it home to Earth, only to discover that it is about to be blown up ... again. What could a pantheon of unemployed gods, everyone's favorite renegade Galactic President, a lovestruck green alien, an irritating computer, and at least one very large slab of cheese have to do with all of this?

1 edition

naomi reviewed And another thing-- by Eoin Colfer

Review of 'And another thing--' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

This book unfortunately does not live up to Douglas Adams' books. It seems Eoin Colfer tried very hard to copy the style but could only get there 80% of the way and then used vulgarity where wit gave out. I did read this after listening to the hexagonal phase audiobook thankfully. The audiobook is a much better version which at least to me seems more in line with the style of the previous books. It also more neatly ties the story up in my opinion.

I do remember liking Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl books. I appreciate him writing this book but I wish whoever helped rewrite the story for the audiobook had been there to help smooth the rough edges in the book over.

coffeemonk reviewed And another thing-- by Eoin Colfer

Review of 'And another thing--' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

A decent take on continuing the Hitchhiker's "trilogy," but a bit too much fanservice and digression for my taste. In all likelihood it fits perfectly, and I'm just being snobby. The author manages to mimic Douglas Adams style fairly faithfully, but there are a few obvious instances where the author pokes his head in and throws things off just enough to remind you you're not dealing with the genuine article.

If you're a HHGTG fan, it's probably worth a read, if you're a purist, you're fooling yourself, and if you're not a fan, you probably won't see past the SEP field in the first place.

Enno reviewed And another thing-- by Eoin Colfer

Review of 'And another thing--' on 'Goodreads'

1 star

If you felt that the fifth book didn't hold up to the usual standards of quality, then prepare for a surprise. This sixth installment manages to be worse. It needlessly continues the story in Mostly Harmless, is entirely derivative, rehashes old jokes, and tells us more about the Vogons than anyone should ever want to hear.
My advice is to re-read the first three books instead.

leighelse reviewed And another thing-- by Eoin Colfer

Review of 'And another thing--' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

This didn't spark for me. I was hoping for something better.

Ell reviewed And another thing-- by Eoin Colfer

Review of 'And Another Thing...' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Eoin Colfer had quite the helm to pick up writing a sixth Hitchhikers, and he did a pretty bang-up job of it. Adams' spirit popped up here and there throughout, it was an interesting, entertaining read, with the characters we know and love tromping about the universe meeting gods and demi-gods and immortals and alternate realities and of course Vogons.

Entertaining, worth reading if you've exhausted your stock of Adams and want to frolick through that universe a bit more, and don't mind things being just a little different and less sharp. It's still quite good, and there's a lot of spark - it's a solid homage to the incomparable genius of Adams' work.

I found myself reading this in fits - it didn't hold me very well, and I took long breaks - but then again, I read the original trilogy in a similar manner anyway, so that's not …