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Apr 21, 2009

Connor rated it:

This book is based on the fact that Zaphod Beeblebrox is looking for the ruler of the Universe to fulfill a plan that he doesn't even know he had because he had part of his memory removed. Part of the problem is, though, only three people know he exists and even they don't know where he is. Another problem is is that the ship he and his companions' ship is not working because Arthur Dent made it try to figure out how to make tea. All of this leads to another random adventure where anything ca More...

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Feb 19, 2012

Simona rated it:

Al principio fu creato l'Universo. Questo fatto ha sconcertato non poche persone ed è stato considerato dai più come una cattiva mossa.

Avevo fatto la cavolata di leggerlo prima della Guida e per rimediare al mio errore l'ho riletto.
L'ho sicuramente apprezzato molto più della prima volta, ma una cosa la devo dire: la Guida è insuperabile!!

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Dec 07, 2010

Benjamin rated it:

Back in junior high school, when I was being bussed 30 miles each way to the Magnet School for Gifted Math and Science Students (don't get excited; I washed out of the program in shame and disgrace after two years), the Hitchhiker's Guide series were all my nerdy friends' favorite books. They would throw quotes and in-jokes about Pan-Galactic Gargleblasters and Ravenous Bugblatter Beasts of Kraal back and forth at each other much like some (annoying) people like to do with Monty Python films or More...

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Jul 17, 2009

Courtney rated it:

Oh, how I do love Douglas Adams.

I find something really profound in the way Douglas Adams presents life, even through an otherwise nonsensical and just purely humorous book. When I look past the surface, some of life's most thought-provoking themes lie so clearly woven amidst his stories.

Each encounter, each adventure, each beloved character, each twist, each turn; these are all humorous, superbly written, and wonderful, but what I believe Adams does better than h More...

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Feb 16, 2012

Mo rated it:

i have laughed at least 10 times and counting while reading this book! its HILARIOUS!

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Nov 30, 2011

Julia rated it:

When last seen in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy our intrepid heroes were zipping across space in a desperate attempt to evade the various groups hoping to imprison, torture, and/or kill them. Seems like a strange time to get the munchies, doesn’t it? But anything goes in a Douglas Adams story, so the gang decides to pop into the restaurant at the end of the universe--literally--for a quick nibble. But--surprise!--things soon go awry, and before you can say, "Don't panic," Zaphod More...

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Nov 15, 2011

Melissa rated it:

The restaurant at the end of the universe
Douglas Adams
256 pages
Gramercy Books
ISBN: 0345418921

This is the second installment of the Hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy. If you have not read the first book this is a quick recap. The earth is destroyed by aliens and Arthur Dent was the only who survived. An alien named Ford Prefect took Arthur with him to space so that he can start a new life. There, they go on a crazy adventure as Arthur tries to adjust to ever More...

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Nov 01, 2011

Grant rated it:

My book review is on “The Restaurant at The End of The Universe”. This book is the sequel to “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to The Galaxy”. It is about aliens blowing up the Earth. One guy escapes on a spaceship with a robot with a depressive OS and the president of the galaxy, except he isn’t the president anymore because he stole a spaceship which was the one the guy, named Arthur, is on. All the ex president wants to do is find a place to eat. But Arthur wants coffee. When he tells the ship to More...

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Sep 11, 2011

Jesus rated it:

Segunda parte de la 'trilogía en cinco partes' iniciada con La guía del autoestopista galáctico. Al igual que el anterior, me encantó, desternillante y muy inteligente.

Tenemos un restaurante situado al borde del instante final del Universo, para poder cenar mientras se contempla el espectáculo. Viajes espaciales, a través del tiempo, albores de civilizaciones, grupos de música intergalácticos con montajes espectaculares (y destructivos)... ¡hasta hay un cantante que se encuentra pasa More...

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Jul 12, 2011

Anthony rated it:

Douglas Adams is one of those authors with cult followings that I know this review will find offensive. I admit that I have never read The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, but I’m culturally aware of the impact he has had on pop culture and I’ll even suffer a benign chuckle when the number 42 pops up in media reference as the answer to everything. I’m aware of the influence that Adams has had, but honestly, I just don’t understand why. Yes, he is a humorous, and through my reading of the The More...

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Jun 27, 2011

Sarah rated it:

The insane randomness continues in this next installment of the HHGG series. I do love Douglas Adams. Just when I have had about enough of random, he gives you just enough plot to keep you interested…and vice versa. I really can’t complain about anything with these books, although I know that further along in the series, the plot is going to dissipate even more. I love all the characters, including Marvin, no matter how annoying he gets he brings perspective. I love the computer on the Heart of More...

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Jun 10, 2011

Gav rated it:

I can now confirm that whatever version of The Hitchhiker’s Guide that appears in my head it’s not the books. I think I’ve deluded myself that after a 16 plus years gap that I’d actually read them rather than had a mangled version of half listened too radio plays and TV series with a little new film mixed in. So after getting over that I found The Restaurant at the End of the Universe quite familiar but also very refreshing.

Beyond the two key moments of the book, one that involves the More...

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Apr 17, 2011

Scalabrine rated it:

"The Restaurant at the End of the Universe", is a comedic novel written by Douglas Adams. This is the second installment in his five part comedy series. The main characters Arthur, Ford, Trillian, and Zaphod make their way through the twisted space of the universe. This book is entirely makes fun of science fiction in a whole new way. This book leaves off with the Arthur, Ford, Trillian, and Zaphod escaping an alien battle on one of the many planets of this universe. They end up explor More...

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Mar 24, 2011

Nick rated it:

This book started off great. I would have given it 4 stars. I was laughing out loud so hard as I listened to it on CD (Martin Freeman does an excellent job narrating this book), but by the last disc, I wasn't really laughing anymore. It was as if Adams just didn't have it in him anymore. When he started satirizing the "ruler of the universe" as a clueless guy who lived in a shack with his cat, it seems as if even Adams became saddened by the picture he was painting. The book ended on More...

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Dec 04, 2010

Tiger Holland (All-Consuming Books) rated it:

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy had a kind of non-ending, reaching a stopping point when Zaphod decided to head for the Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Now, the adventures of Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Zaphod Beeblebrox, and Trillian have resumed, and they're in as much trouble as ever. The first chapter emphasizes that, following the Vogon's destruction of Earth, there are only two human survivors, Arthur and Trillian, and the altogether unpleasant, bureaucratic and lumpy Vogons are More...

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Jul 11, 2010

Crystal Starr Light rated it:

After enjoying both the book and the movie, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, I decided that I absolutely, positively and at all costs read the other books in Douglas Adams hilarious trilogy in five parts.
When we left Zaphod, Ford, Trillian, Arthur, and Marvin, they were on their way for a meal at the Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Now, the five are being attacked by Vogons trying to finish the extermination of the human race (due to orders given them). The five escape, but end More...

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Jun 19, 2010

Cecily rated it:

Hitchhiker's, volume 2.

The beginning of human life on earth and the end of the universe, aided by infinite improbability.

As with the others, it's the ideas and writing that make it so good:

Marvin makes a heavily armoured tank guess what weapon he has (nothing).

"The guide is definitive. Reality is frequently inaccurate".

"How are you? Fine if you like being me, which personally, I don't".

"Everythin More...

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Mar 20, 2010

Lydia rated it:

I have absolutely nothing profound to say about this book. I don't even know why I liked it as much as I did (perhaps even more than Hitchhiker's Guide). I will tell you that I snorted, giggled, chortled, laughed and cried my way through it.

Thank goodness these are short books though - seriously. The weird factor in them gets a tad overwhelming at times and I have to put the book down and go do something else before my mind explodes.

And I swear I will never look at More...

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Jan 22, 2010

Alyce (At Home With Books) rated it:

I started out listening to the audiobook for The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, since I enjoyed the narration of the first book so much. I was disappointed by the narrator of this second book in the series, mainly because he gave Zaphod Beeblebrox an East coast mobster accent, and that just wasn't how I pictured his character sounding. Since I was enjoying the storyline so much however, I dug my husband's old anthology out from under the bed.

My husband has had his anthology of More...

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Aug 30, 2009

Alex rated it:

Alex Snider Snider 1
Ms. Wheeler
Honors English
8-30-09
Summer reading book review
Adams, Douglas. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Null: Del Rey, 1995. Print.

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe Book Review
Most people don’t wonder who is actually in control of the world, who actually makes all of the decisions on what happens, but this is the question that Zaphod the ex-president of the Galaxy, with the help of Ford, Arthur, Ma More...

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Jun 18, 2009

Amy rated it:

I LOVED this sequel to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

I listened to the audio CD on my drive back from Montana. Stephen Fry's narration of book one had been so perfect that I held my breath when I realized this one is narrated by the author. But this was just as wonderful. Most audio CDs I've listened to are read well, but are still slightly annoying to me somehow. Not with Fry or Adams reading! Even though I own the books, I'm tempted to purchase the audio version.

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Jan 28, 2012

Nurul rated it:

This is an apt continuation to the first book, although my familiarity with Adams' style this time around lessened the 'breathe of fresh air' factor that emanated through and through during the first book. I wonder if Adams had significant and distinct points that he wanted to make when he decided to write about the galaxy, robots with personalities, the end of the world, and this time even pre-historic humans. It sometimes feels like he writes about situations that are 'normal' to an alien surr More...

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Jan 07, 2012

Si rated it:

The sequel to the original Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is another non-stop romp through time and space. Just when you think Douglas Adams can't possibly come up with something more laden with his wry sense of humor and overall preposterous view of how the universe works, he comes up with more. I rated this one a star less than the series opener but it was well worth the read.

Zaphod Beeblebrox, Ford Prefect, Arthur and Trillian continue on their quest to find the question for the More...

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Dec 08, 2011

Amy added it

I return to Douglas Adams when I need an intellectual palate cleanser, and he never disappoints. It's wonderful to discover these books are as charming and wickedly clever as I remember. This novel is quite episodic in nature -- my favorite sequences take place in Milliways, the Restaurant at the End of the Universe of the title -- but some arc issues certainly get attention, and by the end we know the origin of human life on Earth.

I can't recommend this series enough for those who w More...

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Aug 11, 2011

Oliver rated it:

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Jun 09, 2011

Oria rated it:

Good evening, madam, sir, welcome to our fine establishment. We have prepared a special table for you as this is the first time you do us the honor of trying our delicious cuisine. Would you like some drinks first? Wine, why, no sir, only the purest of drinks are allowed, and you must keep your senses sharp and your mind clear for the feast that will begin shortly. Believe me, madam, it will be worth your while. Tea will do.

What would you like for starters? Ah, I’ve seen that look b More...

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Feb 24, 2011

Marie rated it:

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Aug 17, 2009

Mateo rated it:

This book is about Arthur Dent and Zaphod Bebblebrox searching the universe again. Just like the first book, there are many internal and external conflicts with the main characters and others. The aliens are trying to track down and destroy the heart of gold spaceship. The aliens won't give up until they kill Arthur and Zaphod.
I can relate this to our world because like me, many people also believe that there are other intelligent species out there in space. We can't be the only one More...

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Jul 26, 2011

Amanda rated it:

Like its predecessor, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," "Restaurant" is a very quick and easy read. Douglas Adams' writing style is light and entertaining, containing just enough words to let you know what's going on, rather than going on and on describing each and every detail. In this way, the story flows along quite nicely. However, I didn't find this book to be nearly as enjoyable as the first. While the characters are still the same as they ever were -- Arthur most More...

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Oct 17, 2011

Penelope rated it:

Unlike The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, I found The Restaurant at the End of the Universe a bit tedious at times. Something about the tone is also a little different (a bit...melancholy, maybe? I'm not sure). In the first book, everything seems to be in good fun, the plot organically takes shape, and the whole thing is just excellent. This one took more effort to get through, although Adams' humor is still spot-on (usually) and comically bizarre situations abound. The humor in The Rest More...

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