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While Colfer does an excellent job of trying to pick up the threads where Mostly Harmless stagnated and stalled, the story seemed to turn inwards i...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 09:23:23 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 09:00:25 -0800 2009
This means that unlike practically everyone else that's read the...more...]]> 2 3 false false Mon Oct 26 03:25:37 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 03:37:47 -0700 2009
This book, basically, didn't have to be written. The Hitchhikers series was Douglas Adams', and Douglas Adams' alone. If someone had to fini...more...]]> 3 3 false false Fri Oct 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 06:46:48 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 06:53:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Wed Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 12:25:51 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 07:57:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 16:44:52 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 10:16:15 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Oct 29 18:25:23 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 03 08:48:14 -0800 2009
"And Another Thing..." is a bit of both actually. To celebrate 30 years of the genius that is "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," we've got a new installment in the increasingly mis-labeled trilogy ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 09:55:20 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 08:52:03 -0800 2009 And Another Thing... are teeming with the absurd asides that were the hallmark of HG2G's style. Admittedly, such tangents can get tiresome, and Colfer arguably uses a few ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 18:02:14 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 15:34:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 07:55:46 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 13:48:14 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Oct 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 13:40:32 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 13:14:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 02:13:15 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 01:31:46 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 2 1 false false Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 00:08:03 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 12:53:55 -0800 2009
I opened And Another Thing... which Adams' widow commissioned Colfer to write with a sinking feeling and reading it has done nothing to dispel the disquiet. As much as I'd love to have another Douglas Adams' book (Hitchhikers or something else) this isn't it. There is...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Oct 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 09:23:38 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 16:57:03 -0700 2009
Colfer does seem to have nearly matched Douglas Adams' tone.

When I first heard the radio programs in 1981 I thought they were about the best thing I'd ever come across...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Oct 27 14:48:42 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 11:06:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Nov 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Oct 27 04:21:48 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 16 13:23:43 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 07 12:41:56 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 12:46:29 -0800 2009
I think the things that annoy me about...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Nov 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 06:57:15 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 07:05:49 -0800 2009 Eoin Colfer takes over the writing of the Hitchhiker's Guide books, and I think he does a pretty good job. True to the source material, while retaining a voice of his own, and with the spirit of Douglas Adams writing while bringing the series into modern times. ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 08:30:38 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 08:31:05 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false true Fri Nov 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Oct 13 10:13:38 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 17 10:47:39 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6359434