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What Members Thought
I first read this twenty odd years ago and I was not overly impressed. However, it is so much better than I remember.
My favourite character was, and remains, Marvin, the robot whose depression and boredom are such as trigger suicidal tendencies in spaceships.
And I am still traumatised by the whale incident. It has now had me in tears both times I have read it.
Apart from the whale incident, this is a wildly inventive satire, which is actually funny.
I find myself distressed because I cannot rem ...more
My favourite character was, and remains, Marvin, the robot whose depression and boredom are such as trigger suicidal tendencies in spaceships.
And I am still traumatised by the whale incident. It has now had me in tears both times I have read it.
Apart from the whale incident, this is a wildly inventive satire, which is actually funny.
I find myself distressed because I cannot rem ...more
This book is one of two audiobooks I remember reading back in high school (the other being Asterix in Gaul). I had it on tape and then went on to read it and the following books as paperbacks. Now I’ve listened to Stephen Fry read it and it was very well done. Always a favourite.
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