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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)

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Why we're reading this: A classic and more than that: laugh-out loud funny and silly while still managing to maybe say something …more
[close] A classic and more than that: laugh-out loud funny and silly while still managing to maybe say something a bit profound about the human experience...

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Feb 06, 2018 Jamie (TheRebelliousReader) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobook, 2018, 4-stars, borrowed-from-overdrive, sci-fi

4 stars. This was absolutely hilarious! Stephen Fry is the narrator and he does an outstanding job with it. It was entertaining from beginning to end, not a dull moment in sight. I honestly don't know if I would've enjoyed this as much if I had read it but as is, it was great and a really fun listen.

If you have to read this book or even if you have read it, I highly suggest listening to the audiobook. I hope my library gets the other books in this series soon because I did really enjoy the crazy ...more

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Jun 13, 2017 Claire rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 1001-books-to-read-before-you-die, books-from-every-year-of-life, uno-claire

Science fiction is not often on my to-read lists, but once in a while, I go for it, sometimes with success, sometimes not. However, this book has been on my TBR list for a long time. For some reason, I kept putting it off until now.
Much to my surprise this was a wonderful and funny book. I enjoyed it: the humor, the surrealism, the never knowing what is coming, the unforgettable characters, the names the characters got, the 'everything is possible' vibe and so much more.
I read the second part ...more

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Jun 13, 2019 Artemisia Sage rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: scifi, humor, hanging-on-a-cliff, owned-books, series-2019

50% audiobooked, 50% read... 100% loved it

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Jun 07, 2015 Megs rated it it was ok · review of another edition

I feel like such an oddball for not loving this book, but it just didn't work for me. It's a classic of science fiction, but I found it confusing and the pacing jerky.

One of the major problems was that the characters seem to be relatively unimportant to the story, which was weird and hard on me. I obviously sympathized with Arthur being thrust into this crazy situation and losing his home, but it didn't last that long before I was a bit bored of him. Ford had some personality in the first 15% or ...more

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