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"Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun."
Douglas Adams was brilliant, and his books are hilarious. Impossibilities abound. Plot twists are ridiculous. Characters are stereotypic. Yet it works, beautifully. This is the first book in his five-book-trilogy (an impossibility in itself--who else could pull it off?) and it's a great read. Arthur Dent, of England, is forced to defend his house from being de ...more
Douglas Adams was brilliant, and his books are hilarious. Impossibilities abound. Plot twists are ridiculous. Characters are stereotypic. Yet it works, beautifully. This is the first book in his five-book-trilogy (an impossibility in itself--who else could pull it off?) and it's a great read. Arthur Dent, of England, is forced to defend his house from being de ...more
What if the most improbable became the probable? After it became probable, would it then no longer be improbable and have to stop being probable so it could become improbable again to become probable? Does any of this really make sense? Probably not but the answer to the question is 42. Yes, 42.
Imagine that world. Imagine that world where my husband's socks making it to the laundry basket happens only with the slap on the improbability button. Imagine that world where a whole day of customer ser ...more
Imagine that world. Imagine that world where my husband's socks making it to the laundry basket happens only with the slap on the improbability button. Imagine that world where a whole day of customer ser ...more
3.5 stars!
I came late to this classic series, but I can understand why it has so many followers. The idea of large, expanding universe where Earth is definitely not the center of civilization (and apparently only a very very small part of it - mostly harmless), and that we can hitchhike to any planet we want in the galaxy, and meet with so many interesting iconic characters, from a depressed robot to the sadistic aliens who like to use poetry to torture people - it's so enticing and interesting ...more
I came late to this classic series, but I can understand why it has so many followers. The idea of large, expanding universe where Earth is definitely not the center of civilization (and apparently only a very very small part of it - mostly harmless), and that we can hitchhike to any planet we want in the galaxy, and meet with so many interesting iconic characters, from a depressed robot to the sadistic aliens who like to use poetry to torture people - it's so enticing and interesting ...more
This was a perfect fun read! Parts were laugh-out-loud funny and I thought the writing was good and the plot was clever (particularly the improbability spaceship, which gave he author ridiculous narrative freedoms!).
Worth a read when you want to be entertained.
Worth a read when you want to be entertained.
42.
Need I say more?
Need I say more?
This book is so fun! The characters get in to outlandish and silly situations as the entire book starts with Earth being destroyed to make room for an intergalactic highway. This on top of the fact that Earth was 5 minutes away from something the mice had been waiting for for 10 million years. Besides it's fun and funny parts, it actually does slightly breach the big questions of life and why we're here.
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Jun 01, 2009
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