The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Series By Douglas Adams - Restarting May 10th 2018

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last fifteen years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor.

Together this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker's Guide ("A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have") and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox--the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian, Zaphod's girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan), whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin, a paranoid, brilliant, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years.

[Jamie]

Chapter 2 (view spoiler)[This really is an amusing read. Just the way is it written. It appeals to the randomness of things I love! (hide spoiler)]

[Reading Rediscovered]

Chapter 1 (view spoiler)[ This book is so random. And Arthur is so dry and quite dull. (hide spoiler)]

[Reading Rediscovered]

Page 22 (view spoiler)[ Ah the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal. GoGood thing I have my towel handy. (hide spoiler)]

[Reading Rediscovered]

Chapter 3 (view spoiler)[ oh my! The definition of 'sass' varies greatly - being aware of to having sex with! What a strange word!
I do not like Vogon. (hide spoiler)]

[Reading Rediscovered]

Chapter 6 (view spoiler)[ I am so confused. Also the entry for Earth in the book is so lame! (hide spoiler)]

[Reading Rediscovered]

Chapter 8 (view spoiler)[ Well at least they were rescued. (hide spoiler)]

[Jamie]

Chapter 3 (view spoiler)[What goes around, comes around.... (hide spoiler)]

[Jamie]

Jessica wrote: "Chapter 3 ."

I have never used that word in that sense before. Lol.

[Reading Rediscovered]

@Jamie - I think the day you do, is the day your friends need to keep a real close eye on you! That word should never be used that way!

[Reading Rediscovered]

Chapter 16 (view spoiler)[ I'm still quite lost but things are starting to make more sense. (hide spoiler)]

Page 114 (view spoiler)[ "I wonder if it will be friends with me?" Now I get my friends shirt! (hide spoiler)]

Page 119 (view spoiler)[ Whale that ended badly! (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 20 (view spoiler)[ ZB? Zaphod did it to himself?? (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 23 (view spoiler)[ Interesting order of intelligence - Mice, Dolphins, Humans (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 29 (view spoiler)[ I think Zaphod's explanation made me more confused. (hide spoiler)]

[Brittani]

Starting it today :) super excited cuz it's supposed to be funny :))

[Brittani]

So far it's funny but a little hard to follow

[Jamie]

Chapter 9 (view spoiler)[There are some planets I just would not want to visit... (hide spoiler)]

[Jamie]

Chapter 22 (view spoiler)[Still sad about the whale... (hide spoiler)]

[Jamie]

Jessica wrote:

Chapter 29


(view spoiler)[I think that is the point of Zaphod most of the time. To make no sense! (hide spoiler)]

[Jamie]

done (view spoiler)[crazy mice... (hide spoiler)]

[Jamie]

here is my review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Abi]

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Reading from May 4th 2015

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[Victoria]

Thanks! :)

[Victoria]

Starting soon :)

[Victoria]

Finished the first chapter (view spoiler)[ This is going to be so good, I can just feel it! I like it when aliens look down on humans, as long as they don't try to shove morals down our throat. And this is way too weird to do that. I can't wait to see if his house gets bulldozed down or not :P (hide spoiler)]

[Victoria]

Up to chapter 6 (view spoiler)[ I'm so confused! But in a good way, I think. I like the way the President works, they all seem like they'd be really fun. It's odd that Earth has just been blown up. Usually there's hope that it'll be saved, but I really doubt that this is that kind of book (hide spoiler)]

[Victoria]

I haven't had any time to read, so this is taking me ages! I'm (finally) up to chapter 28 (view spoiler)[ Oh, so that's where the answer to life, the universe and everything comes from! I knew it was this book, but I didn't know the story. I'm not really loving the silliness, but I can be funny at times. Sometimes it's a little too ridiculous for me though. I like the idea of all the planets being man (well, alien) made. I'd love to see that factory when they were working in it more often! (hide spoiler)]

[Christina]

Might read this one on the weekend :) Maybe it'll count for the purple block for bookish blocks!

[Victoria]

I'm so impressed by you people who are doing so many of those blocks :P
Anyway, I've finished! (view spoiler)[ That ending didn't feel like a real ending! It still felt really open. I guess there is more to the series, obviously, but it felt like the end of a chapter. But despite that, I really enjoyed it! More than I expected to. It was a little confusing, with all the new names and creatures that haven't been fully explained. I don't think I'll read book two, but I did like it :) (hide spoiler)]

[Madison]

I've only been able to ready the first few pages but I already like the satire except it's a little confusing. Maybe that's just me.

[Noella]

Chapter 4
(view spoiler)[Wow the Earth is about to be destroyed in the same way Arthur Dent's house is ! Giant yellow bulldozer eh? What does the towel do?! (hide spoiler)]

[Noella]

Victoria wrote: "Finished the first chapter [spoilers removed]"
It feels like Roald Dahl a bit. The funny craziness XD

[Noella]

Chapter 11
(view spoiler)[ it's so funny how the guard and Marvin talk about job satisfaction xD (hide spoiler)]

[Noella]

Chapter 20
(view spoiler)[freaky! ZB fused his two brains together? (hide spoiler)]

[Noella]

Chapter 28
(view spoiler)[the answer to life the universe and everything is 42 and earth is where the question originates?? Deep thought created Earth. Funny play on words lol but confusing! (hide spoiler)]

[Christina]

Chapter 1

(view spoiler)[Ford Prefect is a funny fellow suggesting Mr Prosser to take Arthur's spot in the mud to stop the bulldozers from knocking Arthur's house down when Mr Prosser is the one who wants to knock it down. Hahahaha (hide spoiler)]

[Noella]

Finished
(view spoiler)[good Ol Marvin saved everyone haha. But it's not very nice to see that the ship committed suicide rather than listen to him talk! This was a very fun book to read. (hide spoiler)]

[Christina]

Chapter 5
(view spoiler)[i can't believe the only thing the million page book said about earth was that it was harmless hahaha! Revised edition: mostly harmless (hide spoiler)]

[Christina]

End of chapter 18
(view spoiler)[everything is so random at the moment! Two missiles turned into a bowl of petunias and a sperm whale using the improbability device thingo... Wha? (hide spoiler)]

[Christina]

Noella wrote: "Chapter 20
[spoilers removed]"

Is that what happened? I got so confused there

[Christina]

End of chapter 25
(view spoiler)[It takes 7.5 million years to calculate the answer to life the universe and everything! Yikes (hide spoiler)]

[Christina]

Chapter 30

(view spoiler)[So what they're saying is Earth got destroyed before the program could complete so the Question to Life and Universe and Everything is lost? (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

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Reading from the 14th of November 2016

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[Abi]

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Reading from the 15th of July 2017

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[Eesh]

Chapter 1
(view spoiler)[You know, I could really use some of Ford's psychic prowess, because that was brilliantly done. (hide spoiler)]

[Eesh]

Chapter 6
(view spoiler)[The Babel fish is now my new favourite thing. (hide spoiler)]

[Eesh]

Chapter 18
(view spoiler)[The whale's thought process but hilarious. But the bowl of petunias? There were literal tears rolling down my face. (hide spoiler)]

[Eesh]

Chapter 23
(view spoiler)[Oh my god, that were that line came from! I heard someone in a show or movie saying "So long, and thanks for all the fish." but I didn't know what it meant. Now I do and it makes me very happy. (hide spoiler)]

[Eesh]

Chapter 34
(view spoiler)[I'm not sure if it's really really funny and really, really sad that a ship commited suicide after hearing about how depressed Marvin is. I'm gonna go with sad. (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

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Reading from the 7th of March 2018

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[Fernando]

I'm about 15% into it, but I'm just not feeling it.

[Lane]

Up to Chapter 6

(view spoiler)[ I usually ignore people when they describe a book as funny, because few books actually are, but this is actually kind of funny and quippy. (hide spoiler)]

[Lane]

Up to Chapter 13

(view spoiler)[ a Babel fish would be super useful. And Marvin is my favorite. 10 out of 10 can relate. (hide spoiler)]