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Summary: 12 year old male
Review: This book is not good for a 12 year old. It has little plot and makes human seem stupid and foolish. The author has some great ideas but he is not the kind of guy I would make friends with.Also 5 times 9 is not 42!!!
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Summary: 13 year old male
Review: This book is not good for a 13 year old. It has little plot and makes human seem stupid and foolish. The author has some great ideas but he is not the kind of guy I would make friends with.Also 5 times 9 is not 42!!!
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Summary: Surpasses the Original!
Review: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe is the second act to the book that The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy might have been. The first in the "trilogy" was entertaining to say the least. It was funny, entertaining, creative, imaginative. What it was not, however, was the complete epic that I had hoped for. First off, it was not grand like an epic. Secondly, it was not complete like one chapter in any series should be, episodic at least. If "Restaurant" and "Guide" had been coupled together, however, to form one book, the first book, in the series, all my complaints would be completely unfounded. The second installment lives up to the expectations I had in the series and it eclipses them as well as it eclipses The Hitchhiker's Guide.Restaurant is funnier, more adventurous, more satirical, more entertaining, and becomes the novel that I had long anticipated Douglas Adams could create. Adams, indeed, seems to be so endowed with imaginative ideas that they are in surplus. That, his astounding wit, and attention to culture, all combine to create one of the most entertaining novels in an admittedly minute genre. What the second installment brings to the series is scope. The first one had ideas, and they were indeed big, but in Restaurant Adams finally finds a way to implement them and make them coherent. In that respect, it becomes the basis for the series' success. And so, after finishing the first and second books, discovering their unity as the grand sci-fi/humor epic that I had long anticipated, I have renewed faith in a series that I initially received with some skepticism. Adams is indeed the best at what he does, no matter how obscure and specific that might be. His style, intelligence, and imagination are all perfectly in tune with the universe that he has created for us. Keep in mind however, that it is a cohesive universe, where parts alone do not create independent wholes. Restaurant is a magnificent book that you will not fail to enjoy. And more importantly, it is a book that will help you to enjoy the rest of Adams imaginative universe.
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Summary: The magic of the first book continues...
Review: This sequel is as funny and as original as the first hitch-hiker book...a gripping, wild, hilarious zany adventure involving Arthur Dent, his friend Ford Prefect, oh-so-cool Zaphod Beeblebrox and lovely Trillian...a must for everyone who liked the first book.
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Summary: very funny book
Review: I have just been introduced to Douglas Adams, and as I read his first book, The Hitchikers Guide To the Galaxy, I didn't totally understand his humor, but then I finally caught on and I don't think I ever laughed so hard, my cheeks started to get sore from smiling and laughing. theres absolutely nothing serious about the book, its not like some parts are serious during the story and some are just funny, the whole book has a story to it and its one funny page after another. If your looking for a funny book then pick up any Douglas Adams book, you don't have to read them in order if you wanted to know but its always nice to do that.
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Summary: A Fast Paced Hilarious read
Review: I don't read a novel unless it interests me after the first 3 pages. This one passed that test with flying colors, and was Hilarious and Entertaining enough to Not only enjoy reading, but I didn't want to put it down! I did not read the first or last of the Trilogy, but after reading this book, I would gladly give The Hitchhiker's Guide To the Universe a fair 3 page acessment any time!
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Summary: Awesome Adams
Review: Adams does it again with the second book in the Hitch Hickers Guide series. I was slightly disaponted by the end of this book but other than that it is wonderful. You need to read teh first book in this series however to understand this book. Trust me you will have fun reading these two books.
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Summary: Is there something hidden in the mind of the writer!?!
Review: The writing is more coherent now, his whimsical writing apart from being funny is making a complete thread running through the story. The book's protagonist continues to be funny while the infinite improbability drive is always on your mind when you read the book through... The author can sell ten books in this trilogy!!!
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Summary: Funny, and witty
Review: Goes where no book has gone before really makes you think
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Summary: LAUGH OUT LOUD HILARIOUS
Review: This is the book that introduced me to Douglas Adams and his wacky sense of humor. At first I had no idea what was going on the book, but it was a thin book so I decided to keep reading. The one part that really makes this book memorable--and worth reading--is the end. There are few books that can make me laugh out loud. This is one of them.
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