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Summary: Hallarious and a must read
Review: This book is funny beyond belief. It also is a must read for anyone who thinks about what's outside of Earth.
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Summary: Funny, zanny, and wonderful
Review: Great book for a good laugh. Very dry sense of humor and just overall a wonderful book. The others are a must read as well.
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Summary: The jig is up
Review: Adams exposes the truth: "In the beginning, the universe was created. This made a lot of people very angry, and has been widely regarded as a bad idea." What else matters after this revelation? The incomprehensible world makes perfect sense as you follow Arthur Dent around the galaxy, just a step ahead of becoming galatic roadkill in a sidesplitting tour de force! Grab your Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster, strap yourself in, and enjoy the ride... Oh, and don't forget to bring a towel!
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Summary: So begins Art's adventure..
Review: ...and one of the most amazing satirical commentaries ever to grace the sci-fi genere. With intresting characthers, sharp wit, one-of-a-kind plot, amazing commentary and vivid, colorful writing, there's little to complain about. The hitchhiker's series has been one of the most entertaining and, undoubtly, most important reads of my lifetime. It's rare that I am continually impressed by an authour (Franz Kafka and Neil Gaimen are the only other names that come to mind right now), and I can safely assure you that with this series, you will /not/ be dissapointed. Don't panic.
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Summary: GREATEST EVER SCI-FI HUMOR!
Review: Douglas Adams did a stunning job writing a sci-fi humor for radio production. I recommend buying the individual paperbacks instead of the compendiums for a variety of reasons. Basically, Adams is a humorist best savored in small chunks - watered down with a pan-galactic gargle blaster. I also recommend you obtain the audio version as played on BBC.
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Summary: Dissappointing, considering the hype
Review: What a huge dissappointment! I found the book extremely boring. Maybe I've been spoiled by the recent fantasy/sf I've been reading, but I found the plot very slow moving, and generally uninteresting and uninvolving. I also disliked the extreme amount of humor and satire in this book. I prefer my novels to be more realistic. I like adult situations (complex relationships, betrayal, violence, etc), and I couldn't find any here. It felt as if I was watching one LONG episode of Futurama. There were good things, however. The book was extremely short. I got through it in one sitting (about three hours), and I don't think I've ever done that before. Also, I found the book slightly humorous in parts, which served to barely keep my interest for that 3-hour reading stretch.
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Summary: Best Book in the World
Review: If you are going to a desert island, this has GOT to be in your bag! Re-reading it is always a giggle. One of the best books ever written.
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Summary: Mostly coherent incoherencies
Review: At any given point during reading, I've been either 1) wondering how the author would clear-up the complicated situation he had created in the preceding chapter, or 2) laughing out loud on some seemingly logical, mostly innocuous, but totally nonsense sentences. Dull moments were rare, and fickle as human brains are, even in those moments I found myself cooking up some nonsensical variation on Adams' play-of-words. My only regret is re. the depressed robot Marvin. Though it was initially delightful to imagine a sentient, melancholy machine, in my view Marvin's level of conversation never reached those of the other main characters (Arthur, Ford, Zaphod, Trillian). Marvin kept on wearing the same depressed mold over and over and remained annoying, whereas the other characters remained maddeningly annoying!
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Summary: This is a review of FORMAT, not of CONTENT.
Review: Dont get me wrong. I *LOVE* everything Douglas Adams has
written -- including this book, The Hitchhiker's Guide... This review is NOT a review of the BOOK. It is a review of
this presentation (the Unabridged CD version). Putting it short and sweet (well, not really too short, and
definitely NOT sweet...) This CD ...! Each CD is broken down into only ONE TRACK !!! That's it!
ONE track per CD. Unless you want to chain yourself into
your chair, or are trapped in a long long drive, then maybe this
is OK for you. But, if you happen to just want to listen from a comfortable
arm-chair at home, then you better be prepaired for the grim
inevitable... If you turn off your CD player, or if you get a
phone call, or if the power goes out, or if the Vogons show up... ...Then the next time you want to resume listening, you have to
re-listen to the *entire hour* previous-to the last thing you
heard. There are no sub-tracks on the CDs ! (I guess you could
sit and press the fast-forward for ten minutes or so. But
frankly, Id rather pop in my tape of Vogon poetry. But thats
just me...) Anyway... another 'mostly harmless' product from some
corporate ape-descendant life-forms who need to be nailed to a tree... -DJB
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Summary: A review of the UNABRIDGED CD set only...
Review: I find it very, very hard to speak negatively about anything
that Douglas Adams has done. No one, more than I, shook his fist
at the sky when I heard about Douglas' death. I love everything
that the man has produced... However, when I snapped up this CD verison of this book, "The
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", I was shocked to find that the
keepers of his estate had allowed such a shoddy piece of work to
bear his name. It's almost as if the behemouth 'DouglasAdams Cybernetics Corporation' have slapped his name on yet another
product, because they know his fanbase will buy-buy-buy... (Im not speaking of content.. Im talking about FORMAT !!!) My beef.... Every disk is ONE TRACK !!! (insert disk) "New Millenium Audio presents..."
(Next Track ) "New Millenium Audio presents..."
(Prev Track ) "New Millenium Audio presents..." If you want to stop your listening experience at any time
in the middle of a disk, you better be prepared to listen to
the first hour of the whole thing all over again !!! Each disk spans several chapters. Why couldnt they have made
each one of these a new track number? The whole thing is as farcicle as anything DA satarizes in his
books. It would be positively laughable, if it didnt hurt
so much, I mean. Oh well, For those of who dont mind holding our fingers down
on the FAST FORWARD button (for ten minutes), it's still a great
story, and a work of genius.
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