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Summary: Dinner is a few light-years away...
Review: After the destruction of Earth, and beginning their search for the answer to "Everything", Arthur Dent and Co. decide to take a little break from their quest and stop by at the Restaurant at the End of the Universe where the food is as odd as it can get.
"The Restaurant at the End of the Universe" is the second book to the trilogy "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams. Book one, first of all, should be read first since most of the background information is in there. This sequel is again also a must read for anyone who enjoys humor and science fiction. The best part of this book I think is that the author has the most craziet ideas impanted into the storyline. Also as a definite positive in this book is that the characters and storyline are very well built. Even though character attributes are not given direct and clear, their actions and speech can give you the idea of unique characters who can be easily distinguished from each other. The storyline, after reading the book, you will be able to tell that it has everything needed for a well built story, especially the exploation of the author's own special world.Even though thay are from the same trilogy, I think that the first and second book has different purpose to it. Both books are extremely funny, but book one was to explain the basic points and create the scene for the story to flow in, while "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe" is more packed with adventure and discovery. Anyways, before this sounds like a analization, I would recommend this book not for just people who like humor and science fiction like I said above, but to everyone. This book isn't very long, so it'a very readable. There are almost no slow parts in the story so it's not monotone. So if you got a few minutes each day, find this book and start reading!
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Summary: A ver fine comedic and confusing tale.
Review: This is not as good as the original, but what ever lives up to the original? This is still a fine novel rife with the irreverent humor that this series is noted for. Again we watch our cast be dumped into situations we can barely imagine. Through time travel, to ancient earth, to incredible torture devices to even the headquarters for the Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy! One minor flaw in the book is that you have to read the first novel to really have a clue as to what is going on in this one. All in all this is a very funny and entertaining read. Had I not read The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy this novel would probably rank a 5, however since I did read the first book and I gave that one a 5, and this one is not quite as good, this one had to be given a 4.
Thanks for your time. T
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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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