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Summary: The Best Book I Have Ever Read!!!
Review: This would have to be the best book I have ever read. I originally had to read this as a summer reading book but I got so into it I went out and bought six other titles by Douglas Adams. This book is so ful of suspense, I could not put it down! I highly recomend this book to anybody.
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Summary: By far the funniest book ever written
Review: I bought this book on a whim, wanting something scifi to read and instantly Douglas Adams became my favorite author. I dont want to spoil a single part of it so all i can say is if you enjoy off the wall humor meets scifi, you have to read this book [as well as many others by Douglas Adams] you wont be disapointed.
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Summary: It'd be 5-stars except there's a paperback edition w 2intros
Review: Well, this book is better than the hype. It's got to be one of the most intelligent (and funny) books of all time. Really. And I'm the type who laughs at Star Trek.Only CAUTION: Don't read the intro before finishing the book. There's a SPOILER in there.
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Summary: The foundations of humor
Review: I read all of the Hitchhiker series in succession. I have the good fortune of a friend with taste who loaned me the books. Adams' humor is unmatched in tastefullness, wit and original sarcasm. Doyle is the ground by which the insanity of life swirls. I can't describe the wild plot without trivializing the oriignality of the text. My favorite place for humor.
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Summary: Can't rate with stars; have to rate with planets from obscur
Review: e parts of the galaxy.... ;-) This "omnibus" edition is rather a bit bulky to hold in the bath or on the beach or in one's sleeping bag, but it's worthy the sprained thumb muscles. I'm almost 50 so this was a blast from the past for me (and in any case, I had only read the original trilogy, not the fourth book in what was still stubbornly and as the entry in the Hitchhiker's Guide will tell you, is nevertheless still a trilogy because it was written by a software avatar named Douglas Adams while in Improbability Drive. I thought everyone knew that. And then to have the 5th (and absolutely new) book, "So Long and Thanks for All the Fish," and the cute short story about the young and adventuresome Zaphod, well, when I saw it, I had to get it...for my 20-year old son. His response? "Gee, now I know where all those expressions come from. You know, 'life, the universe and everything,' '42,' 'I never could quite get the hang of Thursdays' and so on." I'd made a convert. I'd pass the virus (or is that a meme?) on to a new generation and had fulfilled my role as a father. But being a wily father, after giving it to my son for Christmas, I borrowed it back* and reread the original stories, which I first encountered in their radio format -- the BBC radio versions re-broadcast on the CBC**. What a delightful blast from the past. It still froodles, by Zarquon! *Always make your euro/loonie/yanquidollah stretch farther by giving books to people you'd like to read. A somewhat less obvious strategy than giving your wife the Motomaster cordless drill set from Canadian Tire for Christmas. **Canadian Broadcasting Corporation; listed in the Hitchhiker's Guide as the Canadian Broadcorping Castration, thanks to an error by a sub-editor at InfiniDim. Marc A. Schindler
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Summary: Winner! Best Satire of the Century
Review: Douglas Adams's works, as a whole, should be considered a masterpiece of modern comedic writing. In fact, they are, and a review at this point seems questionable. I wish only to encourage readers to pick it up if they have never, and to read the series completely if they stopped after Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. You will be pleased I'm sure. This edition is outstanding. Here you will find the complete works as they were meant to be read. Consider it all a unified book, like Lord of the Rings. My only complaint is the poor cover design with the large yellow explosion. Unfortunately there's really no getting around that at this point. I encourage you not only to read it, but to buy it and have it on your shelves. Let your children and grandchildren read it someday. This story is now a timeless classic, and, with Mr. Adams's untimely demise, a completed body of work. An essential book for your home library.
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Summary: 42
Review: This is the best book ever written. Someone gave me this book as a gift and I read it in under a week. People complain about the hardcover version. I like it. It is a little big, but it looks like it is new still. The short story Young Zaphod Plays it Save isn't great though. They could have left it out. Vogon poetry must be bad to be worse than Shakespere's. Keep a towel with you at all times and watch out, the mice are testing us. Anybody who can read should read this book....
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Summary: fun read
Review: This book is great mind candy. There are so many funny parts in this book.
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Summary: ******
Review: Best.Book.Ever! This is my favorite book of all time. Adams is a great writer. This book is chock full of wit, humor, and a little bit of everything else. It is a must read. I have listened to it on tape, seen the movie, and am now reading it for the 6th time. NO ONE SHOULD GO THROUGH LIFE WITHOUT READING THIS WONDERFUL WORK OF SCIENCE-FICTION. (I would have rated this book a 6 out of 5, but the kind people at amazon.com would not let me, even though it deserved an A++)
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Summary: The most funny book ever writen
Review: If you are depressed and want a laugh - look no further - buy Hitchhikers guide and start reading it. It is so full of nonsense - that one cant help but keep laughing. Douglas Adams style of writing is terrific.
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