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Summary: Genius at work!
Review: This book is amazing! Douglas Adams is an amazing writer. It's funny and intelligent at the same time. I've never laughed out loud while reading before this book. I recomend this book to anyone that enjoys a good laugh. It gets confusing at times with the whole concept of space travel, but stick with it and it's worth it. It really makes you think and there are few books that can be funny at the same time. And if you like this one, you'll love the other sequels even more. The books get funnier as you go too. Everything about this book is great. Especially the manic depressive robot, Marvin. To give a glimpse into the amusing nature of this trilogy, the man that really rules the universe says, "I think fish is nice, but then I think that rain is wet, so who am I to judge."
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Summary: A Refreshing and Humurous Piece of Art
Review: The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is the absolute funniest book that has ever been written. From start to finish, it keeps you laughing. Douglas Adams is an absolute genius for all the hilarious and creative plot lines and scenes that he has written in this satirical novel. Being a high school student, reading is not usually the thing that gets me excited or keeps me entranced, but the sense of humor in this book kept me glued to every word. The fact that the one piece of suspense left in the entire book was whose shoulder was hurt when a missile crashed with a space ship, but all the other events of the book are revealed, is miraculous. Why would anyone ever want to write about what a flower pot was thinking when it was falling from a space ship to the ground? And also why would anyone want to read about it? But the fact that Adams could think of and write about such a random thing is amazing and, oddly enough, hysterical. It's so refreshing to read a book that goes into space and could potentially be complete sci-fi, but is actually pages filled with jokes. It takes your mind off the real world and brings you into the unknown; where Adams completely writes like an insane man, but comes off as a genius. There's no need to look deeper into the satirical writing. You can just take the jokes as they come and literally laugh out loud after every page. The only problem with this book is that it ends. After 200 pages of laughing out loud, the book abruptly ends, but the good news is that it's part of a trilogy and you can continue with the next book, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Adams keeps you wanting more by ending the book so suddenly. But don't let that stop you. If you haven't had a chance to read this book yet, run to the nearest book store and buy it. Actually, buy all three books in the trilogy! Because you definitely won't want to stop after the first.
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Summary: A little too much space-fantasy but the humor is great
Review: This book was very odd. If your into the whole space-fantasy thing then you will love this book. There were some random parts that didn't even really relate to the plot that stuck with me and were actually very very funny. You really need to have an open sense of humor and can handle a lot of different types. There is a lot of cynical humor, and some cracks about British people. Actually now that i think about it, this book is very satirical and if your one of those people who really hates the world and human culture then this is the book is for you! This book will make you laugh out loud.After reading it I want to read the rest of the hitch-hikers series.
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Summary: The funniest book ever!!!!
Review: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is one of the funniest books I have ever read. In fact, it probably is the funniest book I have ever read. The story starts off simple, but gets more and more complicated and detailed, with many seemingly meaningless happenings. As the plot thickens, Aurthur Dent, the main character, gets more confused and out of the loop, and keeps getting more confused throughout the series. Aurthur Dent is the last surviving human from Earth after the Vogons blow it up to make way for an interstellar bypass. Aurthur is led by his alien friend and fellow hitchhiker, Ford Prefect through the adventures this catastrophe leads to, but most importantly, he is guided by The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. This book is full of exciting twists and turns, and will leave you wanting more of this hilariously and ironically complicated book.
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Summary: Wonderful from the first page to the last
Review: I absolutely loved this book from the moment I read the first page. Perfect for rainy days or when you are just feeling down. Definately a must read! Probably what I liked the most about it was that it was fun and enjoyable to read, and was not at all a heavy or hard book to read, unlike some other sci-fi books I have read. The characters and the plots are also very funny, and my personal favourite character is definately Ford Prefect. All of the characters are loveable in their own sense. You do not really dislike any of the characters that much, which is, in its own sense, pretty refreshing. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to read something humourous, refreshing, and fun. Though if you are looking for a serious, hard core, sci-fi book this is not for you. Recommended for Monty Python fans (as I am one)! Terry Jones from Monty Python actually wrote a book based on this, called: "Douglas Adams's Starship Titanic" which is another good read as well.
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Summary: Philosophy with a twist!
Review: If, like Douglas Adams, you happen to adamantly disbelieve in God, and if you spend your days and nights brooding on the absurdity of the universe, I suggest that you run immediately to the nearest bookstore and grab a copy of the The Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy!! This book is a rarity because it talks about the nature of existence without ever being a slow or depressing read. The very opposite in fact...the Hitchhiker's Guide is a BIG FAT FARCE, a satirical and completely twisted comedy about "life, the universe and everything." I am amazed at the extent of Adam's talent...he has a flair for the insane and his entire book is a series of ridiculously whacko adventures in space...a totally nutty must-read!!
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Summary: A Hitchhiker's Guid to the Galaxy
Review: The best book I have read in recent memory was A HitchhikerÕs Guide to the Galaxy. I also recommend all of the other books by in this series, although I don't recall their names. The sequel to this book is called something like the restaurant at the edge of the universe or something like that. A HitchhikerÕs Guide to the Galaxy, is an extremely entertaining book. It takes place in a Galaxy that is quite different from our own. The book doesnÕt really have a clear plot but does feature hundreds of strange technologies and many different species. The book is written in a pretty random style so you never really know whatÕs going to happen or what tangent the author is going to fly off on. I recommend this book to any one and every one. Especially those who enjoy science fiction books.
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Summary: Hilarious
Review: Douglas Adams truly is the master of parody. This book is absolutely marvelous. I could not stop laughing.
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Summary: what a waste of my precious time.
Review: I was told more than hundreds of times that this book was a classic and truly funny. In the end, I was truly disappointed. In no way did i find that this book was good. It attempts to make fun of the creation of Earth, praises the "intelligent" mice and most shockingly, pokes fun at the High and Almighty God. In the end, of course, the author, Douglas Adams fails miserably...except for the part where he worships the lowly mice. In no apparent way is this "wholly remarkable book" remarkable, or even close to being satisfactory. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is an absolute failure as a satire piece, and could not have been any worse as a sci-fi novel. How do you save yourself from something that is utterly boring - and miserably disgraceful? The plot is pointless, the characters aren't developed, and the setting...the setting is just messed up. There is no theme, no meaning for this book. The book is a complete failure and should not be recommended to anyone who does not want to be scarred for life, as I was.
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Summary: The Guide
Review: The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, the first book in the inaccurately named hitchhiker trilogy, is a humorous story about the worst Thursday in the history of the world and the repercussions of that horrible day. But more than that, it is a story about a human being, stranded in the middle of the galaxy, on the most technologically advanced alien starship of the time, The Heart of Gold.
Arthur Dent is that human of the Heart of Gold, along with Ford Prefect, Zaphod Beeblebrox, the ex-president of the galaxy, and the only other survivor of earth, Tricia McMillian. Nobody on the ship knows where they are headed, except for the most incompetent of them all, Zaphod. Even then, he still has no idea why he is heading there, until he subjects himself to a self administered brain scan, which reveals that there are two initials burned in to his brain, but whose are they? Meanwhile, Arthur Dent is trying to cope with the fact that his planet was blown up by a group of blood thirsty aliens to make way for a hyperspace bypass. But the biggest shocks of them all to Arthur, comes when Ford Prefect reveals that he is not from a city on the outskirts of London, as he once said, but is a field researcher for "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" and is the cousin of Zaphod Beeblebrox, and that Zaphod was the person who flew off with Tricia McMillian at a party in London. Apparently it is a small UNIVERSE after all. But when The Heart of Gold reaches its destination, nobody seems to believe him that it is the legendary planet of Margarathea in which half of the wealth of the universe is supposed to be buried in the underground tunnels of the legendary planed surrounded in myth. But will an ancient defense system keep them from reaching their goal?
Everybody on the ship is there for some reason or another. For Arthur, it is the fact that him and Ford hitchhiked onto the alien ship that blew up Earth. For Ford, it is the same reason, but he is enjoying the thrill of being "on the road again" as he said it. In the case of Trillian (Tricia McMillian), it is the fact that she left the planet a few months earlier with Zaphod at the fancy dress party in London that he crashed. And finally for Zaphod, it was the mysterious orders that were what was burned in his brain to allow him to become president of the galaxy, and steal The Heart of Gold so that Zaphod can fulfill the requirements of the directions that continually pester him. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, has a very complex plot, in which every lady, gentlemen, and its, make a difference in this story. It provides a good base for the next four books, and is a very entertaining first book in a series. The series has many unique characters that may go away for a while, but always come back in a later book.
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