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Summary: HELP!
Review: Please help! I have The More Than Complete Hitchhiker's Guide, which I think is out of print now. It has The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; The Restaurant at the End of the Universe; Life, the Universe, and Everything; So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish; and one called Young Zaphod Plays It Safe, which i cannot find anywhere! Here on amazon.com it says Mostly Harmless, which I have never heard of, is the 5th book, but here I have Young Zaphod Plays It Safe as the 5th. Can someone please email me at: beatlefool@hotmail.com and clear this up for me? thanks. Peace, love, and 42 to you all.
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Summary: Don't listen to the naysayers; Brilliant and hilarious
Review: An unbelievably awesome book. The ending may have been shocking, but when you lift your eyes from the last page, you will come to realize that it was perfectly fitting. After all, the same thing happened in the first chapter of the first book, and no one complained _then_. Unfortunately, Adams had "second thoughts" with So Long And Thanks For All The Fish, and that was part of the reason I found that book so originally unsatisfying (it's grown on me since, though). Though this book isn't as inherently wacky as the previous ones, there are still plenty of laughs, and of course the final scene(s) are the biggest gag he ever set up. Basically, this book thumbs its nose righteously at all those who have taken the exploits of Arthur and Co. far too seriously. It's a JOKE, folks, and a dang funny one at that.
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Summary: DONT READ
Review: After reading all the others, this book was really disappointing. not enough about the charactors you wanna hear about, too much aout others. Ocasionaly funny, but not very. Still leaves you hanging at the end. I you read the others, DONT READ THIS! it will leave you with a bad taste in your mouth!!!
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Summary: it is a silly book
Review: This book was as brilliant as all the rest. I never expected him to give the ending it got. I see some of the reviews are bitter at the fact that he finally ended the trilogy but I got as many laughs out of this one as I did when I first picked my copy of the HGTTG. I especially liked the little overjoyed robot Colin.. although he could never replace Marvin. Its a hilarious book, with a beautiful ending. so give it some credit.
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Summary: really harmless
Review: Even though The Hitchhiker's storylines caracterize themselves for not being too coherent, which is probably one of its strong points, Mostly Harmless fails to achieve a "proportionate" incoherence with the other Hitchhiker's books. This novel is too far detached from the earlier books. Arthur Dent seems like Charlie Brown in the sense that he always loses on this one, and the one time that he wins (Stavromula Beta) its in the end, and the ending of this book is by far the worst of all of the series' endings.
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Summary: Hey, I loved it!
Review: If Douglas Adams writes a book then he writes a book, who are we to say it's bad or wrong he is the God of the world known as the HHGTTG. He makes the future just accept it. I loved reading this book! I gave it five big stars!! Yeah!
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Summary: mind boggling, great stories, Adams as usual
Review: I loved to read the book. It contains great parabels , eg the one about astrology, which I copied and mailed to friends, because I thought they contained some wisdom stuff -- but maybe this is all non-sense of course... do you care??
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Summary: The end is at hand - fortunately!
Review: I recall when this book came out that it was indicated by Mr. Adams that it was written in response to repeated demands for yet another story in the series. The fact that he was of the opinion that no more books should have been written and that this was undeniably the last one is clear through every page of the book. I personally own first editions of every one of his books, and I enjoyed them all. If you are completely insatiable and want to read more of his work, go ahead. If you think that "So Long and Thanks For All the Fish" was a great ending to the series and leaves all the characters where you want them, don't even look at this one! This is perhaps the most disappointing sequel since "Scarlett."
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Summary: Stavromula Beta...
Review: Why do people knock this ending? I absolutely loved it, and this is from someone who loved "So Long..." It was a bit of a kick in the pants, but an absolutely lovely and well-executed one.
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Summary: The Third "Final" Book in This Series is the Worst
Review: I'm tired of people saying things like, "It was the only fitting end" or "How did you think he would end it?" Hello, people! The series was over! Both LTUAE and SLATFATF are final chapters- this book was entirely unnecessary. Adams didn't need to finish the series, he already had... twice!
Read this novel carefully, try to understand what is being done here. This book is a jab at all of you out there who would not let well enough alone. Adams was upset at the reaction to SLATFATF, and people would not cease begging for yet another installment. So you got what you asked for, and now you're ticked off.
Listen, I would have no problem with the ending, had it been done well and entertainingly. Some of my favorite novels and movies are very dark and feature bad ends for the heros (the Dune books, 12 Monkeys). I have no problem with a change of tone (I personally love SLATFATF), so long as there is a quality story to be told.
I hate wasted characters- If you liked Fenchurch, tough. She is dispatched retro-actively in a space-time accident and doesn't even appear once. Random, Arthur and Trillian's daughter (don't ask), is an entirely pointless character who is best at being annoying. The only thing she is capable of bringing out in other characters is irritation.
Here and there, there are little sparks of brilliance, as if for a brief moment Adams allowed himself to actually enjoy writing about this group of characters that he's obviously grown to resent. However, they quickly give way to the relentless mean-spiritedness of this book.
I wish you knew, Douglas, that there are those of us who were (and are) very grateful for what you had given to us and would have been content had you never written about these characters again.
Douglas Adams is now writing the screenplay for the film version of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I only hope he doesn't decide to infect it with the derision and spite that run rampant through this joyless volume.
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