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Summary: Very smart mice.
Review: The Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy is the funniest science fiction brief novel I've ever read. Dialogs are funny, descriptions are comic and the argument is hilarius. Most of all, this is a smart novel where the casuality is masterly managed. Actually, nothing that happens in the novel is casual but just very, very improbable. These very improbable events produce a world where, for example, humans are only part of a ten million years long experiment done by the most intelligent species in the universe: mice, of course.
I'm looking forward to read the other two parts of the "incresingly inaccurately named Hitchhiker's Trilogy".
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Summary: The Hitchhikker's Guide to the Galaxy--Huh?
Review: This is by far the funniest book ever written. Between the action, the characters, and the dialogue, there is hardly a paragraph that dosen't get a laugh. With Ford Prefect (ha) and Arthur Dent in the main spots, a romp across the galaxy is a great form of entertainment. I don't want to give away too much of the rudimentary plot, seeing as there's not that much to give away in the first place, so I'll end the review here.
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Summary: The Best Book for lost Hitchhikers In The Galaxy: by Will C.
Review: This book is very well written. It includes action, mystery, and most of all, science fiction. Douglas Adams is a genius in the writing world. This book has astounded me and has tingled my intrest in science fiction novels. Adams has created a masterpiece, something that I would read over, and over again to myself and my children. It would intrest anyone. From grades four(kind of hard for them) to eigth. Anyone who has any kind of an intrest in science fiction, fantasy, or just regular fiction, would be very interested. It is short but sweet, it ends very quickly, but covers a giant time period. In such a short time, Adams has created one of the greatest books I have ever read. My favorite character s an alien from the Beltigeuse Galaxy, who had done a report on Earth. But as time went by, he got stranded on Earth. His Earthian name was Ford Prefect, and he plays a stupid alien( at times), and also a genius to the alien Galaxy. Aurter Dent is the main character, and he goes through a lot of difficulties in the giant Universe. This is one of the greatest books I have ever read, and if you like this book, you should read the whole trilogy by Douglas Adams.
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Summary: A very well written adaptation of the novel.
Review: John Carnell did a wonderful adaptation of Douglas Adams' novel by the same name. I enjoyed this version of H2G2 allot, and think that this version of the story stays very true to the original novel. The story keeps the original theme and fun of the story, while compacting it down to a graphic novel that can be read in a few hours. If after reading this you find that you liked the story you would probably find the original novel and the follow up books even more entertaining and humorous and probably should read them.
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Summary: have the rest - get this one
Review: I love hitchikers! This just adds to the collection of wacky humor. if you have read the rest, read this one now.
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Summary: Crazy and Wonderful!
Review: If you like science fiction-or even if you don't-you have to read this book. It is hilarious right from the first chapter. I was never really into the whole Aliens-are-taking-over-the-planet thing until I read this. I got all six stories in one album (The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) and tried to read all six books at my average rate, about two weeks for all six. Big mistake. But if you go slowly enough to enjoy it, it is one of the best books ever written!
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Summary: Just A must!!!
Review: I did not read all of the hundreds of reviews of this book here at amazon.com, but if you read mine, I just can tell you, if you are into SciFi or even if you are not, this book is a must have.
Its just "mind-boggling". A SciFi-Satire-Bible. Not made for this earth (how wonders, it starts with the destrucion of it hehe). If you are a shrink and interested in androids minds, a water bag who is asking himself, what the purpose of all THIS is or just a regular guy who does not want to see his house demolished... This book will have the answers for you.
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Summary: a Classic!
Review: wether you like science fiction or not - this book is one of the funniest ever written !
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Summary: Too young to die
Review: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is the first book of a trilogy of four, consisting of five books. The whole series is downright brilliant. Douglas Adams, tragically passed away earlier this year, was a fantastic writer, who could make you laugh, cry, wonder, etc. in just a few pages. The book is a combination of Science, Science Fiction, Humor, Romance and a bit of suspense. It tells the story about a guy, whose house will be destroyed, and at the same time, the Vogons are just above the earth, in order to destroy the earth. Both places must be destroyed, in order to make room for a highway.
The choise of words, the similarities, everything gives you a feeling of recognition and believe in all the strange things that happens in the book.
Specially for everyone in ICT, like myself: the whole series in mandatory literature !
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Summary: Funny but why? Why do people like this book?
Review: I listened to this book on CD; the six CD BBC Radio production. While I certainly found the book amusing, I don't know why people are so excited about it. It seems that Adams pretends to have a plot but really does not want to have one. The tone is too ridiculous to be meaningful and the characters are too flat. The event that starts the novel is the demolition of Earth for a hyperspace bypass. Only one human, Arthur Dent, escapes with an alien taking human form, Ford Prefect. Following this, they meet some other characters and have a random, bizarre romp around the galaxy. There were some interesting ideas here but Adams just didn't pursue them. Super-beings create a computer to determine the answer to the meaning of life (this in itself could have an interesting point; man relies on machines for the most important of tasks etc...) and after millions of years, it reaches the answer. "The answer is 42." As this made no sense to the super beings, they designed a planet-sized computer called Earth to find the question to the meaning of life. In the novel, the question is never revealed even though one of the characters knows it. The title of the novel is an actual book in the story. It a collection of articles and miscellaneous data about the galaxy, towels, alcohol and all sorts of different topics; this could have formed the basis for an interesting plot. The story could have featured, Ford Prefect, himself a contributor to the guide travel about and write about the places he visits and other such tidbits. It could be some sort of "Lonely Planet" book for the galaxy. There were other parts of the novel that were just plain weird; the editor of the, "The Hitch hiker's Guide to the Galaxy," takes an inter-galactic cruise in his office. The main characters travel in a space ship powered by an Infinite Improbability Drive. The characters visit a restaurant that exists at the end of time... I fully admit that the book is funny; it has a sort of British humor that I just love but after that, there's not much of substance here. However, seeing as it is incredibly popular for some reason, it may be worth a read.
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