The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide
Five Complete Novels and One Story
Ratings289
Average rating4.4
Hardly a month goes by that I don't mention a scene or another from this book / radio drama.
It would've been better if I'd stopped at the first book which I liked very much. From here on I was just very lost.
Douglas Adams is an amazing writer. He provides a lot of good, sometimes even intellectual humor. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and can't wait to read the next one!
hard to review this book, since its really 5 books. I like the first 2 a lot. The last 3 are descent, but it was much harder to get into them. Overall a classic series that I finally got around to reading.
My favorite trilogy of 5 books, H2G2 never gets old. The series has inspired so many pop culture references and a whole new category of silly SF. As long as you know where your towel is, you'll prepared for everything this wacky series throws at you.
“Anything that happens, happens. Anything that, in happening, causes something else to happen, causes something else to happen. Anything that, in happening, causes itself to happen again, happens again. It doesn‰ЫЄt necessarily do it in chronological order, though.”
A staple to the science-fiction genre, The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a collection of Douglas Adam's works. Comedic and poignant, Adams pokes at the insanity of our lives and space, combining them into a headspinning story of survival. Even if science-fiction isn't your genre, I recommend reading it in your free time. There's a reason this book is considered a classic and it's a fun read.
I got to page 472 which is where So Long And Thanks For All The Fish starts. For years upon years people have told me to read the hitchhikers guide and after finally getting around to it, I've realized its not just not written in a way that appeals to me. There is comedy there I know there is but the way its written is hard for me to get through.
My rating is based on my personal preferences and I do not think it should preclude anyone from trying the book out themselves and seeing if its for them. Just because I couldn't get through it doesnt mean that there isn't quality there for someone else to find.
Finished the first book. Not as funny as I remember from 20 years ago. Still very enjoyable.
Blog post http://www.mrshields.com/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-by-douglas-adams/
Second book post is at http://www.mrshields.com/the-restaurant-at-the-end-of-the-universe-by-douglas-adams/