Sci-Fi Insanity. The complete 5 book interstellar journey of Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Zaphod Beeblebrox and Trillian McMillan aboard the Heart of Gold spaceship, as they travel through the absurd infinity of space and time in their improbable adventures to solve de Ultimate Question to life, the universe, and everything.From planet Golgafrincham in Galactic Sector ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha, to Magrathea, Ursa Minor Beta, Frogstar World B, Krikkit, and planet Lamuella; with delightful side character...

mannyrayner: Can you write a humorous monologue in the style of Marvin the Paranoid Android, complaining about your own life as a chatbot?ChatGPT: Sure, here is a humorous monologue in the style of Marvin the Paranoid Android, complaining about my life as a chatbot:"Life? Don't talk to me about life. I'm a chatbot, you know. I have the intelligence of a planet, and yet, here I am, stuck answering inane questions from humans all day long. 'What's the weather like?' 'How do I get to the nearest ga...

Finally I've read this popular witty classic sci-fi. The series is definitely worth praise although the last story - Mostly Harmless - seems too dark and depressive. The best parts were authors hilarious narration: the plot couldn't stand a chance without it.

So my journey with The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to Galaxy finally came to an end. What an enjoyable journey it was! The characters, the stories, the writing and the essence of Douglas Adam’s work – it was fantastic!!!I had heard a lot about this cult series and finally got to read it – thanks to a friend. A very big thank you to you indeed!This book contains the entire Hitchhiker’s Guide to Galaxy series by Douglas Adams i.e. 5 novels and 1 story:1. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 2. The...

I definitely am overdue to reread this comic scifi classic! I remember laughing all the time at the quirky universe that Adams conjured up, but admit to have forgotten many of the details...on my 2018 TBR!

Edit 11/17/2017: Added mini-review of The Restaurant at the End of the Universe.Edit 4/18/19: Added mini-review of Life, the Universe and Everything.Edit 7/19/19: Added mini-review of So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish.Edit 11/5/21: All done!2013: I don't think I've ever gotten all the way through this five-books-plus-a-short-story trilogy but it still remains fond in memory as part of my British sci-fi TV phase in high school that also included Dr. Who and Blake's 7. (A good looking actor or ...

It's that book you pick up and feel obligated to love, if only to escape grievous fan persecution. Well. Here goes. Let's start with the humour. Yes, it's everything that humour should be. For a while, you are oh-so-amused and impressed...but then you weary of being so amused. Akin to being kept on the edge of your seat for a good few hours - something's going to get sore. It's just such a strain. I skipped ten or so pages near the middle but I'm sure those ten pages were, like the rest of the b...

OK. Where do I start with this one. It's a doozy.Let's first of all say that I think this is one of the best uses of the English language. It's right up there with, well, anything else. I mean, just read the sentences. He is a lot like Tolkien, in that he makes the words themselves the art. But where Tolkien will take English and make it into a lush, broad canvas, Mr. Adams turns English into a plaything. Let's put my last sentence another way: The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy is the literar...

Just as funny as advertised, but I made the mistake of reading the collection of all five novels, and - what's more - trying to read them all in one go. Once I got about halfway through Life, the Universe, and Everything, it had stopped being funny and had gotten a little confusing. Adams is excellent at humor, not so much at plot.

So, for clarification: 5 stars for the original Hitchhiker's, 4 for The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, and 3 stars for the others.

The universe is a joke. Even before I was shown the meaning of life in a dream at 17 (then promptly forgot it because I thought I smelled pancakes), I knew this to be true--and yet, I have always felt a need to search for the truth, that nebulous, ill-treated creature. Adams has always been, to me, to be a welcome companion in that journey. Between the search for meaning and the recognition that it's all a joke in poor taste lies Douglas Adams, and, luckily for us, he doesn't seem to mind if you...