At long last, the answer to the burning question of why the bowl of petunias lamented, "Oh no, not again." Douglas Adams' *Life, the Universe and Everything* finally delivers the cosmic punchline we've all been waiting for. If you're searching for funny book reviews that make you think (and laugh until your sides hurt), look no further. This installment in the Hitchhiker's Guide series is another absurdist masterpiece.

So, now that we're pondering the ultimate question, why not consider the possibility that there isn't one? We're all being played, mon ami. What is life like? The answer you give doesn't just reveal your worldview; it explicitly influences and shapes every second and fraction of a second of your existence. You say life is like an amusement park, and you want to enjoy both the haunted house and the water park. Someone else says life is like being exiled to the Garden of Eden, and humanity is a Ma...

Brilliantly brilliant discussing brilliant things, lol—the kind of book you just can’t read wrong. While the characters haven’t changed a ton, it's more about chucking them into the craziest situations and watching their different personalities bounce off each other. The questions they're asking are just getting better and better.What really makes this series pop is the narrator. They're super prominent and totally steal the show most of the time. What makes *Life, the Universe and Everything* b...

Time travel killer robot funDark funSome of the key elements of this third installment are the usually terrifying horrors of Sci-Fi with no reason to laugh and enjoy great entertainment, unless you're into that sort of thing. But Douglas Adams has the ability to even turn extermination wars and sick mentalities into a funny and enlightening read. ExterminateBecause it shows that hobbies like killing each living being in the universe without any good reason, or at least a created advantage, are r...

Yo Wowbagger! An ancient danger threatens to resurface and obliterate the universe. The townsfolk of Krikkit aren't too keen on seeing so many bright dots in their night sky, so they're planning to fix it by wiping out every planet in the galaxy. Dent, Ford, Trillian, and Zaphod, that crazy quartet of misfortune, will mostly just try not to make things worse.An interesting addition to the series. Arthur and Ford are back in the spotlight, Trillian gets a brief moment near the end, and, thank God...

Another world, another day, another dawn. The early morning’s thinnest sliver of light appeared silently. Several billion trillion tons of superhot exploding hydrogen nuclei rose slowly above the horizon and managed to look small, cold, and slightly damp. There is a moment in every dawn when light floats, there is the possibility of magic. Creation holds its breath. ... and then a voice from above utters the words: “You’re a jerk, Dent!” Arthur Dent has every reason to be both puzzled and ang...

I'm starting to find this series a bit of a drag. I like the characters and I get the humor, but I'm just not laughing out loud. I read **Life, the Universe and Everything** with a smile, not a proper belly laugh. **Douglas Adams's** writing is clever, but this one just didn't quite hit the mark for me. Looking for a truly funny sci-fi read? This might not be it, sadly. Check out other **book reviews** to find your next laugh-out-loud read!

Arthur Dent finds himself living alone on prehistoric Earth, in a cold, damp cave. His friend Ford Prefect, bored, has wandered off early without saying a word—to Africa, Arthur learns later. The duo of time travelers are here not voluntarily and have tried to adjust; the whole gang's been scattered all through the Galaxy, not a fun situation. Marvin, the depressed but amusing robot, has conversations with a talking mattress on a strange planet, Trillian's at a party that never ends, and Zaphod ...

I've just read the most extraordinary thing. In the US version of the third novel of *The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy*, **Life, the Universe and Everything**, the word 'Belgium' is used to replace the word "fuck" which was in the British publication. Can you believe it? Apparently **Douglas Adams'** American publishers thought that some of the language in the book was too crude for Americans and asked him to take out the words 'fuck', 'asshole' and 'shit'. Adams replaced asshole with kneeb...

This series is losing steam, and it's a real shame considering how much potential the first two books had—both were fun, quick reads. But **Life, the Universe and Everything** feels less focused on the sci-fi and philosophical underpinnings that made the first two books so engaging. Instead, Douglas Adams relies on sequences that hinge on bizarre chains of events and silly, ponderous exchanges between characters who seem to have less and less of a clue about what's happening around them. These 2...