Life, the Universe, and Everything

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.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 kneebiter, shit with swut and fuck with Belgium S [...]

I m getting very bored of this series While I like the characters and I understand the humour, I m not laughing I read these novels with a smile, not a smirk.

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 angry at the blue sk [...]

Arthur Dent finds himself living alone, on prehistoric Earth, in a cold, damp cave His friend Ford Prefect, bored, has wandered off, early on , without saying a word , to Africa, Arthur learns, later The duo, time traveled here, not voluntarily, and have tried to adjust The whole gang, has been scattered all through the Galaxy Marvin, the depressed robot, has conversations with a talking mattress, in a strange planet, Trillian, is at a party, that never ends, and Zaphod Beeblebrox, is sulking on [...]

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People may have noticed that I ve recently become very interested in theories of physics which involve multiple universes I ve spent a fair amount of time over the last few weeks reading about them and discussing the ideas.Since it s buried in one of my other reviews, let me present my conclusions explicitly To my surprise, I discover that there is a great deal of evidence to support the claim that we are only one of many universes, and, over, that we know what these other universes are The theo [...]

A series losing steam, and it s a real shame given the potential of the first two books both fun, quick reads This title is less focused on the sci fi and philosophical underpinnings of the first two books Instead, Adams here maintains sequences that hinge on bizarre chains of events and silly, ponderous exchanges between characters who have less and less of an idea as to what exactly is happening around them These felt a long 200 pages indeed.The bon mots and clever passages are fewer and furth [...]

I m feeling some series fatigue after binge reading this and the second book over the weekend I don t know if this was indeed a weaker confusing volume or was it just the fact that too much of a good thing can sometimes be bad Either way, I had some difficulty finishing it and I think I won t be reading the 4th and 5th book anytime soon It gets 3 stars 2,5 actually because despite it being really confusing and at time frustrating, it still had a lot of fun and hilarious moments.

this is the last book in the series that I really enjoyed and I almost wish Douglas Adams would have called it quits here The book gives us the chance to laugh at ourselves in going back to prehistoric earth and Adams alternate view of how we ended up the creatures we are, that was extremely clever.But Krikkit was the best part, this story was amazing and I can t help but wonder if Adams religous views are at work here A group of people that just can t accept the idea that there might be another [...]

As a continuation of Douglas Adams famous The Hitchiker s Guide Series this was, as indicated by the foreword, one of the most plotted in the series But as also indicated by the foreword, you don t read The Hitchiker s Guide Series for the plots So, you ask me, what do you read it for You read it for the sense of wonder about the crazy place the universe is You read it for the comedy of Douglas Adams, for his creative and zany use of made up people, places, wordsr his use of language He is a wiz [...]

Hitchhiker s, volume 3.Mostly about Krikkit and the Bistromathic Drive, which is better than mere Infinite Improbability The immortal Wowbanger the Infinitely Prolonged gave himself the task of insulting everyone in the universe individually but nearly did Arthur twice It has the usual wonderful Adamsness The knack of learning to fly is to throw yourself at the ground and miss Aggressively uninterested One thing has suddenly ceased to lead to another Slartibartfast, who has one of the best names [...]

As fun and silly as the previous instalments The best part was that random guy going around insulting everyone.

I appreciate Douglas Adams a bit each time that I read him This was unsurprisingly lovely and funny and very enjoyable It s a wonderful thing to read if you re having a bad day and it s rainy outside or hey, even if it s sunny I don t think I really noticed it before, but reading through this I kept finding myself thinking that Douglas Adams could easily have been a very successful serious writer too, if he had wanted to be one He s a wonderful writer, and there are a couple of turns of phrases [...]

Maybe 2.5 stars Half the time I didn t understand what the hell was happening These books are usually a little crazy and over the top, but this one was specially weird I m giving it a 3 star rating, because of the audiobook Martin Freeman s narration made this really enjoyable and I laughed out loud a lot of times Arthur is still an amazing character, not much change about the way he s written but still my favorite.

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From the studios on the unstable fourth moon of Vega four it s The Ua show The announcer shouted as Ua emerged from behind the curtain to the applause of her live audience Thank you, thank you She called to her adoring fans And I must say I love you all Even the reptiloids Oh what am I saying especially the reptiloids Light laughter followed Today we have with us the stars of Life, the Universe and Everything She called out while making a horizontal slash through the air a pantomimed underline t [...]

How can you go wrong with the zany mind of author Douglas Adams Arthur, living alone on prehistoric Earth, decides happily to himself that he will go mad and announces it to the empty world Ford, who unexpectedly reappears after being gone for four years, tells Arthur that he went mad for a while and it did him a lot of good I loved Ford s description of his bout of self imposed madness And then I decided I was a lemon for a couple of weeks I kept myself amused all that time jumping in and out o [...]

It s all just a game of cricket25 October 2016 Clifton Hill I m going to have to be honest here and admit that I really wasn t all that impressed with this book In fact the story was originally meant to be a six part Doctor Who series which was rejected by the producers, and I can see why it just really didn t seem to be what I would expect from Doctor Who Okay, the Doctor can be pretty tongue in cheek at times, and while there are suggestions that some Earth practices have extra terrestrial ori [...]

My rating simply reflects my enjoyment of the novel I get the humor, but I didn t laugh There were several clever little plot sequences and lines, but nothing much than that, it seems The first book presented some great ideas The second book presented, or less, two good ideas The third book I couldn t find anything worthwhile Please do comment below if you noticed something I didn t, because I really don t want to set down this book without gaining anything from it.

The third entry in the Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy series probably has the most coherent plot of all five books, for what that s worth In Life, the Universe and Everything, Arthur, Ford and friends get roped into preventing the destruction of the universe A group of sinister robots have been appearing around the galaxy collecting specific items, and if their efforts are successful all creation as we know it will be destroyed Unlike the other books in the series, where the characters often s [...]

This is the first book in the series that has an actual storyline, where there s an ancient evil that needs to be, and is eventually, dealt with in the end The really amazing thing is that this series went two entire books before it even really needed to happen, and no one really seems to care, because the first two books are so entertaining without any real plotline tying all of the random events together in them I mean, for a book that doesn t have a girl who discovered a way that everyone cou [...]

The first book made sense and I met my new love Marvin the Paranoid Android The second book The restaurant at the end of the universe , made sense, sorta, kinda, but I can t explain why it made sense Marvin was depressingly charming and I even had a small bout of depression in his honor In this third installment, there is less of Marvin and saving the universe type action I constantly feel like Arthur Dent with all these things and new concepts being thrown at me from the lips of the author he [...]

I m not sure there has ever been a point to any of this, but this one seemed to lose any sign of cohesive narration toward the end Again, it ended abruptly on a cliff hanger Still kind of funny at odd moments, but so pointless as to be tiring I thought I d try one queued it up, but then found some better books at the library I think I ve spent enough time on this series I now get many of the references FWIW Ugh Next I ll be watching football or some other ridiculous sport that spends millions o [...]

Still funny, still absurd, still pretty deep really, but Adams was definitly starting to lose some of the threads here This is the first one where I found myself asking, wait, what There are some pretty decent time jumps between chapters that will leave eyebrows waggling in confusion But, there ARE still some really great pieces, I m particularly fond of bistro math.

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 lie [...]

Strained but enjoyable sequel With the publication of The Restaurant at the End of the Universe Douglas Adams had completed his novelisations of the two Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy radio series, and the story had effectively reached it s natural conclusion, with the wrapping up of all the major plot threads concerning the quest for the Ultimate Question, the destruction of planet Earth, and Zaphod s theft of the Heart of Gold The series popularity though resulted in Adams bringing out a thir [...]

I dived into this one straight after reading Alice s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass That may have been an irresponsible decision, seeing as they re both nonsensical and silly I was amused that the foreword mentioned the Jabberwocky It left me in a state of what were the bloody chances of that P I love how, so far, each book feels like it s own thing and can comfortably, in my opinion be read as standalones, or companion novels.I definitely found this entertaining than th [...]

As always this parody of life made me smile and realise that life and the universe are basically a large joke every time that i read this trilogy of 6, i feel better about life and how i am handling my placement in it.

Another good one I get bored at one point during these, but then it always gets good again Different books but I like em.

He wrote a book about the fate of the verse and cricket Bleedin cricket