MacCready wrote:Hitchhikers.
It's winter, I'm freezing my ass off ( yup, there it goes ), and I guess I'd rather laugh than anything else right now.
Ribbons wrote:Hey gang! Sorry for the lack of Book Club-ness in December and January. I didn't really have a theme planned for this month, so I just chose several books that I found interesting. And away we go...
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The beloved Douglas Adams romp about a boy and his dog, or something like that. Also: comic existentialism, Vogon poetry, dolphins, Marvin the Paranoid Android, Babelfish, and, of course, 42. Will ONeill's bane finally be lifted? You decide!Amazon.com wrote:Join Douglas Adams's hapless hero Arthur Dent as he travels the galaxy with his intrepid pal Ford Prefect, getting into horrible messes and generally wreaking hilarious havoc. Dent is grabbed from Earth moments before a cosmic construction team obliterates the planet to build a freeway. You'll never read funnier science fiction; Adams is a master of intelligent satire, barbed wit, and comedic dialogue. The Hitchhiker's Guide is rich in comedic detail and thought-provoking situations and stands up to multiple reads. Required reading for science fiction fans, this book (and its follow-ups) is also sure to please fans of Monty Python, Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, and British sitcoms.
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What do I do?
Carry your towel with you throughout the day to show your participation and mourning.
When do I do it?
May 25th.
Where do I do it?
Everywhere.
Douglas Adams wrote:I love deadlines. I love the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
Ribbons wrote:He is one hoopy frood indeed.
Just outta curiosity, who's the little green guy with his tongue sticking out on the cover of the book? I've seen him all over Hitchhiker's memorabilia, but I'm pretty sure there's nothing like him in the book, unless I missed it or haven't gotten there yet.
Ribbons wrote:So I just finished Hitchhiker's (I bought the anthology) and am now onto The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Seems intriguing, though I think I'm liking the first one better so far -- although there is more Marvin the Paranoid Android, which is always a good thing. Can anyone who's read all 5 books in the series break down which ones they like the best?
DennisMM wrote:Definitely the first book, though I'm touched by the sweetness of Arthur's romance with Fenchurch - the girl in Rickmansworth station who thought of a way to make the world peaceful, just before the Vogons destroyed the world - in So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish.
DennisMM wrote:Definitely the first book, though I'm touched by the sweetness of Arthur's romance with Fenchurch - the girl in Rickmansworth station who thought of a way to make the world peaceful, just before the Vogons destroyed the world - in So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish.
Bob Poopflingius Maximus wrote:Ribbons wrote:That's what I selected as well. I've been aching to read Life of Pi, but curiosity and fanboy love has gotten the better of me.
I have read Life of Pi and I still want HGTTG. I have been waiting to have someone to talk to about it. No one will read it around here...
I live with a house hold of non readers.
Maui wrote:Ribbons, did you like this book?
Do you recommend it? I've always wanted to read it, just never got around to it.
Ribbons wrote:Maui wrote:Ribbons, did you like this book?
Do you recommend it? I've always wanted to read it, just never got around to it.
Definitely check out the first one, and if you like it go from there. I wasn't I would like it either, but it really is quite hilarious, and Adams has a lot of interesting ideas about time, space and life in general buried underneath all the wacky names (like Zap-Em-Deads and Eezeespeeks).
Also... I just posted the 42nd reply in this thread! w00t!
Ribbons wrote: Adams has a lot of interesting ideas about time, space and life in general buried underneath all the wacky names (like Zap-Em-Deads and Eezeespeeks).
Fievel wrote:humor (humour?)
Ribbons wrote:So I read the five books in the anthology, and they were all pretty good. I think I liked the first (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) and maybe the second (The Restaurant at the End of the Universe) the best. They seem like the purest distillation of (most of) the ideas that are expressed over each novel, and I was also kind of bummed that Zaphod and Marvin more or less dropped out of the series after the third book, but the quality of Adams' prose is so consistently entertaining throughout the series that it's hard to not like any of them, really. I'm glad I finally got around to reading these.
caruso_stalker217 wrote:First time read for me. Could've read it in one sitting but I figure I procrastinate with everything else so why not this too?
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