The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Book Review: A must read for every human on earth
Summary: 5 Stars
If you have a sense of humor, this book is for you. The perfect mix of science fiction and humor, it cannot fail to throw you into pangs of laughter.Book Review: A Very Fast Read
Summary: 4 Stars
As I was reading this, I said, "Man, this book is almost over already. How in the world is it going to be wrapped up in the last 3 pages?" Well, it doesn't get wrapped up. Its one of those deals where you have to read the whole series for stuff to get wrapped up. I usually hate those kinds of books, and I'm also not a big fan of Sci-Fi books in general, but this book was quite funny in certain places and I got a kick out of reading it. I particularly liked the part where the police officers discussed how they were really sensitive literary people during their big shoot out.
I wouldn't be surprised if I finished the entire Hitchhiker series because the first book is pretty funny as far as written works go, and I would imagine the whole series would move as fast as this book does. I was kind of hoping it would be more surreal and less funny like the Neverending Story, but I still found it to be quite enjoyable.
Book Review: Enduringly Hilarious
Summary: 5 Stars
One of the few books I find laugh-out-loud funny. Each time I read it, it still makes me chuckle. Sure, it's a little lacking in the plot department, but Adams can show us the humour in things we've taken for granted like no other author I know. An eternal favourite.Book Review: Brilliant!
Summary: 5 Stars
I found a battered copy of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy amoung piles of dusty old books in my parent's basement, and have been in love ever since. A work of shear genius, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (H2G2 to diehard fans) has become a cult classic. Douglas Adams has an inimitable comic wit that shines through in everything he writes. If you are an intellingent person with a taste for both silly and sharp humor, you won't regret the purchase.
Book Review: A Work of Genius
Summary: 5 Stars
I just reread this book after ten yesrs. The first time I read it was in the summer after 8th grade. I wanted to see if this was as good as I rememder it and I can honestly say that I was surprised that this book is just as funny to me now as it was then. I don't think a book exists with funnier asides and narration in the entire corpus of the written word. This book is not about characterization it--if you are looking for that go read Orson Scott Card. This book is about blatant and unabashed mind-boggling creativity that with amaze even the most creative among us. Adama is truly a master at taking seemingly minute and trivial plot details and workign them back into the novel in meaninful and hilarious ways. That is why i like this--it is random, but not for the sake of being random, something I overlooked when I first read it. He works all teh asides and funny Guide entries right back into the novel so that seemingly pointless details come back around to guide the entire course of the novel.