Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams > Reviews

Advantages: fabulously funny, great storylines, great characters
Disadvantages: None at all

...favourtie is of course The hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. I have read this book so many times I find myself chuckling before I get to a funny part, just because I know what is going to happen! The book revolves around a man named Arthur Dent who lives on Earth, oblivious to the fact his best friend is an alien. Ford Prefect, his best friend, rescues Arthur when the Earth is demolished to make way for a hypergalactic bypass. Well, these things happen. ... Read review

Advantages: 42
Disadvantages: My name, his name

You can't tell from my user name, but I share the last name of a certain character from this series of books (hint : it's not Slartibartfast). Consequently, throughout my time at school, university and indeed, at work, people have -upon meeting me for the first time - uttered the immortal phrase..."isn't that the name of the guy from Hitch..?" They tend to stop at this point to pick themselves up from the ground, following my swift jab to the ... Read review

Advantages: Massively entertaining
Disadvantages: Only made a five book series

From the minute Arthur Dent crawls out of bed to see yellow things outside, to when Zaphod orders the computer to take them to the nearest place to eat and takes them to the end of time, this book has me in stiches. The Hitch Hikers guide to the Galaxy is the definitive guide to pointless information in the universe. When first given the book I had doubts about it's content, Sci-Fi and comedy?, but Douglas Adams has merged cynical, sarsastic humour ... Read review

Advantages: Extremely Entertaining and Funny
Disadvantages: Get Repetitive when you get to the fifth book

...five parts, as its called-The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, The Restaurant at the end of the Universe, Life, the Universe and Everything, So Long and thanks for all the Fish and Mostly Harmless. They are quite expensive-about £5.00 each I think, though you can buy then in a single hardbook copy for only about £15.00 and if you buy them used, they are cheap. The Science Fiction Comedy genre of the book is hard to write-the balance between the ... Read review

Advantages: The book is written beautifully
Disadvantages: There is some very random references which some reders might not appriciate.

Douglas Adams first offering in the "trilogy of four" is an amazing insight into the crazy world of his head. When I first picked up the book it seemed dull on first sight but past the cover and the reader is literally transported into another world- or galaxy. The book describes the journies of Arthur Dent, a lovable Earth man who soon learns that the earth is not alone in the universe. One morning Arthur wakes up with a headache and a hangover, ... Read review

Advantages: Great story and very very very funny
Disadvantages: ----

The Hitchhikers Guide casts me back to my childhood. Our teacher would make us sit once a week and listen to the radio plays and I was instantly hooked with the blend of off the wall writing and dazzling sci-fi. It really was something to get a young boys imagination running wild. Despite the comedy/humour genre of Hitchhikers Guide, it gives a serious message of right and wrong, which is something sorely missed in society today. This book ... Read review

Advantages: Occasionaly wise.
Disadvantages: Occasionaly laboured.

The original hitchhiker books were about the awfulness (and decency) of English life in the 70's and early 80,s. It was about Zen and about athism. Spotting these things flattered the reader and I have no doubt other readers saw other things within it too. Hollywood understood the smugness of the book far too well- I was worried as soon as I heard Stephen Fry was involved. Unfortunately its genuine cleverness was unacceptable to Hollywood. All ... Read review

Advantages: You will enjoy every minute of this book
Disadvantages: It ends

Sense of humour failure Aurthur Dent has made friends with a being from another galaxy called Ford Prefect. Ford, during his travels through many galaxy's in his quest to write a book entitled "The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy" has ended up being on earth a little longer than expected - he came down just to get an overall picture of earth, one which he thought would take him all of five minutes, only to find that he couldn't hitch hike himself ... Read review