The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

But, if you were to take it as a sci-fi version of Alice In Wonderland for adults, minus its promise of great humour, then it’s a pretty good work. Although I did find some parts just a tad bit ticklish. A lot of the supposedly humorous parts seemed like it was trying to be funny just by being nonsensical. I don’t know guys, but I seriously did not find it funny from the get-go. And since it’s five stories in one, I’ve decided to review each one separately as I go. Just to satisfy my urge to read a big, fat book. Like, the whole tome named ‘ The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy‘. Perhaps it’s just not my type of humour? I’m pretty sure that should be the reason or else why would a gazillion of people feel like laughing out loud while reading this ‘masterpiece’? Or maybe, I’m sure there’s a name for this, I didn’t find it the least bit humorous because I went in expecting it to be belly-achingly funny! The book blurb sure sounded promising and so, call it silly or call it greedy, I decided to buy the entire series. Well, I’m sorry but I’m gonna have to be the weird one and say, ‘Umm, what? Funny? Genius? Not really.’ĭon’t worry, I’ve got my bullet-proof vest on for all you guys ready to shoot at me with your Kill-o-Zap guns for uttering such blasphemy. Almost all the reviews online say how funny and humorous and genius it is.

In the sense that it’s an old and firm favorite, a this-is-the-best-book-ever and if-you-haven’t-read-it-yet-have-you-been-living-under-a-rock book. Now, I know that The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy is like the Harry Potter books to some people. Where are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? For all the answers, stick your thumb to the stars! Together, this dynamic pair began a journey through space aided by a galaxyful of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox, the two-headed, three-armed, ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy Trillian (formerly Tricia McMillan), Zaphod’s girlfriend, whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone Marvin, a paranoid, brilliant, and chronically depressed robot and Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he’s bought over the years. Seconds before Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last fifteen years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor.

The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams