Post by Vorchia on Aug 3, 2005 13:33:07 GMT -5
The Hitchhiker's huide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
I have a copy of 'The Ultimate hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy', with the 'original versions of all five novels'.
I got the book and managed to finish book one within 24 hours. I'm hooked. The levels of insanity match, (exceed?) that of any insane chat I've ever had with Azzy and others. I love it. "Don't panic" written in large friendly letter across the cover... When are they going to do that to the math books? It'd help. 'Don't panic'... This guy has a weird but highly amusing genius style... Too bad Douglas Adams didn't like writing novels. (It says so in the foreword, he much preferred anything else.)
"Arsenal without a chance?"
"No, no, its just that the world's about to end."
Alcohol as a muscle relaxant... The mulifunctionality of towels... The planning department in Alpha Centauri... The emptyness of the title 'president of the Galaxy' and its function as a big distraction from what the government is doing and the nearly dead heriditary emperor in a stasis field... Insane, sick, hillarious, demented, what can I say, it fits right in here at the T of P. LOL
And now the question of the WHY. Why did I go to all this trouble, years of hard work to learn english when all I needed was a small yellow fish?!?! ;D "
And deadly Vogon poetry... Oh well, McDonalds ceased to exist. Whohoo!
'Mostly harmless'. All the knowledge, the history, the cultural diversity, 'mostly harmless'. LOL
Infinite improbability drive, phone numbers, Marvin the 'electronic sulking machine', Eddie's personalities, Margratea and mice.
Uhm... Can I ask ONE stupid question? In the book when 'Slartibartfast' introduces himself Arthur practically chokes and says 'I beg your pardon?'. To me however the word has no meaning and isn't in my dictionaries. So what DOES it mean?
Then there's the intelligence of Dolphins and Humans, the reasons why they both think they're the more intelligent species and 'So long and thanks for all the Fish.'
And the classical 42.
And how Marvin took out the police's space ship. Sad but funny.
I'll continue with 'The Restaurant at the end of the Universe' now.
End edit of August 8, start edit of August 13
I finished 'The Restaurant at the end of the universe' wich starts with the famous classical and hillarious theory about the big WHY question of the universe...
The tea thing is quite hillarious too.
And just how do you end up with a 'Zaphod the 4th' being the great grandfather of 'Zaphod the 1st'?? And of course the whole debate between the two Zaphods is highly amusing, ending with the 'If you ever find you need help again.... Please don't hesitate to get lost.' Its whate everyone's thinks every now and then at less popular family members isn't it? Hehehehe. Its sure what I think whenever someone at school who noramlly won't deal with the odd person that is me is suddenly all kindness and asking for help when things need to get done. 'If you ever find you need help again.... Please don't hesitate to get lost.' I'm too friendly to SAY it though, lol.
Marvin is hillarious talking the elevator into going upstairs and destroying the Frogstar Scout Robot Class D...
The Vortex and Death by proportion?? Weiiiiiiird....
The idea of the restaurant constantly crossing and crossing back over the brink of the end of time... Assuming the time travel to that point is possible, surely nothing of the universe would survive the destruction and they'd have to calculate when to jump backward in time again very carefully? I wonder how many times Milliways didn't quite make it back, heehee.
The grammar of it all might amuse Azonthus even if there's no possible 'future perfect'.
The talking meat is scary.
The ark thing really would explain a LOT...
The idea of it really being a lone guy doing crosswords with which he without his knowledge and without any will to do harm rules the universe too would explain a LOT...
The burning down the forest to increase the value of the leaf is sad yet sadly familiar.
So is the 'We interrogated a gazelle!' actually.
End of August 13 edit, begin of August 22 edit:
I read 'Life, the universe and everything', it was lala, not much... Maybe its the Krikkit lunacy, I don't know but it just doesn't work, there appears to be a declining quality as one progresses in the book series.
End of August 22 edit, start of August 24 edit:
I finished 'So long and thanks for all the fish'. It was better then 'Life, the universe and everything', amusing enough. Still how the heck do you convey everything from destroyed earth to earth two?? lol Oh well its science fiction...
Is it JUST me or am I the only one who is actually reading this whole thing?
End edit of August 24, start edit August 31.
Finished........ I liked it. I would discuss more thoroughly had I not been the only one doing any discussing!!
I have a copy of 'The Ultimate hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy', with the 'original versions of all five novels'.
I got the book and managed to finish book one within 24 hours. I'm hooked. The levels of insanity match, (exceed?) that of any insane chat I've ever had with Azzy and others. I love it. "Don't panic" written in large friendly letter across the cover... When are they going to do that to the math books? It'd help. 'Don't panic'... This guy has a weird but highly amusing genius style... Too bad Douglas Adams didn't like writing novels. (It says so in the foreword, he much preferred anything else.)
"Arsenal without a chance?"
"No, no, its just that the world's about to end."
Alcohol as a muscle relaxant... The mulifunctionality of towels... The planning department in Alpha Centauri... The emptyness of the title 'president of the Galaxy' and its function as a big distraction from what the government is doing and the nearly dead heriditary emperor in a stasis field... Insane, sick, hillarious, demented, what can I say, it fits right in here at the T of P. LOL
And now the question of the WHY. Why did I go to all this trouble, years of hard work to learn english when all I needed was a small yellow fish?!?! ;D "
And deadly Vogon poetry... Oh well, McDonalds ceased to exist. Whohoo!
'Mostly harmless'. All the knowledge, the history, the cultural diversity, 'mostly harmless'. LOL
Infinite improbability drive, phone numbers, Marvin the 'electronic sulking machine', Eddie's personalities, Margratea and mice.
Uhm... Can I ask ONE stupid question? In the book when 'Slartibartfast' introduces himself Arthur practically chokes and says 'I beg your pardon?'. To me however the word has no meaning and isn't in my dictionaries. So what DOES it mean?
Then there's the intelligence of Dolphins and Humans, the reasons why they both think they're the more intelligent species and 'So long and thanks for all the Fish.'
And the classical 42.
And how Marvin took out the police's space ship. Sad but funny.
I'll continue with 'The Restaurant at the end of the Universe' now.
End edit of August 8, start edit of August 13
I finished 'The Restaurant at the end of the universe' wich starts with the famous classical and hillarious theory about the big WHY question of the universe...
The tea thing is quite hillarious too.
And just how do you end up with a 'Zaphod the 4th' being the great grandfather of 'Zaphod the 1st'?? And of course the whole debate between the two Zaphods is highly amusing, ending with the 'If you ever find you need help again.... Please don't hesitate to get lost.' Its whate everyone's thinks every now and then at less popular family members isn't it? Hehehehe. Its sure what I think whenever someone at school who noramlly won't deal with the odd person that is me is suddenly all kindness and asking for help when things need to get done. 'If you ever find you need help again.... Please don't hesitate to get lost.' I'm too friendly to SAY it though, lol.
Marvin is hillarious talking the elevator into going upstairs and destroying the Frogstar Scout Robot Class D...
The Vortex and Death by proportion?? Weiiiiiiird....
The idea of the restaurant constantly crossing and crossing back over the brink of the end of time... Assuming the time travel to that point is possible, surely nothing of the universe would survive the destruction and they'd have to calculate when to jump backward in time again very carefully? I wonder how many times Milliways didn't quite make it back, heehee.
The grammar of it all might amuse Azonthus even if there's no possible 'future perfect'.
The talking meat is scary.
The ark thing really would explain a LOT...
The idea of it really being a lone guy doing crosswords with which he without his knowledge and without any will to do harm rules the universe too would explain a LOT...
The burning down the forest to increase the value of the leaf is sad yet sadly familiar.
So is the 'We interrogated a gazelle!' actually.
End of August 13 edit, begin of August 22 edit:
I read 'Life, the universe and everything', it was lala, not much... Maybe its the Krikkit lunacy, I don't know but it just doesn't work, there appears to be a declining quality as one progresses in the book series.
End of August 22 edit, start of August 24 edit:
I finished 'So long and thanks for all the fish'. It was better then 'Life, the universe and everything', amusing enough. Still how the heck do you convey everything from destroyed earth to earth two?? lol Oh well its science fiction...
Is it JUST me or am I the only one who is actually reading this whole thing?
End edit of August 24, start edit August 31.
Finished........ I liked it. I would discuss more thoroughly had I not been the only one doing any discussing!!
