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I think one of the things I liked most about this book was not so much the humans, but the robots.
There were some witty one-liners from Clunk that had me laughing out loud. Definitely had some HHGTTG elements in the comments too. I loved the comment when Navcom was copied into the other space vessel - "I've been pirated!". I also enjoyed Clunk's dream of locating the mysterious robot planet.
But it was also the pacing which again reminded me of slapstick. One disaster follows another so quickly that you don't have time to come up for air. And it's all punctuated with these little punchlines.
I can understand where the over-the-top and corny sentiments come from, but I think that's its charm.
Regards
Caleb
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