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02-05-2011, 07:14 PM | #77 |
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I found out about the book from the computer geek culture. I was looking around many years ago on www.thinkgeek.com and saw this book. I finally checked it out from the library and have liked it ever sense. The movie was so bad that it was actually hard to stop watching. My favorite characters are Marvin and Authar Dent. I love the dry yet point blank humor and being a car guy I got the Ford Prefect joke.
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A fascinating book from an author whose imagination and wit are enormous. This after 2 readings some years apart.
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02-06-2011, 07:41 PM | #79 |
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Mindboggling satire set in space, not scifi at all. I consider Adams a modern day Jonathan Swift.
I have all books, obssessively munched away in small time. I wonder if it'd be legal to search and download the books in digital format since I've paid for the physical versions, but I digress. I've also listened to the radio originals after reading them. Spot on voice acting, but I miss the minute Adams commentary in the narration... |
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I know this about e-books but no mention is made of the audio book of HHGTTG read by Douglas Adams. It is wonderful.
I also have the two Dirk Gently books read by Douglas Adams. DGHDA is a great read but it is fantastic hearing it read by the author. |
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I remember listening to the series when it was first broadcast on BBC radio and struggling with the technology to record from radio to cassette!
Yet here I am, years later and many, many Pan-Galactic Gargle Blasters too many, reading the books on a device smaller than the HHG itself. My Kindle even manages to talk to me in a strange voice (but nowhere near as eloquently as Peter Jones). Now, if only I could get this teleporting thing to work properly. I've got my towel and I'm ready to go! |
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It was always the philosophical underpinnings of the humor in the series that made it a favorite of mine. I suppose that's why the idea of the babel fish as a proof of the non-existence of God always stuck with me.
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02-18-2011, 11:15 AM | #87 |
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I teleported home last night,
With Ron and Sid and Meg. Sidney took Meg's heart away And I got Ronnie's leg. Obviously I must be using the wrong kind of tea. |
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