Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Revised) | 
panThe handful of times that I chuckled did not make up for the writing that was as dry as an Encyclopedia Britannica. I wanted to DNF, but I felt that I had to finish for my boyfriend‘s book club. This is exactly why I didn‘t want to be in a book club 😂.
pickThe Hitchhiker‘s Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams (1979)
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Premise: A series of improbable events leaves an Englishman on an adventure in deep space.
Review: Shocking as it may be, I‘d never read this, and boy did it ever live up to its weird and wonderful reputation. ⬇️
pick“He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.”
pickPicked this copy up on the cheap at Rose City Reads and I‘m leaving it in an Airbnb in Tokyo ✨ Definitely not my usual genre but it was low stakes and enjoyable.
pickThis book follows Arthur Dent, a man from earth, who gets picked up by aliens and goes on an adventure all around the galaxy. The point of the book isn‘t really the plot, though. It‘s more about absurdity and nihilism. I found it really funny, but also kind of depressing. Definitely very British style humor! I feel like what I can take from it is accepting the unknowns and uncontrollable things in life.
Next up. I can‘t believe I haven‘t read this yet.
pickReread:
I‘ve always loved this book. It‘s ridiculous. Think: Monty Python wrote a sci-fi novel. {chefs kiss}
pickI‘ve never read this book before and picked it up because it‘s this month‘s #swordandlaserpodcast pick. I haven‘t been reading a lot of sci-fi lately, but this was like cozy sci-fi and not too hardcore for me to understand. I‘m glad I picked it up!
THE ANSWER TO LIFE , THE UNIVERSE, EVERYTHING!!!
I know what answer the second greatest computer in the entire universe, DEEP THOUGHT, going to give but it still gets me everytime 😂😂
Re reading this one and this part about Earth‘s entry in the Hitchhiker‘s Guide to the Galaxy gets me everytime 😂😂😂
pickThis was a reread for my bookclub. Still funny. I listened to the audiobook this time and I loved Stephen Fry's narration per usual
pickWHAT I THOUGHT WEDNESDAY! So, last week I broke down and read, for the first time, the 42 year old, Hitch-hikers Guide to the Galaxy. It's been on my TBR for a long time so was it worth the wait ....
pickIt's a classic that I had to re-read.
pickThis was just fun. Loved it! Definitely going to continue the series 💚
pickFunny, inventive and totally illogical. Perfect escapism on a rainy Sunday. 7/10
“I‘m in this picture and I don‘t like it” 😆
I read this 40+ years ago. I loved it and I remember laughing a lot. Found this more recent publication in an Op shop and decided to have a reread. Not a good idea. I didn't finish it . I want to remember that once I loved this book. Guess I'm not that person anymore????
pickThe book is absolutely ridiculous, but I enjoyed it. I think it works because it is so out there, and a lot of it doesn't even need to make sense. It was good for a laugh, though.
pickAlthough I've never read this book nor watched the movie version, I recognized many of the lines immediately. I found it delightful. I don't think that I'm interested enough to finish the series, but this was fun and I'm glad that I read it. ⭐⭐⭐⭐
When thee next weeks promise to be very busy, I am diving back into a favourite serie. Had to choose among 3 or 4 paper editions and chose the illustrated one for home (Ereading while out).
@TheAromaOfBooks @PuddleJumper
Finished reading:
- the tagged book (not the first time reading it, I love Douglas Adams): #Roll100 #1 pick for January and #7 in #BookChain;
- A Comedian Walks Into A Funeral Home done: my February #DoubleSpin.
These 2 reads helped me get a #BookSpinBingo for this month, I think it is the earliest I was able to do this.
pickThis was a reread in Jan. so that I can finally read the rest of the series. #SeriesLove2023 @TheSpineView @Andrew65
I think I enjoyed it even more on my second read. Do yourself a favor and read this book if you haven't yet.
pickFound my new favorite book. And my new favorite character. “Life, loathe it or ignore it, you can‘t like it.”
1. Maybe the tagged book?
2. My cat would probably say: Why is she always up in my business?
#two4tuesday
Book: tagged ⬆️, Harry Potter series, A Hat Full of Sky, House of Silk
Author: Georgette Heyer, Anthony Horowitz, Robin Hobb, Kristin Hannah
Movie: Harry Potter series, Hello Dolly, The Holiday
Singer/Group: Whitney Houston
Song: Hallelujah (Jeff Buckley), Hotel California (Eagles)
#ManicMonday
📚 Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy/Douglas Adams, How High We Go In The Dark/Sequoia Nagamatsu
✒ Frank Herbert, Robert Heinlein, Dashiell Hammett
📽 Heavy Metal, Howard The Duck (yeah I know 🤣), Highlander, Home Alone
🎙 Heart ❤
🎶 Highway to Hell/AC DC, Help!/The Beatles, Hotel California/The Eagles, Hallelujah/Jeff Buckley, Holding Out For A Hero/Bonnie Tyler, Hit Me With Your Best Shot/Pat Benatar
#manicmonday #LetterH @CBee
📖 Hitchhiker‘s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
✒️ Zora Neale Hurston
🎞 The Hustler, The Hudsucker Proxy
📺 Heroes
🎸 Jimi Hendrix, George Harrison
🎼 “Heart Be Still” by Peter Straker, “Hawaiian Cowboy” by Sol Bright, “Happiness is a Warm Gun” by the Beatles #manicmonday #letterh @CBee
Just finished the first book. Absolutely hilarious. Never read anyone that thinks so out-of-the-box as Adams. Can‘t believe it took me this long to read this! I‘ve been super stressed out with grad school but I‘m finally trying to take some time to read more for pleasure. It feels like the only thing I‘ve been reading lately is counseling manuals and textbooks.
??"Oggi dev'essere giovedì" si disse Arthur chinandosi sopra la sua birra. "Non sono mai riuscito a capirli, i giovedì."
??“This must be Thursday,' said Arthur to himself, sinking low over his beer. 'I never could get the hang of Thursdays.”
"I only know as much about myself as my mind can work out under its current conditions. And its current conditions are not good."
pickI am loving this! I love the fantastical, easy-to-digest world that Adams is building. His prose keeps my heart light yet is very substantial. It's a very palatable book to unwind with after a huge period of stress for me. Thankful and excited to get more into this world.
pickA reread, and still as much fun as the first time!
pickHilarious and entertaining, full of space lingo and a unique variety of settings. Definitely worth reading but I can't say there was anything exceptional about it. I really want to watch the movie now!
“He was wrong to think he could now forget that the big, hard, oily, dirty, rainbow-hung Earth on which he lived was a microscopic dot on a microscopic dot lost in the unimaginable infinity of the Universe.” // fanart / fancast by RhymeWithRachel
pickThe Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy is one of the most unique sci fi stories I have ever read as unlike most sci fi stories, it's not trying to tell a massive theme or being an idea of the future, it instead tells this bizarre and funny story that is sure to make you go “Wait what!”
pickOne if my all time favourite books. It's one of the few that I actually like to re-read. It's wonderfully quirky, funny and clever at the same time.
Check out our discussion about it on my podcast Mind Duck Books: https://bit.ly/3EFHYMk
For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much — the wheel, New York, wars and so on — whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man — for precisely the same reasons.
#SavvySettings Outer Space
There are so many great options for this one but had to go with a classic 👍🏻
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
pick🌟🌟🌟1/2 A crazy ride through the galaxy with some quirky folks from earth and other. It‘s absurd, silly, and brilliant in places. Marvin the android is my favorite hands down. There isn‘t any way to explain the book, just go with it, don‘t overthink it you‘ll have more fun. And don‘t forget your towel.
pickA hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy is a book about a survivor of earth's destruction's unwilling journey to discover outer space and the true purpose of our planet. Along the way he gets a guidebook to everything in the galaxy which gives the book its name.
If you like spacefaring science fiction novels or novels that explore humorous as well as philosophical topics, then you will adore this novel.
I give this novel a solid 9/10
