Hitch Hikers Guide to the galaxy

[stingger]

does anyone like it here

[RichC]

I read the first book about 12 years ago and I loved it. The second book was ok. I couldn't finish the thrid one. Never tried the final one.

[absom4]

I just finished reading all four for the first time. Loved them all except the last one. Somehow I was expecting a better ending to the saga.

Adams style was totally reminiscent of Lewis Carroll's. I was constantly reminded of Alice in Wonderland.

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[Sycamore Evenstar]

Loved the first one when it first came out. It seemed to get harder and harder to follow subsequent books. May have had something to do with increasing responsibilities in grad school at the time! Still, I remember it as being awfully funny on several levels!

Yeah, you're right, Absom--Lewis Carroll!

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[MightyLady77]

Four books? Try five in this "trilogy."

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Life, the Universe and Everything

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

Mostly Harmless


I'm trying to get them re-read now that I have them all in one volume. Got sidetracked when PollyMath showed up with the first two technomage novels.

Adams also wrote a book called Last Chance to See with Mark Carwardine. It's about endangered species. I didn't read it, I listened to it on tape several (eight) years ago when I was driving back and forth to school. I remember it as being interesting and entertaining but also sad.

Just my 2? worth.

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MightyLady of the Flame Red Hair
Somebody should have labeled the future 'Some assembly required.'

[Sycamore Evenstar]

Hey, Bee--How did you get the cents sign?! Enquiring minds...

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[MightyLady77]

To get the ? sign, hold down the Alt key and type in 0162 on the numerical keypad on you keyboard.

I can't take credit for this. I copied down the instructions from one of Wizzard's posts from the Social Zocolo at Community Zero.

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MightyLady of the Flame Red Hair
Somebody should have labeled the future 'Some assembly required.'

[Wizz]

Anyone have a clue on how to create tables here? Start off with a tag of <table> and you get a whole lot of empty space before the table appears. I mean enough empty space that you have to hit the scroll bar 3 times to get between the top of the post and the bottom...

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Do not tempt the patience of Wizzards, for they are subtle, and quick to anger.

[stingger]

I too lost interest (to some point) with the 3rd,4th & 5th books

I think it's because I was expecting a follow on from the T.V. series... but it never happened

The "Dirk Gently" books were supposed to be good to "The Long Dark Tea-Time Of The Soul"
& "Dirk Gently's Holistic detective Agency"


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I'm English .... I don't care. You know, you remind me of a poem I can't remember and a song that may never have existed, and a place I'm not sure I've never been to. There's no FOOL like an OLD FOOL

[Sycamore Evenstar]

Thanks, Bee. I don't think I ever had seen anybody do it before.

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