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Life, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams
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Life, the Universe and Everything

by Douglas Adams

Series: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (3)

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No idea what this book is about,if anything; perhaps it reallyis about everything. Lots of fun,nevertheless. ( )
  debnance | Jan 29, 2010 |
A lacadaisical lark through the universe with the usual suspects, Arthur, Ford, Zaphod, Trillian and Marvin. However, while I continued to enjoy the entertaining and amusing commentary on the situations, the plot was poor and contrived, and the action, while being credibly off-beat, had a continued lacking that the average sci-fi fan will know, of believability. This was not the case with the previous two in the Trilogy of Four, as their 'plot' structure was much less involved with a single event.

While good, the focus on a single plot to drive at dragged down what could have been another classic. Average with occasional flashes of brilliance ( )
  MoonshineMax | Jan 11, 2010 |
This is the third installment in the Hitchhiker’s Guide trilogy (but not the last book in the series!). We meet with the usual characters – Arthur, Ford, Trillian, Zaphod, and Marvin – although Zaphod and Marvin have less “screen time” in this book than in the previous two. There is also the usual adventure and snarky dialogue/narration involved throughout, which makes this a quick and humorous read. My one minor complaint is that it took a bit of time before the plot really got going, although the setup information proved necessary later and was amusing to read along the way anyway. ( )
  sweetiegherkin | Jan 7, 2010 |
The third Hitchhikers book, featuring the robots from Kricket trying to destroy the entire universe. Not the best of the books. More plotted then the earlier books, this is both a bonus and a down side. The bonus is that, well, you get a more coherent plot. The down side is that you loose the feeling of helplessness and the wonderful feeling that anything, literally anythough, could happen next. Also, the plot is oddly contrived at times. I mean, Trillian knowing just which piece of history to learn about to solve the puzzle? Contrived. Slartibartfast's entire role in this novel was, essentially, a narator, steering the characters along.

I did enjoy the book, particularly the second half, if just felt very lapsidasical, like it was half plotted when when someone needed to know something they just magically did, even if they had no reason at all to know that thing, which rather spoilt it a little. So, yes, fun if you don't think to deeply. ( )
  TPauSilver | Dec 18, 2009 |
Third book in the Hitchhiker "trilogy."

The inhabitants of planet Krikkit find out that they are not alone in the universe and so they plan to destroy everyone who is not them. Our heroes (Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Slartibartfast, Zaphod Beeblebrox, and Trillian) must try to save the universe from the white killer robots of Krikkit.

A few of my favorite parts: Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged, who is on a quest to personally insult every individual in the Universe - in alphabetical order; Arthur's flying lessons, where he tries to throw himself at the ground - and miss; Agrajag, who keeps getting reincarnated, only to be accidentally killed, repeatedly, by Arthur. ( )
  mrsdwilliams | Dec 17, 2009 |
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Adams delights in cosmic pratfalls, and if he sometimes loses track of his narrative, he more than makes up for it by confirming what many have suspected all along: "He learned to communicate with birds and discovered that their conversation was fantastically boring. It was all to do with wind speed, wingspans, power-to-weight ratios and a fair bit about berries."
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[Book 3 Only] "Life, the Universe and Everything" is the title of the third in a series of novels (as well as the third in a series of radio dramas). The five works in the series are generally referred to as "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" or "The Hitchhiker Trilogy", as is the series of radio dramas. Though there are unabridged audio recordings of these works, the radio dramas are considerably different from the printed works. Eoin Colfer, of "Artemis Fowl" fame, contracted in 2008 to write the next volume of the "Trilogy."
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0345391829, Mass Market Paperback)

"HYSTERICAL!"
--The Philadelphia Inquirer
The unhappy inhabitants of planet Krikkit are sick of looking at the night sky above their heads--so they plan to destroy it. The universe, that is. Now only five individuals stand between the white killer robots of Krikkit and their goal of total annihilation.
They are Arthur Dent, a mild-mannered space and time traveler, who tries to learn how to fly by throwing himself at the ground and missing; Ford Prefect, his best friend, who decides to go insane to see if he likes it; Slartibartfast, the indomitable vicepresident of the Campaign for Real Time, who travels in a ship powered by irrational behavior; Zaphod Beeblebrox, the two-headed, three-armed ex-head honcho of the Universe; and Trillian, the sexy space cadet who is torn between a persistent Thunder God and a very depressed Beeblebrox.
How will it all end? Will it end? Only this stalwart crew knows as they try to avert "universal" Armageddon and save life as we know it--and don't know it!
"ADAMS IS ONE OF THOSE RARE TREASURES: an author who, one senses, has as much fun writing as one has reading."
--The Arizona Daily Star

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