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Loading... The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy) (original 1980; edition 2001)by Douglas Adams
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. A sequel to Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe continues to revolve around the life of Arthur Dent, who has found himself in outer space, on The Heart of Gold, being hunted by Vogons, and earth less. Travelling with Ford, Zaphod and Trillian throughout space and time, two questions emerge: firstly, who is the ruler of the known universe? And foremost, where shall we have lunch? Witty and smart, not to mention, just a bit zany, Adam's combines the improbable with the ordinary. It is an amazing concoction of humour, adventure and philosophy but with a storyline that zig-zags all over the place. Despite being a fun read, its ideas don't quite live up to Adams' first book in this series. Therefore, I found his ambitions for this novel comparatively underwhelming. There's an exchange between Arthur and Zahpod that sort of sums up my general feeling about the second book “Look Earthman,” he said angrily, “you’ve got a job to do, right? The Question to the Ultimate Answer, right?” “What, that thing?” said Arthur. “I thought we’d forgotten about that.” Martin Freeman narratives the audio book and I must say, it is well worth a listen. Just don't expect to make to much sense of the plot points - it’s the journey not the destination that’s fun here. It's a wacky story, that in the end, leaves our heroes stranded on a pre-historic earth. I like this series of books beyond any reason or justification so my review of this book probably isn't worth much. I listened to the audiobook version this time, narrated by Martin Freeman. Of course, the fact that it wasn't narrated by Stephen Fry was a huge dissapointment during the first few chapters, but, a few pages in Freeman won me over. He might not have the aristocratic air of Fry, but he had the voice-acting down to perfection. This made the story really come to life for me, more so than the voice-acting of Stephen Fry (whose "Marvin" was pretty bad to be honest). Belongs to SeriesBelongs to Publisher SeriesGallimard, Folio SF (35) Heyne Allgemeine Reihe (40781) PrĂ©sence du futur (351) Science Fiction Book Club (1859) SF Masterworks (New design) — 5 more Is contained inThe Hitchhiker's Trilogy by Douglas Adams (indirect) The More Than Complete Hitchhikers Guide by Douglas Adams (indirect) And Another Thing... by Eoin Colfer (indirect) Is an adaptation ofHas the adaptation
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HTML:Now celebrating the 42nd anniversary of The Hitchhikerâ??s Guide to the Galaxy, soon to be a Hulu original series! â??Douglas Adams is a terrific satirist.â?ťâ??The Washington Post Book World Facing annihilation at the hands of the warlike Vogons? Time for a cup of tea! Join the cosmically displaced Arthur Dent and his uncommon comrades in arms in their desperate search for a place to eat, as they hurtle across space powered by pure improbability. Among Arthurâ??s motley shipmates are Ford Prefect, a longtime friend and expert contributor to The Hitchhikerâ??s Guide to the Galaxy; Zaphod Beeblebrox, the three-armed, two-headed ex-president of the galaxy; Tricia McMillan, a fellow Earth refugee whoâ??s gone native (her name is Trillian now); and Marvin, the moody android. Their destination? The ultimate hot spot for an evening of apocalyptic entertainment and fine dining, where the food speaks for itself (literally). Will they make it? The answer: hard to say. But bear in mind that The Hitchhikerâ??s Guide deleted the term â??Future Perfectâ?ť from its pages, since it was discovered not to be! â??Whatâ??s such fun is how amusing the galaxy looks through Adamsâ??s sardonically silly ey No library descriptions found. |
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La trama en general me ha gustado, pero se nota con el final que tenia pensado una tercera parte, aunque sea relativamente cerrado, da un poco la sensaciĂłn de final abrupto porque sĂ.
Aún asà me ha gustado bastante y seguiré con la saga. ( )