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| Title | : | The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #2) |
| Author | : | Douglas Adams |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 250 pages |
| Published | : | April 26th 2005 by Del Rey (first published October 12th 1980) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction. Humor. Fantasy |
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Paperback | Pages: 250 pages Rating: 4.22 | 217172 Users | 5350 Reviews
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alternate edition for ISBN 0345418921/9780345418920 Facing annihilation at the hands of the warlike Vogons is a curious time to have a cosmically displaced Arthur Dent and his curious comrades in arms as they hurtle through space powered by pure improbability - and desperately in search of a place to eat. Among Arthur's motley shipmates are Ford Prefect, a long-time friend and contributor to the The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy; Zaphod Beeblebrox, the three-armed, two-headed ex-president of the galaxy; Tricia McMilan, a fellow Earth refuge who's gone native (her name is Trillian now); and Marvin, who suffers nothing and no one gladly. Source: douglasadams.comParticularize Books Supposing The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #2)
| Original Title: | The Restaurant at the End of the Universe |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #2 |
| Characters: | Zaphod Beeblebrox, Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Trillian, Marvin, the paranoid android |
| Setting: | Frogstar World B Earth |
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Ratings: 4.22 From 217172 Users | 5350 ReviewsCriticize Appertaining To Books The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #2)
Oh, how I do love Douglas Adams. I find something really profound in the way Douglas Adams presents life, even through an otherwise nonsensical and just purely humorous book. When I look past the surface, some of life's most thought-provoking themes lie so clearly woven amidst his stories. Each encounter, each adventure, each beloved character, each twist, each turn; these are all humorous, superbly written, and wonderful, but what I believe Adams does better than his other counter-parts is laceThe second strike of the prime example of how Sci-Fi, fantasy, humor, philosophy, and criticism can be fused to an intergalactic road trip.Including time manipulation, end of time, relativity of death and afterlife, monetarization of the end of the universe, human evolution and what may have influenced it, madness coming out of the insight of one's unimportance concerning the cosmic scale, etc., Adams covers a large range of topics in a small amount of pages and mixes it with fabulous character
I enjoyed this book, often times laughing out loud at the quirky humor and the odd way of thinking. Do not read this book for the story because there isn't much of one, but pick it up for the journey and the entertainment of each scene. There's humor around the fact that we as humans are just a spek on a spek on a spek of nothingness. Space and the universe humbles us. And we really don't know much about anything. But maybe the whole meaning of everything really is just "42" and we just don't
"The Universe some information to help you live in it.1 - Area: Infinite.The HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy offers this definition of the word "Infinite".Infinite: Bigger than the biggest thing ever and then some. Much bigger than that in fact, really amazingly immense, a totally stunning size, "wow, that's big", time. Infinity is just so big that by comparison, bigness itself looks really titchy. Gigantic multiplied by colossal multiplied by staggeringly huge is the sort of concept we're
Just as much fun as Hitchhiker's Guide! A lot like P.G. Wodehouse (if he had written about spaceships). Definitely want to read the rest of the series.I've just revisited this second entry in the series via audiobook. The narration by Martin Freeman isn't quite as lively as Stephen Fry's performance of Hitchhiker's Guide, but it is still thoroughly enjoyable.
Finally, Douglas Adams pulls me out of my reading funk.This is not just a book of jokes, it is, but they're *smart* jokes. The book is really full of philosophy, how does language shape a cultures destiny, solipsism, interconnectivity, and the individuals relationship to not just themselves and those around them, but the world. This, however, is all lingering behind the odd and absurdity that is Douglas Adams usual style of writing.He gets people, man. He gets people.
The universe is a joke. Even before I was shown the meaning of life in a dream at 17 (then promptly forgot it because I thought I smelled pancakes), I knew this to be true--and yet, I have always felt a need to search for the truth, that nebulous, ill-treated creature. Adams has always been, to me, to be a welcome companion in that journey. Between the search for meaning and the recognition that it's all a joke in poor taste lies Douglas Adams, and, luckily for us, he doesn't seem to mind if you
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