Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy.

evilwill88 · Sep 22nd, 2003 8:33 AM

Has anyone read it? And if so what did you think of it?

I'm reading <em>The Resteraunt at the end of the Universe</em> at the moment.

dutchie · Sep 22nd, 2003 8:43 AM

Yeah, read it; in english as a matter of fact.

Strange and hilarious!

You should read Ben Elton if you're into that kind of stuff..

armageddononline · Sep 23rd, 2003 12:58 PM

Absolutely classic, I love the answer to "What is the meaning of the Life, the Universe and Everything?".

Btw, Douglas Adams British :p

He's done some other great stuff, check out "The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul".

evilwill88 · Sep 24th, 2003 5:34 AM

i stand corrected........ someone told me he was an aussie and i just assumed they knew what they were talking about.

**Treehugginhippy** · Nov 22nd, 2004 3:03 PM

An aussie? Naa, he's full of english eccentric!

***RavenWhitefang*** · Nov 22nd, 2004 5:05 PM

Well Will, you'll have something to look forward to after you finish the books.
Good reads all of them.

It is now a MOVIE in production

***Marajadex*** · Nov 22nd, 2004 6:56 PM

I really enjoyed all 4 books of the 'Trilogy'! Can't think of white mice in the same way anymore! There are so many things in those books which have become part of the daily vocabulary.

***evilwill*** · Nov 22nd, 2004 7:36 PM

I thought the way the Earth was colonised was great...

Hopefully the movie will capture the hilarity of the books.

***Marajadex*** · May 13th, 2005 10:53 AM

So... Who has seen the movie and what did you think???

**Boson** · May 13th, 2005 11:36 AM

It’s also a great game [textual genre]. It was my first exposure to HHGG years ago. It was a text-based game made by Infogram.

Now it’s freeware. You can play it online, on a Palm Pilot, etc., just Google it. Here’s the online link:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/game.shtml

I’ll get you started. Type:

Light

Get up

Get gown

Put on gown

Look in pocket

Take analgesic

Get all

***evilwill*** · May 22nd, 2005 1:20 AM

Originally Posted by Marajadex

So... Who has seen the movie and what did you think???

It didn't live up to the books of course, but it definitely had funny bits and if you are a fan of the books I would suggest you see this. I don't think they did Zaphod as well as could have been done.

It was also a lot more structured compared to the way things just happened to occur in the book.

***Mezurashi*** · May 22nd, 2005 9:18 AM

AO needs to book Disaster Area to play the annual Armageddon BBQ and Chili Cook Off

**Balder** · May 24th, 2005 7:36 AM

i have read the guide, and its on my fav. book shelf! also the games suck, like roger wilco more then, and to the movie havent seen it yet, is it out in europe?