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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams | 2017 | Children, Science Fiction/Fantasy

8.5

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The Absurdist Sci-Fi Novel at the End of the Universe

I will be the first to admit that I am biased in the case of this book. It's been one of my absolute favorites ever since my father gave me a copy of the full omnibus edition at the age 12 or 13. I've lost the dust jacket, the pages are beginning to go off color, and the cover's bright blue has faded and worn, but I still return to it over a decade later.

Douglas Adams writes the kind of humorous prose that stands the test of time. His characters are explosively large in their personalities (and appearances), and every adventure is fresh and surprising.

I will say, the plot does tend to ramble and there's not really much in the way of tight narrative arcs, but to my mind, they aren't missed.

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Liszt: Prometheus, Symphonic Poem No.5, S.99 (with London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bernard Haitink, Bernard Haitink, The London Philharmonic Orchestra) by Haitink / Liszt / Lpo

Mekkin B. (122 KP) rated The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in Books

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