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Ok, so I just finished reading the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, and I have a question. *if you havent read it, you might want to stop reading? book spoilers haha* so. I didnt know that the book would end like it did... telling me to read the sequel... ok, Ill read the next one, this was entertaining... but I look online... and there is 5 books! so my question is... are all of these books one long story, and at the end, it will be explained... or is it all unrelated? thanks |
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it's a long story if i remember correctly: hitch hiker's guide to the galaxy the resturaunt at the end of the universe life, the universe and everything so long and thanks for all the fish mostly harmless |
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oh and there's actually a 6th story but i don't remember what its called |
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I was thinking of a book to read last night for some light reading and couldent think of what to pick up, but I think I'll give old THGTTG a bash |
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hi zeus hi roygbivcore hi pogo i miss the old schoolers |
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does what get explained..? the commonly used abbreviation for Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is h2g2, btw. |
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the whole story with zaphod, and ford, and arthur, and trillian... and the 2nd computer |
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Yeah, it's all one big story... there is a lot more of a substantial ending in the 5th, although that's definitely the worst of the series. You can tell he didn't really enjoy writing it. |
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very true. the ending is a big downer. |
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ah thats too bad (that he didnt enjoy it) its fucking halarious! glad its all related, and not seperate stories. thanks for the info |
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*btw: the movie version... think it will just include the first book... and leave room for sequels.... or cover it all? |
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i actually liked the fifth book for what it was, but most people hate the last two. the second is the best. the movie sounds pretty awful, but it'll probably be the first and second books, least that makes the most sense to me. |
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Read through the series just the once, enjoyed it mostly... Dent learning to fly stood out for me. |
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i'm pretty sure the movie is just the first book.. i didn't catch the last few "episodes" of it though.. it's pretty neat though, to see all the weird little tangents of it in movie form.. like in the bit where it talks about the babelfish proving/disproving the existence of god, and god "disappearing in a poof of logic", or whatever.. pure gold! |
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i think he's talking about the new movie thats coming out with mos def as ford. that old bbc tv series was awful. the books simply don't work in visual form since most of the humor that comes relies heavily on wording and descriptions. |
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I did not like the fifth book, particularly the fact that they all die. Downer. BTW, the 2nd computer is the earth, which was destroyed five minutes before the question to the answer of Life, The Universe, And Everything. |
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"that old bbc tv series was awful. the books simply don't work in visual form since most of the humor that comes relies heavily on wording and descriptions." that really is bullshit. ofcourse the sets and creatures looked wonky, it was the BBC in 1981, but the visuals for the book are still astounding when you see them, even more so when you know they're completely drawn and animated by hand. |
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that is one of the best things out of the whole series! |
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Yes, I have the Television Series on DVD, and it is great! I also bought the Radio scripts for the bargain price of £3 ;) |
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XLII |
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Without a doubt, I was howling with laughter reading it. I tried picking up the first book again just to get through and read the third one again but I couldn't be arsed... I've been re-reading the early Discworld novels recently and I've decided Terry Pratchett is generally as unfunny as I remember. |
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"I did not like the fifth book, particularly the fact that they all die. Downer. BTW, the 2nd computer is the earth, which was destroyed five minutes before the question to the answer of Life, The Universe, And Everything." what the fuck dude?! I obviously haven't read the it. Thanks for telling me the ending you fuck. |
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it really doesn't matter that much, nor is it much of a surprise when you read it. there are many more and much better surprises. |
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funny you'd call my opinion on something bullshit, but it goes to show why i rarely ever post here. people are so nice. anyway, i own the tv series, everyone i've shown it to agrees that its a poor adaptation. it is what it is: a low budget, hokey adaptation with some then state of the art special effects starkly contrasted with horrendous special effects. douglas adams had basically the same viewpoint on it, and i think most people do. hardly "bullshit". |
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Oh, and Ford Prefect is Arthur Dent's father. |
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