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The first I heard of Douglas Adam’s The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy was through
my physics lecturer at university. He praised it often and I don’t regret acting on the
suggestion. There are 5 books in the series and all of them are nothing short of brilliant.
They are the type of books you can read over and over and discover new things every time.
Not every person can enjoy the books, however, but if you do you will enjoy Douglas Adam’s
hilarious analysis of social problems.
Before you make the decision to buy the books make sure you are the right person to enjoy
the books. I am on the edge between being able to enjoy his ideas and over thinking
and destroying the meaning of what Douglas Adam writes. If you tend to examine every
detail of a story for realism and are disappointed if you find a flaw The Hitchhikers Guide to
the Galaxy isn’t the book for you.
I gave the collection of books to my mother for her birthday. Since we have talked about
it a bit, and I discovered were I was picking the book apart. For instance I never understood
the infinite possibility drive which essentially lets you teleport to a very improbable place,
for instance just in time to rescue someone for suffocating in space. To me that doesn’t
really make sense since there is an equal chance of landing anywhere in the Universe
and some event doesn’t affect that chance. That is really where the distinction is of
if you like the book or not, Douglas Adam was talking about a imaginative concept which
I tried to break down with common sense. If you tend to be a bit like that you might not
get as much out of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.
In The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adam points out social problems left and right
in a very funny way. For instance there is a rain god (that doesn’t really know he
is one and drives trucks for a living) who the rain follows around. Nobody believes him
despite him collecting every last scrap of evidence he can find. Or the concept of observing
the end of the Galaxy, and numerous more.
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is a classic that you will not regret reading. I enjoyed
the books very much and look forward to reading more of Douglas Adam’s work.