[ SECRET POST #3987 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3987 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Yuri on Ice]


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[Book Series: The Temeraire Novels by Naomi Novik]


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[Orphan Black]


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[South Park]


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[Stranger Things]


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[Smallville]


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[Iron Fist, Joy/Danny]














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Comments

Re: Book club - November discussion: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

[diet_poison]

I would pretty much characterize this book as “whimsical”, “silly” and “sometimes funny”. There wasn’t a whole lot else to it, to me. I think this book falls pretty solidly in the category of “things I would have liked a lot better if I’d read them ten years ago”.

Part of my reaction to it is that I’ve read a lot of sci-fi lately, and I’m incapable of not taking things at least somewhat seriously. So some of the really of-the-wall mechanics of the universe presented were just weird to me instead of funny.

The only character I really liked was Ford, honestly. Arthur was just so...flat. Trillian was ok but kind of one-dimensional. Zaphod was just irritating. Ok, I lied a little, I also liked Marvin, especially when he accidentally killed the spaceship and saved the others’ asses towards the end.

Part of my reaction, too, stems from already having heard the big reveal/meme from the story from like...two decades ago lol. (the 42 thing)

Also, I thought the ending was very bizarre. There wasn’t much in the way of an anti-climax, it just very suddenly ended. I mean I know it’s an ongoing series, like a big epic space drama, and I know it started as a radio show, but I’m still a bit surprised they didn’t try to at least wrap it up a bit more neatly.

Also, there was a character mentioned on the back cover as part of the main story who never actually showed up except he was mentioned once or twice. I guess he probably shows up later on in the series and the editors somehow missed that he was being advertised as part of the wrong book. That might be an edition-specific nitpick though.

I’m really curious to see others’ reactions since I know this book is sort of considered a classic (not really, but it’s a popular favorite) and some people here really like it. What did you love about it? Anything you didn’t like? Have you heard the radio show or seen the movie or musical adaptations? Did you like those better or worse and why? How would you compare this to other sci-fi you like, or is it too different to compare at all? Let us know what you think!