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jossarian4's review
5.0
I technically listened to these rather than read them, but I own the book; this script is hilarious and just what I expect from Adams.
zoes_human's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
5.0
You really are missing out on part of the Hitchhiker experience if you haven't read this. There are (as per usual) bits that aren't in any other form of the story. Some of my favorite bits are from these scripts that weren't actually even in the radio show since they were cut. :D
ianbanks's review against another edition
5.0
I’ve never really rated Mr Adams as a writer - mostly because he really came across to me as a moderately talented but very lazy writer whose success came about largely through a ridiculous amount of luck and good networking - but I am prepared to admit to be wrong. These scripts are superb. The characters leap off the page and the stage directions/ descriptions only add to the experience. It’s also ridiculously funny.
It’s also interesting to compare them to the various versions of the Guide that came after it. It is different from the novels (better-written for a start: while I love the Golgafrinchan B-Ark storyline in the second book, all the novels apart from the first leave me a little cold), from the tv series, the LP and the movie (which received the most complaints about the deviations from the text, which seems a little unfair, really). The conclusion to the second series also sets up a terrific opening to the long-waited-for third series...
It’s also interesting to compare them to the various versions of the Guide that came after it. It is different from the novels (better-written for a start: while I love the Golgafrinchan B-Ark storyline in the second book, all the novels apart from the first leave me a little cold), from the tv series, the LP and the movie (which received the most complaints about the deviations from the text, which seems a little unfair, really). The conclusion to the second series also sets up a terrific opening to the long-waited-for third series...
peterlm's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
murraycampobianco's review
5.0
Where would you like me to start quoting? Tell me when you've had enough...
Sorry I am incapable of giving a reasoned review of this work of genius. If you don't get it then no words of mine are going to make a difference. There should be a copy in every hotel room. There should be a radio channel permanently broadcasting the series on a continual loop. Etc.
Sorry I am incapable of giving a reasoned review of this work of genius. If you don't get it then no words of mine are going to make a difference. There should be a copy in every hotel room. There should be a radio channel permanently broadcasting the series on a continual loop. Etc.
jediswiftie96's review against another edition
4.0
this one is for Zaphod "Z-Dog" Beeblebrox, the OG boy with the boomin' system