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A review by kaypat23
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Tertiary Phase by Douglas Adams
5.0
I can't believe how I missed out on the radio series and judged the book based on its contents. I completely forgot that Douglas wrote the series to be a radio play! This would explain why some aspects of the book felt lacking and some jokes fell flat. You truly need to hear them in order to enjoy them at their fullest.
This radio drama is much more enjoyable and fun than the book. There, I said it.
The characters and voice actors match, the music is well utilized and the sound effects are hilarious. Arthur sounds like the harried British man that he is, Ford sounds posh and calm, Slartibartfast has a very clipped and formal pronunciation whereas Zaphod sounds like an American who got lost in a foreign country for too long. Vaguely Latin? Vaguely South African? No idea. But I like how I could tell them apart right away. I like how depressing Marvin sounds like. But the white robots have a weird Italian Brooklyn accent I couldn't place and it didn't help that they also were garbled by voice changing machines.
I guess it would have been too much to ask for Slartibartfast to sound like a Norwegian man to help me tell him apart better but I cannot complain too much already.
Can't wait to listen to the primary phase. If I listened to this from the start, I might be more inclined to rate the book lower because it doesn't live up to the drama. So I'm glad I didn't find this until now.
This radio drama is much more enjoyable and fun than the book. There, I said it.
The characters and voice actors match, the music is well utilized and the sound effects are hilarious. Arthur sounds like the harried British man that he is, Ford sounds posh and calm, Slartibartfast has a very clipped and formal pronunciation whereas Zaphod sounds like an American who got lost in a foreign country for too long. Vaguely Latin? Vaguely South African? No idea. But I like how I could tell them apart right away. I like how depressing Marvin sounds like. But the white robots have a weird Italian Brooklyn accent I couldn't place and it didn't help that they also were garbled by voice changing machines.
I guess it would have been too much to ask for Slartibartfast to sound like a Norwegian man to help me tell him apart better but I cannot complain too much already.
Can't wait to listen to the primary phase. If I listened to this from the start, I might be more inclined to rate the book lower because it doesn't live up to the drama. So I'm glad I didn't find this until now.