Mostly Harmless

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  Slapstick, not wit... blah

  I read HHGG many years ago, but never got around to Mostly Harmless when it came out. I saw it at the library the other day, and knew I had a quest to finish. Unfortunate.

  Instead of the cutting wit of the first stories, we get Jerry Lewis-esque slapstick, and Dr Seuss-like silly word play. The ... (continue)

  I read HHGG many years ago, but never got around to Mostly Harmless when it came out. I saw it at the library the other day, and knew I had a quest to finish. Unfortunate.

  Instead of the cutting wit of the first stories, we get Jerry Lewis-esque slapstick, and Dr Seuss-like silly word play. The plot rambles and bumbles, but unlike the comedic diversions of its predecessors MH just fades away into more nothingness.

  MH gives us a smile here and a chuckle there, but after a short period of time I simply won't remember anything in particular about Book 5 - with the possible exception of the ending. That was a surprise.

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  Andyberschauer said on Jan 14, 2010 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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  PANIC

  It's pretty much all down to the two main characters (Arthur / Ford) in this last book of the series. Here the mood and tone of the story takes a turn for the darker side. The story is no longer filled to the brim with strange and new ideas / people every other line, but I kind of like how it take ... (continue)

  It's pretty much all down to the two main characters (Arthur / Ford) in this last book of the series. Here the mood and tone of the story takes a turn for the darker side. The story is no longer filled to the brim with strange and new ideas / people every other line, but I kind of like how it takes an idea and spend "time" with it. At least it adds more weight to the gravity of this book. Be warned, it's a dark ending for a otherwise hilarious comedy. As the Mk II suggests, PANIC.

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  Archer said on Jun 29, 2009 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Peace, love, and 42 to you folks.

  Not so harmless after all...my cheeks hurt!!

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  Turpentine said on Aug 19, 2010 | Add your feedback

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  Mostly useless.
  If you loved (as I did) "The hitch hiker's guide to the galaxy"'s trilogy in four parts, you will probably be a little disappointed by this almost pointless fifth chapter.
  Parallel universes are always tricky stuff, and Douglas manages to make them even more disorientatin ... (continue)

  Mostly useless.
  If you loved (as I did) "The hitch hiker's guide to the galaxy"'s trilogy in four parts, you will probably be a little disappointed by this almost pointless fifth chapter.
  Parallel universes are always tricky stuff, and Douglas manages to make them even more disorientating to the reader.
  All in all a nice book, with a brilliant cameo role of Elvis.

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  Anzolo said on Sep 19, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  And that's the end of it all.

  With a final word about the end of THE king: he was not abducted by alien, or at least that's what he says.

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  Federico said on Feb 25, 2008 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Audio CD
• ISBN-10: 0754075699
• ISBN-13: 9780754075691
• Publisher: BBC Audiobooks
• Pub date: Nov 11, 2002
• Dimensions: 903 mm x 774 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Library Binding, School & Library Binding and Others
• In other languages: other languages 和書, Livros em Português, Libri Italiani

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