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supersheep:
The last two books are not on a par with the first two. I think they're better than the Dirk Gently books though, which I found a little stuffy. Terry Pratchett is better though, especially his later books, and the whole Night Watch series.

Tom:
I'm really loving the Moist Von Lipwig series. I can't wait for Raising Taxes.

Back on topic, I'm rereading it for the 4th time for my English Class.

Anyone read Utopia by Thomas More?

Alex C:
To be fair, the Guide series as presented in the books is tremendously difficult to faithfully carry over to movie form since he quite happily writes at length about things that are a lot easier to wrap your mind around if you avoid trying to visualize them at all costs, such as murderous birds and disembodied arms who tend bar and don't take credit cards. Pratchett's similar in the sense that he very often plays around with ideas, jokes and concepts that take full advantage of the medium he's using: Twoflower's insewerants job wouldn't carry over very well to radio or film. Not to mention that the books aren't even the first iteration of the Guide; Adams had already been involved in various adaptations from radio to television to stage productions to books and just about all of them are mutually contradictory.

Hat:

--- Quote from: KharBevNor on 02 Feb 2008, 07:45 ---We know the difference between black coffee and americano.

--- End quote ---

Between Black Coffee and what?

I really don't read the Hitchhikers books that often nowadays, I'd much rather lose my self in Dirk Gentlys Holistic Detective Agency, or the Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (which I thought was actually the better of the two), and I can tear through one of those books individually in a few hours without having to refer back to previous books to get subtle jokes.

Also I really need to read Salmon of Doubt. Dang it looks interesting.

Also if someone wants to start an entirely new thread about how fucking fantastic the Moist Von Lipvig discworld books are that would be totally alright with me

Jackie Blue:
What I loved about Dirk Gently (and to a lesser extent the sequel) was that it had a real, definable plot and a sense of mystery, not just "random wacky shit out of nowhere!"  I mean, the Hitchhiker's series is like a polite version of /b/.

I had to re-read Dirk Gently's at least twice to fully understand the complexity of the story set-up.

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