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Hitchhiker's Guide/Douglas Adams *spoilers! maybe!*
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*POSSIBLE SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN'T READ ANY OF HIS STUFF YET!****
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Was anyone else really down about the way the fifth book ended? (Young Zaphod Plays it safe, I think? Or was it something else?) And how the movie totally seemed more lighthearted than the actual novels? I didn't mind that, don't get me wrong. Just pointing at an inherent difference with this translation from book-> movie. (yes, I know it was a radio drama first of all, though)
Switchblade:
Douglas Adams tended to get stressed about his writing, especially over the HHGTTG series. why do you think he never properly finished "The Salmon of Doubt"? I think some of that stress crossed over into his writing.
I'm pretty certain the guys who made the film were picking up more on the comedy than on the darker edges of his universe.
tania:
Mostly Harmless was the worst ending of all time.
I'm pretty sure you already warned about spoilers, so I'm just gonna go for it.
EVERYONE DIES?! That's the sort of thing you joke about without, you know, having it actually.. happen.
You could see how the books were getting progressively worse throughout the series, though. I really enjoyed the fisrt one. Then it was all downhill.
Jarne:
The fifth book was Mostly Harmless. Young Zaphod Plays It Safe was a short story D.A. wrote. And the first book was kind of light hearted. The fifth book was the depressing one.
I don't think the ending was horrible. I just thought it was horribly depressing, though I was on night two of insomnia when I read it, so that might have had something to do with it.
Inlander:
--- Quote from: ephemere ---I really enjoyed the fisrt one. Then it was all downhill.
--- End quote ---
I really have to disagree with you there. Life, the Universe and Everything has always been my favourite of the series by a long shot.
EDIT: Though possibly it's less entertaining in non-cricket-playing parts of the world.
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