Play Book Tag discussion

This novel is funny and fun at the same time--5 stars for the audiobook that I listened to some years ago, and 4 stars for the print book (some things are just so much funnier out loud). This time I'm going to read ALL of the books, not just the first two the way I did last time due to a lack of enough audiobooks at my library. However, one of my kids came home with an omnibus and I can easily read one a day while she's out. She'd have been none the wiser, but the cover isn't lying totally flat now.

But back to the book, of course. How can one not enjoy Ford Prefect (not a mistake or typo, a Ford car that never made it to the western hemisphere), Arthur Dent, the depressed AI and various and sundry other characters in this completely improbably adventure? Don't tell me, because unlike Deep Thought, I already know the answer--humour is subjective and (horror of horrors) not everyone enjoys scifi, even fun, silly ones like this one. And it turns out, this novel was written and published when Adams was still in his twenties, so another one off the 2020 Popsugar challenge.

Now I'm off to confer with some white mice…

I have never read this, simply because the inference of Space is in the title-go figure. I may have to give this one a go-nice review

I read these years ago and loved the quirky humour. They are due a reread when I've dug through my TBR piles (so like 2030...)

Joanne wrote: "I have never read this, simply because the inference of Space is in the title-go figure. I may have to give this one a go-nice review"

Too bad you don't like audiobooks (that's you, correct?) and it is mostly about being in space, just funny. I hope you like it.

I gave this 1 star when I read it last year..and that was generous.

It divides the waters (do you have that saying in English?)

Johanne wrote: "It divides the waters (do you have that saying in English?)"

Not to my knowledge, but I like it!

Joanne wrote: "Johanne wrote: "It divides the waters (do you have that saying in English?)"

Not to my knowledge, but I like it!"

Yes, it´s a nice self-explanatory saying :)

Theresa wrote: "I gave this 1 star when I read it last year..and that was generous."

Yes, it all depends on what you find funny, but I will say that listening to it first made all the difference for me. Also, I have read so much scifi that some of the comedy might work better for me because of that. And while I don't like all British humour by any means, the whole British humour thing of removing things for bypasses worked for me.

This was a radio play (series) before it was a book - I listened to it in my teens and my friends and I howled with laughter.

The series is available on the interweb - found it again recently and snorted my way nostalgically through a couple of episodes.

This series is definitely one of my favorites!

I am loving this book!