How does the last book in the series end? I've not read it and have heard conflicting reports on what happens and the quality of the story. Is it any good? Don't be afrade to spoil me.
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Hitchhikers Book Question
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Cthulhudrew
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"Mostly Harmless" was, IMO, not very good, and a rather lame ending to the whole Hitchhiker's series. Most of the jokes were not funny- the best line/joke is a scene with Ford Prefect at the Hitchhiker's offices. I only read it once, as opposed to the others in the series (which I've read several times each), so maybe it goes down better with repetition, but I've just never been interested in seeing for sure.
As for spoilers, I really don't recall enough of the story to give anything away (which, in and of itself might tell you something about the quality of the story- not very memorable). Something having to do with the end of the universe and the Hitchhiker's Guide being the key to its salvation or something. All in all, if you never read it, I don't think you'd be missing anything. I prefer to believe that the series ended with "So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish."
As for spoilers, I really don't recall enough of the story to give anything away (which, in and of itself might tell you something about the quality of the story- not very memorable). Something having to do with the end of the universe and the Hitchhiker's Guide being the key to its salvation or something. All in all, if you never read it, I don't think you'd be missing anything. I prefer to believe that the series ended with "So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish."
Torm
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The last book was "Mostly Harmless". It had a few funny spots, but mostly it sucked - even Adams recommended against reading it, if that tells you anything. He was going through a very bad time when he wrote it, and it shows.
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The end of the series (if I remember correctly - I don't reread this one) involves Arthur having become separated from Fenchurch on the interstellar flight back home and ending up on a backwards little planet where he quickly becomes popular in the village that takes him in for his sandwich-making skills.
One day, sort of out of nowhere, Arthur and Trillian's daughter, whom Arthur never knew he had (and he never had sex with Trillian) shows up and he decides he needs to get back to Earth and try to find Trillian and what's going on.
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<--- here, have some Joo Jantas. Maybe they'll save you from this, maybe not :The end of the series (if I remember correctly - I don't reread this one) involves Arthur having become separated from Fenchurch on the interstellar flight back home and ending up on a backwards little planet where he quickly becomes popular in the village that takes him in for his sandwich-making skills.
One day, sort of out of nowhere, Arthur and Trillian's daughter, whom Arthur never knew he had (and he never had sex with Trillian) shows up and he decides he needs to get back to Earth and try to find Trillian and what's going on.
Torm
Explorer
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Megadodo Productions has bought out the Hitchhiker's Guide, and has turned it into some sort of evil entity bent on destroying sources of improbability or some such, of which the new Earth is one.
Trillian on the new Earth has apparently never been into space at all, and is a reporter following up on a story about the discovery of the 10th planet, which turns out isn't a planet at all but some sort of Earth observatory being run by these really nice guys who are big fans of hers.
And everyone ends up in a Greek restaurant when Megadodo's scheme comes to fruition and the Earth is going to be destroyed, and Arthur thinks it can't happen because he can't die, but then someone has a heart attack and he realizes the name of the restaurant is Stavros Mueller Beta, and everyone dies. The end.
Told ya it sucked.
Megadodo Productions has bought out the Hitchhiker's Guide, and has turned it into some sort of evil entity bent on destroying sources of improbability or some such, of which the new Earth is one.
Trillian on the new Earth has apparently never been into space at all, and is a reporter following up on a story about the discovery of the 10th planet, which turns out isn't a planet at all but some sort of Earth observatory being run by these really nice guys who are big fans of hers.
And everyone ends up in a Greek restaurant when Megadodo's scheme comes to fruition and the Earth is going to be destroyed, and Arthur thinks it can't happen because he can't die, but then someone has a heart attack and he realizes the name of the restaurant is Stavros Mueller Beta, and everyone dies. The end.
Told ya it sucked.
Tolen Mar
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ya, that about sums it up...
I am a big fan of the books as well, but even the last two are difficult for me to swallow. They arent nearly as witty or interesting as the others. The only good part is the somewhat karmic ending at Stavro Meuler Beta (and if you dont remember it was agrajag who said he had been killed by Arthur again at Stavromula Beta, hence why Arthur is sure things cant end until he's been there).
So Long and Thanks for All the Fish was a love story for the most part, but better than Mostly Harmless. In truth I really think the series ends for me with Life the Universe and Everything, wherein we see the end of the krikit invasion, and learn that prak knew the question...
I am a big fan of the books as well, but even the last two are difficult for me to swallow. They arent nearly as witty or interesting as the others. The only good part is the somewhat karmic ending at Stavro Meuler Beta (and if you dont remember it was agrajag who said he had been killed by Arthur again at Stavromula Beta, hence why Arthur is sure things cant end until he's been there).
So Long and Thanks for All the Fish was a love story for the most part, but better than Mostly Harmless. In truth I really think the series ends for me with Life the Universe and Everything, wherein we see the end of the krikit invasion, and learn that prak knew the question...
Tolen Mar said:
I don't think he actually went that far, but he definitely did say he'd have liked to end the series on less of a downer.
Personally, I think the main thing that wrecks Mostly Harmless is the ending. Also - and this is a criticism I haven't seen before, but it really leapt out at me - some of the characterization seems to be way off (Arthur seems downright dumb rather than merely naive - and fails to simply tell Trillian to take a hike when she dumps Random on him, as he absolutley should have done - Ford develops a heroic streak out of nowhere, and the Trillian we know from the first three books, as opposed to the new one, is a cold-hearted itch-with-a-b). Random, the main new character, is totally unlikable as well.
But having said that, there are some good, laugh-out-loud funny bits in the first half, or at least I thought so. For a while there it looks like the spirit of the first few books is back.
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