Life, the Universe and Everything - Douglas Adams Reviews

Douglas Adams - Life, the universe and Everything. This book was published in 1982 by Pan Books, Douglas Adams book "the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy was recently created into a film which for me left a lot to be desired; unlike this book which was brilliant. The main character, Arthur Dent, wakes up in Prehistoric Earth. ...  Read the complete review

Life, The Universe and Everything. An ambitious title, you may think! In this, the third enthralling installment of the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series, Douglas Adams writes, what I feel is, one of the most cohesive and entertaining books of the series. Adams' is fond of a complex plot and fans of his tangential ...  Read the complete review

The first three books in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy trilogy of five were published in consecutive years from 1980 to 1982 and as such share a common style and similar themes more than the final two books that were written some time later. ‘Life, the Universe and Everything’ offers a satisfying conclusion (although one that was not ...  Read the complete review

Slartibartfast. Wowbagger the Infinitely prolonged. Hactar the computer. Hoopy froods who along with the regular cast of Ford, Arthur, Zaphod, Trillian and Marvin the paranoid android; and the inventiveness of the word processor of Douglas Adams Life, make reading Life, the Universe and Everything a very pleasurable experience ...  Read the complete review

When Douglas Adams first wrote "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" as a radio serial, he found that he couldn't just leave it like that. I mean what on Earth was supposed to happen next? Suddenly he had written four more books, and christened them a trilogy. Go figure! So this book belongs right in the middle, it ...  Read the complete review

Douglas Adams is by far one of the most imaginative writers who ever lived. The hitchhikers guide to the universe trilogy (which in fact consists of five books) is no exception in fact I think this series of books is his best work. If you have read any of the books you will know that they involve a lot of black comedy, and the most ...  Read the complete review

Book three carries on the Hitchhiker’s guide, and we begin to move into unfamiliar territory. The heroes escape prehistoric Earth on an interdimensional sofa, and meet up with Slartibartfast again in the midst of a cricket match. We discover all about the evil roots of the game and a spacecraft powered by a tea party. Oh, and Arthur ...  Read the complete review