The Meaning of Liff - Douglas Adams Reviews

I remember when I first found this book; it belongs to my Dad, a present from his Mum, and he didn't want me reading it because I think I was only 5 and it had the word 'fuck' in it. But i found it on a shelf one day, and opened the front cover, and saw a note to my dad - "Dear Paul, may you never be bothered by Scrabsters!". From that ...  Read the complete review

Mostly Pointless ========== In 1755 Dr Samuel Johnson published the first dictionary of the English language. Since then the great and the good have made many revisions. There are still two things wrong with the English dictionary. 1. There are many things that there are still no word for. 2. It's not ...  Read the complete review

Who thinks of these things? Let's find out... Douglas Adams is known for The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy or Dirk Gently and who also had his hand in with The writing of many Monty Python Sketches. John Lloyd is a BBC TV producer for the BBC series Blackadder. So then they joined forces they created ...  Read the complete review

I know this is not quite the right place for this op, but it's pretty close. The deeper meaning of Liff, what an absolute gem of a book. Written by Douglas Adams (Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy) and John Lloyd (one of the men behind Blackadder, Not the Nine O’clock News and Spitting Image.) The front cover of the ...  Read the complete review

If you appreciate the humour of Hitch-hiker's Guide To The Galaxy and the adventures of Dirk Gently, the Holistic Detective, then this is an excellent addition to your collection of Douglas Adams' books. Co-written with John Lloyd, the idea behind The Meaning Of Liff is a simple one. There are many occasions and events that simply ...  Read the complete review

In this amusing book, Douglas Adams and his co-author (whose name I forget) take a variety of odd or interesting sounding place names, and attribute to them some meaning for which no word currently exists. Corrievorrie, for example, is the awkward situation you get when you admit recignition too early of someone you know who is quite a way off, ...  Read the complete review

The meaning of Liff is for Adams fanatics and aspiring observational comedians only. It has no connection with any of the Hitchhikers' guide books. Co-written with John Lloyd it takes the form of a dictionary of words that don't exist. So what exactly do I mean by that? Well maybe the best way to explain it is with a couple of ...  Read the complete review