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A Classic Meh on the Reread

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

March 28, 2021 by CoffeeShopReader 2 Comments

I’m pretty sure the first time I read Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, I was probably in my teens and reading it on my father’s recommendation. Dad seemed to want to introduce his kids to at least basic classic sci-fi, although I still don’t get his appreciation for William Gibson. So I figured since there’s a book club coming up where this is an option, it might be time for a re-read. My basic impression is that I can see why this is the classic […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, 42, absurdist, Arthur Dent, Deep Thought, douglas adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, towel day

CoffeeShopReader's CBR13 Review No:27 · Genres: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, 42, absurdist, Arthur Dent, Deep Thought, douglas adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, towel day ·
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Satirical Dark Humor

February 13, 2018 by Tracy Leave a Comment

Catch-22 is a classic that I started in high school and for some reason never finished, and I wanted to give it another shot. It’s the story of a military squadron on the island of Pianosa, off the coast of Italy, during World War II. Technically, it’s more about bombardier John Yossarian than about any other character, but it’s essentially an ensemble cast. Most chapters are titled after a character, although sometimes that character only makes a brief appearance. Yossarian has flown his required number of […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: absurdist, dark humor, Fiction, Joseph heller, Satire

Tracy's CBR10 Review No:4 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: absurdist, dark humor, Fiction, Joseph heller, Satire ·
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This might be too smart for me.

December 30, 2017 by narfna Leave a Comment

I am honestly not entirely sure what I thought of this? (NB: I only read The Real Inspector Hound, not any of the other plays.) On the one hand, it was a fun little one act play that took me around twenty minutes to read, and it made me laugh, and it made me go, what the hell? On the other hand, I’m 100% positive I missed things, and the cleverness of this play almost entirely went over my head. All I could think of to […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: absurdist, Cannonball Book Club Reads, CBR Book Club, drama, narfna, Satire, The Real Inspector Hound, Tom Stoppard

narfna's CBR9 Review No:126 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: absurdist, Cannonball Book Club Reads, CBR Book Club, drama, narfna, Satire, The Real Inspector Hound, Tom Stoppard ·
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