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“Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so.”

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

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So recently I got on this masochist kick where I find stuff I used to love as a kid and watch it with adult eyes, knowing it will almost certainly ruin it. Essentially, what happened is that a few years ago I did a rewatch of Xena and a rewatch of Pinky and the Brain and both were so much better than I remembered that I decided my entire childhood was worth ruining for a the few pearls of proof that it was possible for […]

“A whale’s graveyard on the whole is not a good place to stomp around on”

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

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I know, I know. Where have I been and how did I not get around to this earlier! To answer that easy question: I have been here, on earth, and I did read this approximately one million years ago. My memory of this volume was corrupted greatly by the 2005 movie adaptation (another issue, I know), and I figured that a new decade was as good a time as any to try out this classic again. Also, I wanted to listen to more audio books […]

It had been too long since I read this

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

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I dug my first copy of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy out of my Christmas stocking when I was probably twelve years old. My dad had been telling me the story (mostly his favorite part, Restaurant at the End of the Universe’s “Meet Your Meat”) for years but finally gifted me a copy. I was sold on the cover copy alone: “The first in the increasingly inaccurately named Hitchhiker’s trilogy”. I loved it then, I love it now, and I loved it when my high school put […]

Dirk Gently Is at It Again . . . Sort of

The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams

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This one started off much less confusingly (and weirdly) than the first book, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, though it didn’t necessarily end less confusingly. Part of the problem is that the ending seemed rushed, as though Adams were trying to get it done in a hurry, and he sacrificed quality and clarity to do so. Once again, the book doesn’t really seem to be about Dirk Gently, although he is a main character, and this time he doesn’t seem to do as much in terms of affecting […]

There Was a Horse in the Bathroom

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams

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This was a weird one. It started off weird and although it made much more sense by the end, I still had to look up explanations for some of what happened. A few questions remain, some of which are too spoilery to describe. Speaking of, how does one describe this book? That’s more than just a rhetorical question – I’m really not sure. The first several chapter seem disjointed, but later you learn how they are all connected (although I still don’t understand the first […]



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