Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy

[ratski]

So, I'm going thru books trying to find new material to read.

I've had this downloaded for a long time.
I've heard over and over about how amazing the book is.
"Everyone says..." it's a great book.

Please tell me it gets better.

I'm about 1/2 through and I am forcing myself to read it.
There has only been one other book that I have had to force myself to read to see what the fuss was about and that was The Turner Diaries.

I usually like the Post Apocalyptic/TEOTWAWKI stuff.
Been through most of the major title in the genre (I think) and always looking for something else to read.

 

[cboss]

I've never read it, but it is one of the audiobooks Ilisten to at night when I'm going to sleep.

 

[RETOKSQUID]

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[SoonerP226]

It is a great book, but not all great books are for everyone. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was originally a radio series with scripts written by Douglas Adams, which he later fleshed out into novels, so you might try listening to the radio show first. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Primary Phase is the part of the radio show that roughly corresponds with the novel of the same name, and it's available on Audible.

Back in the day, the audiobook for HHG was the recordings of the complete series of radio plays (I have the CDs in storage somewhere), but today they have actual unabridged readings of the novel itself.

 

[RickN]

I read it, thought it was cute in places. Hoped the movie would be better. It wasn't.

 

[okierider]

That show is a different kind of humor.
I enjoyed it along with my son but my wife did not care for it.

 

[Snattlerake]

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Beat me to it

 

[rc508pir]

Try Robert Jordans The Wheel of Time series. Its a fantasy series, but the only fantasy series I ever liked

 

[Cat City Slim]

Hitchhikers Guide is definitely not to everyone’s taste. It’s one of my favorite series, but my sense of humor is best classified as “twisted.”

 

[TinkerTanker]

Like everyone said, it's not for everyone. I enjoyed the movie in a light hearted, Dr Who kind of way. It's definitely a niche type of humor. If you don't like it, just quit. Life's too short to read books that you think are dumb.