Okumayı literal olarak yıllara yaydığım (okumaya pek kıyamadığım) türünün ilk, belki de tek örneği. Douglas Adams'ın Doctor Who metinlerine de el attığını söylediğimde bu kitabın aşağı yukarı hangi frekansta olduğunu tahmin edebilirsiniz. Yer yer sesli güldüğüm bu bilimkurgu kitapta sarkastik üslubu tork olarak kullanan yazar homo sapiensi yer yer politik ve sosyolojik olarak eleştirmek için işini türlü çeşit uzaysal saçma sapanlıklarla donatarak ortaya paradoksal bir absürdlük çıkarmış. Bunu da çok zekice ve iyi yapmış.

Not olarak eklemeden duramayacağım ki örnek olsun: CIA bu kitapta "Celestial Intervention Agency" olarak geçiyor.

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Otostopçunun Galaksi Rehberi mizahi yönü kuvvetli, kurgusu derin, anlatımı sürükleyici, gerçekliğin çok ötesinde bir eser. Rehber'le henüz tanışmadıysanız, paniğe kapılmayın! En yakın kitapçıya gidip arkasında, sağ alt köşede dostça "Paniğe Kapılmayın" yazan kitabı alın ve tabii, dışarı çıkmadan önce havlunuzu yanınıza almayı unutmayın ^_^

When Douglas Adams wrote Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy, he used a crazy, outrageous style of writing. I enjoyed it a lot. The only character I really could relate was ||Marvin. I felt sorry for him, and felt pity in how he was treated by others. I was flabbergasted when 42 came up. And to this day, I'm kicking myself in the ass trying to figure out what that means, Lmao. Books 2-5 didn't have what the first one did. So I really couldn't get into them as much as I did in the first book. But there were plenty of things going on throughout the books that I thought was funny. All in all, I'm going to rate this 3/5

In my opinion, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is the best in the series. I can only imagine what it must have been like to read a first-edition of the novel when it was originally published back in 1979, or to have listened to the original radio broadcast even earlier. The story was highly original, zany (sometimes even incomprehensibly silly), the characters lovable and bizarre at the same time, and the concept...out-of-this-world original. I mean, the creator of Vogons (and their poetry!) ought to get a 5-star rating all the time, every time.

Unfortunately, I do not have the same endearing feelings for the subsequent books - The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, and my least-favorite, Mostly Harmless. As a radio/TV concept, the material for stories seems endless. But I don't know, that longevity didn't work for me in novel format.

So while I love having an omnibus copy of all the books in the series (loving this larger, more compact edition more than the single-volume Hitchhiker's...), I still prefer the first story to the others in the series.

And now...a poem I wrote!

See, see the Type-A sky
Marvel at its big turquoise depths.
Tell me, Bertha do you
Wonder why the monkey ignores you?
Why its foobly stare
makes you feel irritable.
I can tell you, it is
Worried by your wackity facial growth
That looks like
A pineapple.
What's more, it knows
Your snog potting shed
Smells of snail.
Everything under the big Type-A sky
Asks why, why do you even bother?
You only charm socks.

It had last been a couple decades ago when I had last read the various Hitchhiker's books (except the most recent one, and even that had been ten or more years back).  With my original copies scattered here and there, I picked up the omnibus edition and reread these tales with eagerness and a older (and perhaps wiser) perspective.  Overall, although they read differently after such a long time, they do make a pleasant read.

The original novel by Douglas Adams - based on a radio show he also wrote (the twisted history of the first book is related in an introduction) - is the sharpest in the set.  For the uninitiated, the tale follows Arthur Dent, last human survivor of Earth after the planet is cleared away for a hyperspatial bypass.  Along with his alien friend Ford Prefect, they go off on a series of adventures which will eventually reveal the true purpose of the planet Earth.  Completing a quintet of heroes is Zaphod Beeblebrox, the President of the Galaxy, and Trillian (Trisha MacMillan), another human who left Earth a while before it was destroyed, and Marvin, the most depressed robot ever.

In this book, Adams sets the tone for this the whole series with a parody of the conventions of science fiction and a grand sense of the absurd.  In a universe where time travel and the improbable happen as a matter of course, contradictions, paradoxes and continuity problems are plentiful and acceptable.  The second novel - The Restaurant at the End of the Universe - directly follows up on the first book and is of equally high quality.

An almost imperceptible slide begins with book three, Life, the Universe and Everything, which deals with an ancient race of aliens who are threatening to make a comeback and destroy all other life.  Arthur and Ford are recruited by planetary engineer Slartibartfast to try and save all reality.  We begin to see other of the characters pushed aside although they still do play some roles.  We also learn it is possible for a man to fly.

In So Long and Thanks For All the Fish, Arthur returns to an Earth that apparently believes its destruction was just a mass hallucination.  Although Ford is still around in a parallel story, the other recurring characters are almost non-existent.  This is the most upbeat of all the stories, with things finally going somewhat right for the usually hapless Arthur.  Unfortunately, some of the true wackiness is beginning to fade away.  With no Zaphod acting recklessly and with Ford acting semi-responsibly, this novel is not quite as much fun.  And sadly, Mostly Harmless, the final novel is even less fun, again absurd but not really very funny.  And the bonus short story "Young Zaphod Plays It Safe" is completely forgettable.

The first three books remain five star material, the fourth gets four stars and the fifth gets three (the short story gets two).  As a collection, however, this is a five star bunch, with the first two books being excellent enough to offset any weaknesses in the others.  For any fan of science fiction, this is a must-read and continues to be the best parody of the genre.

So I've reached the age of 42 without ever reading the book, seeing the film or the series of hitchhikers guide.
Two friends in work were using lines out of it a month back. Lines such as I know where my towel is and the answer to everything is 42. My age coincidentally.
So I asked them what they were on about and they told me. They were as shocked as me that I hadn't ever seen or read it what with me being a Sci fi fan. I don't know how I bypassed it really.
Anyway, so I bought the books that night and I'm glad I did.
I'm only two books in and I have read the reviews on here that say they go downhill after the 2nd but I honestly feel I've already had my moneys worth from the first two.
Whilst it's not laugh out loud funny all the time, I have had moments where I laughed. What I found is it is constantly amusing, a smirk or a chuckle has only ever been a page away.
But by far the best quality to these books is the ideas they present, page after page of a most unique and interesting galaxy where fantastic and credible futuristic visions of how the wider universe could be living as we speak are explained in a humorous and fascinating way.
This coupled with the ridiculous, mind boggling crazy ideas that he throws into the mix had me flicking pages for more time than I should on a night before early work.
Totally recommend the first two in the series and despite the criticisms I am still looking forward to reading the rest.

Un'ottima occasione per avere tutta la storica saga di Adams in un sol colpo (fatta eccezione per la sesta e ultima parte scritta da Colfer e non presente in questa edizione).
Ho letto la serie dapprima in italiano e devo dire che, per quanto la trasposizione si fedele e intelligente, qualche piccola sfumatura la si perde nella traduzione, com'è normale che sia.
Quindi consigliatissima questa versione in lingua originale.
Fantascienza, non-sense e paradossi, insieme ad uno humour davvero unico.
Come ho fatto a vivere senza fino ad oggi?

One laughs every fourth page. Adam’s is timeless, smart, humorous and if everyone reads, the world will be a better place.

Amerikalı bir yayın evi bastığı için birçok mizahi ve genel konuşma sansürlenmiş deniyor. Kitabı orijinal baskısıyla almak istiyorsanız İngiliz yayınevi baskısını alın. İnternetten okuduğum kadarıyla konuşuyorum. Çünkü 1,5ay sürecinde satıcı kitabı elime ulaştıramadı. Para iademi aldım. İnternette okuduklarımdan sonra kitabın ulaşmamasına ayrı sevindim. Kitabı ayrı ErgodeBooks adlı satıcıyı ayrı tavsiye etmiyorum.

The book is combination of all 6 books.  I've completed 1st book and I loved it.  Giving 5 Star

Good About the Book:
1. Awesome characters.
2. Hilarious one liners
3. Space adventure vibe
4. This is first book so kind of 'origin story of space adventurers'.

Bad Parts :
1. So many new words for me. So, needed Dictionary with me all the time
2. Story has not that great storyline. Its seems introduction of team.

This is a series of comedic science fiction novels written by the late Douglas Adams. He was also a script writer for the science fiction TV series Dr. Who.

I enjoyed the Hitchhikers novels, not only for their humor, but for their creativity. As the characters move back and forth through time and space, the author explores a number of big ideas. Adams inspired me to make a list of them but I don’t want to mention the concepts here so this review does not become a spoiler for anyone who hasn’t read the series. The books take the reader on quite a journey.

Overall, I rate series four stars because some occasional chapters are less readable than others and there were times where Adams really challenged my willing suspension of disbelief.

I was disappointed in the fourth book of the series, So Long And Thanks For All The Fish, because it was so unexpectedly different than all the other stories and wasn’t very engaging. I'd rate the fourth book three stars. But the fifth and final book, Mostly Harmless, was the one I enjoyed most and I give it five stars.