Probably the best of the bunch,I laughed a lot and got the hang of things.Everything somewhat came together,loads of explanation also surprises quite like instellar in a way of travel,loops,planet jump of sorts.I pretty much enjoyed this a bit sad it's over.The Radioplay production sounds a lot of fun!

The radio play was not nearly as good as the book. A lot got cut, and the tacked-on happy ending didn't work. I mostly listened to it because I love the theme music and so I can read and enjoy the book that much sooner. I owe this book a lot, from the way I appreciate a sandwich to the way I visualize the higher dimensions. What is it that's printed on the world-destroying tool wielded by petty-minded villains? "Panic."

Probably the best and most quotable in the history of the universe.

"More popular, certainly more successful than the Celestial Home Care Omnibus, better selling than Fifty-Three More Things to do in Zero Gravity, and more controversial than Oolon Colluphid's trilogy of philosophical blockbusters Where God Went Wrong, Some More of God's Greatest Mistakes and Who is this God Person Anyway?" (quote Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)

I highly recommend. I've read it (the series) about 3 times and it never gets old.

The final entry into the radio plays shows just how far afield Adams got from his original silly little radio drama about Arthur Dent. This very abbreviated phase introduces a number of Big Ideas inspired by the original work -- the notion of a probability continuum, most notably, and "plural zones" -- and it's a shame that Adams didn't get a chance to incorporate all these ideas right from the start, as they would have certainly led to some direction in the otherwise flabby middle episodes of the series.

This phase doesn't have much urgency to the plot, and rushes through large swaths of story to reach the ending... or non-ending, as it turns out, as all the characters come back out for one final bow. This is, perhaps, as satisfying an ending as you could expect from a storyline that's taken the listener through multiple dimensions and character iterations: there isn't one pat ending, because there isn't one single storyline, but a whole great mishmash posing as a coherent story. The quintessential phase is an attempt to reign in all the scattered particles of story and put a neat bow on it. It doesn't quite work.

The neatest ending, however, would have been not to end at all and to leave the story back at the end of the original Hitchhiker's story -- Arthur and Ford, exploring a strange, unexplainable universe with only a trusty towel and a battered Guide to lead them.

Poorly written. Douglas Adams spent so long making the original radio series 1-2 truly work on radio. These post-series 2 continuations contain the worst writing eg. Characters saying contrived dialogue to explain what is happening visually. It’s like the most amateurish way of writing for radio and is such a shame. Since these are adaptations of novels there were serious narrative problems with scenes that don’t work on radio. They needed to change more of the events to adapt them properly. The actor that replaces Peter Jones as the book sounds way too perky too. Such a shame.

This one was only okay? I think? I was sewing at the time so I was only paying half attention. At least everybody was in it, that was good. Usually I'm a fan of parallel whatevers. But this was short and there was too little of the Book and too much American!Trillian. I dunno. It was all right.

Have saw the serial and the movies and read the books individually and as omnibus and different sets, hardback, still in my library, says a lot. Date wrong, just saw it to review. also listened to radio ones of course

In which Arthur Dent makes sandwiches .Ford Prefect goes on a spending spree. And we discover where the whole thing comes to a conclusion. Listened to the 2005 Radio Broadcast which gives the series a different ending than the books.
SPOILER******
Given Arthur a happy ending or various endings.

As far as things go, this entry into the radio series took quite a different turn at the end then the book it at least mirrors at the start (one Mostly Harmless), and while I'm not sure how I feel about the altered ending (up to you to be familiar with either), I have to say that overall this radio play was enjoyable. It went by much faster than my varied attempts almost two decades ago to read Mostly Harmless. Do love this cast, and it was a fun listen.

"Fenchurch, when are you off work?"
"Shortly after the apocalypse"
"Do you wanna go fly with me then?"
"Always"
I'm not crying, you're crying.
This one actually profited from the fast pace and is still one of my favorites of the series in general.

Not as good as the originals, but how could it be?

Even though it's not genuine Adams, this is a fun conclusion to the guide.