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Recenzia knihy: super.

Recenzie tejto konkrétnej modrej paperbackovskej paperbackovej edície z Arga:

Vizuál kníh zvlášť neriešim, hlavne nech sa to dobre drží v ruke a pokiaľ možno, zmestí sa do kabelky ale, teda keď som pred pár rokmi prvý krát zočila tie ilustrácie, v prvom momente ma napadlo, preboha, oni tí Vogóni začali fušovať aj do vizuálneho umenia?
A hoci normálne uprednostňujem paperbacky, tieto knihy na mňa pôsobia dojmom, že niekto vzal také tie papierové tácky, čo dostanete v staničnom stánku k hot dogu, scapol ich dokopy a prestriekal na modro
Ale toto všetko nie je ešte nič, proti písmu, akým je to vysádzané, ja neviem, ale asi by som si to radšej prečítala v comic sanse ako v hentom.

Čerešnička na torte: Argo nedávno začalo vydávať Adamsa v novej edícii, zvonku vyzerá celkom obstojne a ja som si už myslela, že si konečne kúpim celú sériu. Ale nie. Pretože čierne písmo je soooo 1440, takže niekto dostal geniálny nápad použiť písmo, ktoré je zelené.

Well, this book started off so very promising, with some laugh out loud bits etc, but it didn't take long enough before it started to go south, and then the ending was such a walloping disappointment. I can't give it only one star because I really did laugh out loud a few times and that first part was quite good, really. But for one thing he has one of my favourite new characters from the previous book vanish inanely and spoil one of the most promising story lines he not only decides to have the universe unravelling but, in the end, . the earth is re-destroyed for good, with Arthur, Trillium and Ford Prefect all destroyed with it....

I'm a huge fan of Douglas Adams, and loved the first four books in the "trilogy". I was sorely disappointed by the fifth and final book in the series though. To me, it seemed like he was thinking "I'm sick of people whining for more Hitchhiker's books. I'll show them." The way the book ends is so...final. I understand Adams was going through a bad period when he wrote this book, and it shows. Don't bother with this one.

I could go on about how the earlier books in the series were better, how it lost some of its charm after the second or third installment—but if you're reading this one, you probably already know that. I’m sure plenty of others have made the same point, so I decided to make this review a little different, as this was the last book in the series written by Douglas Adams himself.
So, without further ado, I present to you: Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, and Marvin the Paranoid Android meet the Knights Who Say Ni!
Hope you'll enjoy it!



"So, let me get this straight...Witches are burned, but wood is also burned, and wood floats, but ducks also float, so, if someone weighs the same as a duck, she's made of wood, therefore, she's a witch?" asked Arthur.
He found it often took a moment or so before he saw exactly what it was that people were driving at.
"Exactly," answered Ford.
"So this helps us understand how we got here and, more importantly, where we are?"
"Not at all."
"Oh, I know where we are," said Marvin.
"Then why didn't you tell us?" asked Arthur and Ford simultaneously.
"You didn't ask," said Marvin.
"We are asking now," responded Ford with an angry voice.
Suddenly, out of the woods, some knights appeared wearing robes and horned helmets.
"Ni!" said the leader of them.
"Ni! Ni! Ni!"
"Who are they?" whispered Arthur to Ford.
"I don't know. We should ask them."
"I don't think that's a good idea," said Arthur, cursing the day he met Ford.
"I could tell you weren't really interested," murmured Marvin to himself.
"Who are you?" asked Ford.
''We are the Knights who Say Ni! We are the keepers of the secret words: Ni, Peng and Ni Womb!"
Ford pulled out his copy of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and accessed it.
"Is there anything about them in the Guide?" asked Arthur.
"Only this: Those who hear them seldom live to tell the tale," said Ford.
"That doesn't sound good," said Arthur.
"The Knights Who Say Ni demand a sacrifice," said the Leader of the Knights, who is nearly double Arthur's height and wears a great helm decorated with long antlers.
"Knights of Ni, we are but simple hitchhikers who seek the Supreme Question of life, the universe and everything," said Arthur, his voice full of panic.
"Why are you talking like this?" asked Ford.
"I don't know," said Arthur.
"Ni! Ni! Ni!" responded the knights.
Arthur's head was starting to hurt.
The Leader of the Knights raised his hand and his people became quiet.
"We shall say Ni again to you if you do not appease us."
"What is it you want," asked Arthur.
"We want..."
Arthur was preparing for the worst.
"...a shrubbery."
"I beg your pardon?"
"Ni! Ni! Ni!"
"Please, no more!" said both Arthur and Ford.
"You must return here with a shrubbery or else, you will never pass through this wood...alive!"
Arthur, Ford and Marvin left the woods.
"We never said we wanted to pass those woods," said Ford.
"What should we do?" asked Arthur.
"We should find a drink," answered Ford.
"And the shrubbery?" asked Arthur.
"Marvin?"
"I suppose you want me to find a shrubbery for you?" asked Marvin.
"Yeah, that's right," said Ford and then he left with Arthur.
"Here I am, brain the size of a planet, and they tell me to find a shrubbery in a Goodreads review. Call that job satisfaction? 'Cos I don't." murmured Marvin.

3.5 stars

Welp, bye bye Fenchurch

از خوندنش لذت بردم.
حال داگلاس ادامز موقع نوشتن این کتاب خوب نبوده، حال من هم موقع خوندنش :) واسه همین همدیگه رو میفهمیم
اگه انتظار یک پایان بندی خفن و "همه به خوبی و خوشی در کنار هم زندگی کردند" دارین نخونینش!
به قول یکی از رویو ها، شما باید تا الان فهمیده باشین چقد آدامز پوچگرا و به قبرم هم نیسته! و آره چیزی که ادامز میخواست توی این کتاب بگه اینه که مسیر مهمه نه هدف :)

The Milky Way Galaxy is in a state of confusion the dozen Universes, ( you didn't know there are more than one?) have collided into each other. Nothing is as it was, no wonder historians quit, what's the point, everything keeps on changing since history is so fluid. Tricia McMillan (Trillian , in another existence) is not happy, the British television anchor is back in England after an unsuccessful job interview, in New York City at ten times more money ! Dead tired from the overnight flight, she can barely walk to her house but the odd gardener, Eric Bartlett points out strange marks on Tricia's lawn, space aliens undoubtedly and being polite, pretends to care and listen . This interesting conversation must end soon or she'll keel over, at last the bed. Next day, Tricia can figure out what to do with the rest of her life, then the aliens land in the back yard....Three thin, green figures come down from their small craft, Grebulons on a reconnaissance mission, would she like to visit them on Rupert (Persephone) ? Let me think ... the elusive Planet X, in the solar system which astronomers have sought for many years, the tenth planet counted in this world, mighty little Pluto... restored to its proper place in the cosmos . Before departing the unexpected guests deny kidnapping Elvis, they like him ... The greatest story of all time, slowly falls apart like everything else, these creatures can't remember who they are, what they're supposed to do , where the invaders came from not even their own names, eons have gone by during this epic voyage since the ship developed computer problems. On the frozen bizarre planet, Rupert, ( the distant Sun, is just another remote, cold, weak light, in the dark sky) with structures in a cave, which look like a set from a cheap science -fiction film. The Grebulons, ( a name unknown, to these space travelers) like watching television persistently from Earth, copying all. Tricia's camera, shall produce fuzzy pictures back home, she will be laughed at if the video is seen by anyone...Ford Prefect, also has no luck, the Guide is under a different management the new editor wants Mr.Prefect to write a restaurant column, how degrading. He quickly jumps out a window of the Guide's building, on one of the top floors, having noticed the bosses, are evil Vogons. He'll think of something going down to save his hide, Ford sincerely hopes. Passing the 17th level his life too goes by, in his jumbled mind, a happy robot this time prevents the descending man from a bad, very sudden stop ....Meanwhile Mr. Arthur Dent's spaceliner, crashes on a primitive planet Lamuela, yet he's still alive. The only survivor takes up a new profession, would you believe, Sandwich Maker... Adored by the natives, a gift from the gods, such skill with his hands , nobody here could think of putting meat from Perfectly Normal Beasts, (don't ask) and whatever else, between two pieces of bread ... Arthur is finally content, a job that he is good at ... But this universe cannot let people be content, Trillian/Tricia arrives, hands him his unknown daughter Random she says, and hastily leaves, a product of his. Thus Arthur's need for monetary funds, depositing much in institutions around the galaxy, and paid quite well... for his good seed. Random hates Mr.Dent of course, the same emotion prevails towards her mother, and is not that crazy either with all the other universes, a typical teenage daughter. Mr. Arthur Dent, will now fully experience the essence of what being a father entails, may God have mercy on his soul...A lesser Hitchhiker's Guide book...however who can resist..not I.

این جلد آخر مجموعه‌ی پنج‌جلدی «راهنمای کهکشان برای اتواستاپ‌زن‌ها»ست. کتاب رو که تموم کردم رفتم سراغ جلد اول و دیدم که تیر ۹۵ خونده‌بودمش و پنج‌سال منتظر بودم تا بتونم بفهمم آخر این قصه چی می‌شه. توی این پنج‌سال برای پرسیدن تاریخ منتشر شدن جلدهای سوم به بعد با نشر چشمه نامه‌نگاری ایمیلی کرده‌بودم و وقتی توی سایت‌شون دیدم که جلد چهارم به زودی منتشر می‌شه، سه جلد اول رو دوباره خوندم و حتی یه وقتایی به سرم زد که برم فیلم‌ش رو ببینم؛ که البته اصلاً کار تروتمیزی از آب درنیومده.

به‌هرحال پنج‌سال گذشت و این جلد آخر مجموعه‌ست. اگه کتاب رو خونده‌باشین متوجه می‌شین داگلاس آدامز خودش رو ملزم نکرده‌ که مثل رولینگ یا تالکین دنیای خودش رو بسازه که مجبور باشه در مورد قوانین، تاریخ و اتفاقاتی که توش می‌افته توضیح بده. مهم‌ترین هدف آدامز به نظر من، اینه که نشون بده چه‌قدر جهان آدم‌ها و رفتار و باورها و همه‌چیزشون می‌تونه مسخره به‌نظر بیاد. و این موضوع توی این جلد از همه پررنگ‌تره.

وقتی می‌بینی مسیر کتاب توی جلد پنجم یه سمت دیگه رفته [یا شاید جلد چهارم حکم داده‌ی پرت رو داشته این وسط] و کلی شخصیت هستن که اصن حرفی ازشون به میون نمی‌یاد توی این جلد، به عنوان خواننده‌ی این سری کتاب‌ها مثل آرتور، دیگه متعجب نمی‌شی. چون دیگه دستت اومده داگلاس آدامز چی کار می‌کنه.

با وجود همه‌ی ابهاماتی که در موردشون گفتم، از این کتاب انتظار نداشتم که جور دیگه‌ای تموم بشه و این بهترین پایان ممکن بود که البته بازم من رو متعجب نکرد. :))

* * * 1/2

This was a better book than I was expecting, given that my friend said that it was "the weakest and the meekest" in the five-book series. The first half of the book was a pretty solid 4, rife with chuckle-worthy one-liners and wry observations that characterize the H2G2 series. I also thought it was adorable that Arthur became a champion Sandwich Maker. It's a very Arthur kind of job.

The second half of the book was a pretty decent effort, so I'll give it a 3. The ending was quite a letdown, although I grudgingly admit that it fits the tone of the franchise, somewhat. It's just kind of deflating to read that last page and realize "Oh. That's it." I have no idea how this supposed sixth book will fit into things.

Also, the part involving Elvis may have been my favourite part of the book. That and Arthur singing "Yellow Submarine" while he made sandwiches. Those nice quirky touches are what I enjoy about the Adams oeuvre.

Overall, this was a decent enough entry in the series and so it merits a pleasantly surprised 3.5

I love this series and the intrepid Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, and Trillian. Arthur finds himself on a planet called Now What (found by settlers that didn't know what to do) in a city called Oh Well. Douglas Adams wit is so good.

I read an excerpt of this in a shop last week and audibly chuckled on every half-glanced page. I felt compelled to write a few words in its defense. This beautifully melancholy book is oft-panned, and pointlessly, as Adams is at the peak of his sardonic savagery and ingenious brain wizardry in this bleak end to the trilogy of five. I love his riffing on New York and the dreamy pathos of the whole book. I must read it again.