در جلد سوم داستان به نوعی تریلر ِ ملو تبدیل می‌شود.
ربات‌ها و سفینه‌های مردم سیاره‌ی کریکت به دنبال نابودی کل کهکشان هستند. و آرتور و دوستانش گاهی سعی می‌کنند جهان را نجات دهند و گاهی هم از این ماموریت فرار می‌کنند.

نکته‌ای که با خواندن این جلد از کتاب متوجه می‌شوید، این است که فصل‌هایی که گمان می‌کردید هیچ ربطی به داستان اصلی ندارند و گریزهای نویسنده هستند در جلد سوم وارد داستان می‌شوند و بستر ماجراهای مهم کتاب هستند. این گریزهای به نظر بی‌ربط در این جلد از کتاب بیشتر از بقیه‌ی جلدهاست.

کتاب همچنان طنز طعنه آمیز خودش را حفظ کرده‌ست و با خواندن کتاب متوجه می‌شوید که هیچ موضوعی نیست که در حیات اجتماعی انسان وجود داشته باشد و داگلاس آدامز آن را به سخره نگرفته باشد. از رفتار تاریخی بشر گرفته تا موضوع سانسور کتاب [که برای این یک قلم، فصل به گونه‌ای متفاوت تغییر داده‌شده‌است که در نسخه‌های مربوط به آمریکا وجود داره و به کتاب ضمیمه شده‌ست.] .

جلد سوم به اندازه‌ی جلد دوم «غافلگیرکننده‌» نیست ولی طنز قوی‌تری دارد. و در کل از جمله کتاب‌هایی‌‌ست که «باید» خواند.


× می‌خواهم مثل آرتور کمی به خودم استراحت بدهم [نه در سیاره‌ی کریکت البته.] و بعد بروم سراغ جلد چهارم (خداحافظ برای همیشه و ممنون برای اون همه ماهی.)

Oproti minulým dílům slabší, příliš chaotické.
Ale humor tam je :)
3/5*

Recenze na blogu: https://marky-books.blogspot.com/2021...

Empiezo a sospechar que el lema de vida de Douglas Adams era "Al final nunca nada es tan terrible" y por extraño que parezca era el mismo lema que tenía mi papá y que muchas veces me repitió

Finally, the answer to why the bowl of petunias thought, "Oh no, not again."

جلد قبل رو بیشتر دوست داشتم این جلد یکم از هر دری سخنی شده بود و بر عکس جلد قبل که صوتیش عالی بود این جلد رو صوتی پیشنهاد نمیدم چون خیلییییی پرش زمان و مکان و دایتان داره و احتمال اینکه خط روایت رو بارها گم کنید خیلی زیاده

Time travel killer robot fun

Dark fun
Some of the key elements of this third strike are the usually terrifying horrors of Sci-Fi with no reason to laugh and enjoy great entertainment, except if one is into that. But Adams has the ability to even turn extermination wars and sick mentalities into a funny and enlightening read.

Exterminate
Because it shows that hobbies like killing each living being in the universe without any good reason, or at least a created advantage, are ridiculous. And that any species that attempts wanton or accidental mass extinction, genocide, and extermination wars is in an immense state of madness. Looking at you humankind.

What time is it?
Another topic is good old time manipulation, great for plotting and producing funny situations. Just probably a bit difficult to use because it can get confusing in the wrong authors´ hands, it´s even difficult to just go through a day in reverse. Great material for future Sci-Fi works, be it time travel, different quickly passing time for protagonists, time bubbles, time dealers, thieves, magicians,... hard to list all novels containing elements of it.

Deeper meaning
Just like Pratchett, Adams has so much hidden under this allegedly trivial reading fun that one could write a thesis about the many implications his work is revealing. I would be very interested to know what Adams read as a kid and during his life and what inspired him to use Sci-Fi tropes in such a unique manner nobody else before did.

Tropes show how literature is conceptualized and created and which mixture of elements makes works and genres unique:
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این جلد رو از دو جلد قبل بیشتر دوست داشتم
انگار هدف داستان مشخص تر بود و خیلی اطلاعات اضافه نمیداد.
شایدم کم کم دارم به شخصیت ها و قلم نویسنده عادت میکنم برا همین راحت تر باهاش ارتباط برقرار کردم.

I don't feel that bad for rubbishing and One Starring each book in this series as I read it, because ultimately it's how I feel about it - indeed as I read each book I am continually amazed at the popularity of this series; it's just such piss poor comedy and trite storytelling, and to top it all off it's all kind of infantile. 1 out of 12, yep... 1 out of 12!

this is the last book in the series that I really enjoyed and I almost wish Douglas Adams would have called it quits here. The book gives us the chance to laugh at ourselves in going back to prehistoric earth and Adams alternate view of how we ended up the creatures we are, that was extremely clever.

But Krikkit was the best part, this story was amazing and I can't help but wonder if Adams religous views are at work here. A group of people that just can't accept the idea that there might be another group of people besides them in the universe, and the only way they can deal with it is to kill anyone who is not them.

But the time paradox starts to become a real problem at this point and utterly undoes the series from here out, and the fact that the cast of characters spends most of their time split apart and that is not as much fun. Also, the characters flaws have become exagerrated by this time and the things that made them interesting characters but people you wouldn't want to know, has now made all of them a little annoying.

This is the first book in the series that has an actual storyline, where there's an ancient evil that needs to be, and is eventually, dealt with in the end. The really amazing thing is that this series went two entire books before it even really needed to happen, and no one really seems to care, because the first two books are so entertaining without any real plotline tying all of the random events together in them. I mean, for a book that doesn't have a girl who discovered a way that everyone could just be happy without anyone needed to be nailed to anything first, it was okay, I guess. This book is actually probably my favorite in the series, because you get to find out the all important answer to the question "why did the bowl of petunias say 'oh no, not again?'" It's probably my favorite gag in the entire series. I don't know if Adams had that all planned out when he wrote the first book or not, but it goes back to a pretty funny joke, and then makes it even more funny. Just that combined with the flying that takes place afterward makes up my favorite scene in the entire series. And the Krikkit thing is just plain funny as hell too. Adams manages to make fun of not just those who don't understand the game of cricket, but those who understand and enjoy it all at the same time, which takes talent. Certainly recommend this one, and the whole series it's part of, to anyone who enjoys really well thought out comedy.

Another brilliant and hilarious space romp!

Past the peak at this point in the series, but still at a high humorous and inventive altitude, particularly if you are, or have ever been, a fan of cricket, which Douglas Adams obviously was. The unexpected featuring role for my favourite character is a bonus.