The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #2), Douglas Adams

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1980, ISBN 0-345-39181-0) is the second book in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comedy science fiction series by Douglas Adams.

The novel narrates the adventurous galactic journey of Arthur Dent, a middle-class British man, and his unwanted role in finding meaning in life, and narrates the adventures in intergalactic space, and Planets occur far from Earth, such as: Earth and time, power, authorities and authorities of the contemporary world, depicting people and concepts, thoughts and actions of human beings, with ironic language, and in transcendent humor.

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عنوان: رستوران آخر جهان، کتاب دوم مجموعه ی پنج جلدی راهنمای کهکشان؛ نویسنده: داگلاس آدامز؛ مترجم: آرش سرکوهی؛ تهران، نشر چشمه، سال1395، در217ص؛ شابک9786002292896؛ موضوع داستانهای علمی و خنده دار خیال انگیز از نویسندگان بریتانیا - سده 20م

کتاب «رستوران آخر جهان»، جلد دوم از مجموعه ی پنج جلدی: «راهنمای کهکشان برای اتواستاپزنها»، است؛ «رستوران آخر جهان» نیز، همانند جلد نخست، رمانی علمی ـ تخیلی، و طنز‌آمیز است؛ این رمان، سفر کهکشانی پُرماجرای «آرتور دنت»، مردی میان‌مایه از طبقه‌ ی متوسط «انگلیس»، و نقش ِ ناخواسته‌ ی او را، برای یافتن معنای زندگی، روایت میکند، و با نقل داستانی، ماجراهایی که در فضای بین کهکشانی، و سیاره‌ هایی دور از کره‌ ی زمین، رخ می‌دهند، همانند: زمین و زمان و زمانه، قدرت، مراجع و اتوریته‌ های جهان معاصر، آدم‌ها و مفاهیم، افکار و کردار انسان‌ها، را با زبانی کنایی، و به طنزی متعالی، به تصویر بر‌می‌کشند

تاریخ بهنگام رسانی 27/10/1399هجری خورشیدی؛ 25/09/1400هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی

Another brilliant book by Douglas Adams!

There are two ways of looking at this book; either as a truly remarkable piece of deep philosophical ideas mixed with a bit of science, satire and criticism neatly disguised into a quite funny and quirky novel, or just simply as a funny, quirky novel in which the plot makes no sense what so ever and yet you love it anyway!

I fall somewhere in between. Some parts of the book made me wonder, like whether Douglas was a vegetarian and he deliberately put the “dish of the day” scene in the book and if that was his brilliant way to show everyone how absolutely absurd the notion of eating animals was to him, or how his description of “one of the many major problems with governing people” is so true for so many countries today. Other parts just made me laugh out loud. Douglas was able to portray some simple and ordinary things in such a brilliantly funny way. Describing the state of shock being one of my favorites:
“He saw it.
His mouth started to speak, but his brain decided it hadn't got anything to say yet and shut it again. His brain then started to contend with the problem of what his eyes told it they were looking at, but in doing so relinquished control of the mouth which promptly fell open again. Once more gathering up the jaw, his brain lost control of his left hand which then wandered around in an aimless fashion. For a second or so the brain tried to catch the left hand without letting go of the mouth and simultaneously tried to think about what was buried in the ice, which is probably why the legs went and Arthur dropped restfully to the ground.”

Marvin, the depressed robot, still remains my favorite character, although he is lacking from this book a bit.

Oh, and the fact that the title has nothing to do with geography blew my mind!

I loved it!

I was talking to a friend of mine the other day, when he asked me for a book recommendation.
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“Nothing too long,” he said. “Or too factual.”
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My brain starting racing. Tolstoy? Much too long. Bill Bryson? Much too factual.
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“The news?” I suggested.
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“No, no,” he said. “A book.”
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My mind kept racing through titles.
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“Ah, I’ve got it!” I said finally. “Try The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series. They are wholly remarkable books.”
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This brief conversation encapsulates why I enjoy these books so much. They're well-written, thoughtful, funny, short, and immensely readable. They are the sorts of book you can recommend to nearly anyone, the sorts of books that turn illiterates into book enthusiasts. It’s hard to think of something more effortlessly pleasant.

Just as much fun as Hitchhiker's Guide! A lot like P.G. Wodehouse (if he had written about spaceships). Definitely want to read the rest of the series.

I've just revisited this second entry in the series via audiobook. The narration by Martin Freeman isn't quite as lively as Stephen Fry's performance of Hitchhiker's Guide, but it is still thoroughly enjoyable.

Ďalší rereading
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V rámci rereadingu po 10 rokoch sa začína vynárať istá znepokojivá otázka, ktorá by sa dala formulovať asi takto:

Ako sa mi za tých 10 rokov mohlo trikrát podariť zamilovať sa do mužov, ktorí nemali radi humor Douglasa Adamsa?? Trikrát.

Sú proste otázky, na ktoré ani 42 nie je uspokojivá odpoveď.

Bir vezne düşünün. Veznenin önünde de kuyruğa girmiş yazarlar. Sırası gelen yazar vezneye yaklaşsın ve hikayesindeki ana karakterler kadar ana renk dolu paket, ara karakterler ve evrenler kadar da ara renk dolu paketler alsın.

Örneğin vezneci Patrick Rothfuss'a çok nadir uğradığı için kızsın ama Patrick Rothfuss da 800 sayfalık kitaplar yazabilmek için kucağı boya paketleriyle dolu olarak çıksın. Ya da Brandon Sanderson, bir müdavim, veznecinin en sevdiği müşteri. Hem sık uğrasın, hem de renkli renkli boya paketlerinden alsın.

Sonra da bembeyaz (çünkü hiçbirşeyin yaratıcılıklarını etkilemelerine izin verilmemeli) ve büyük salondaki bembeyaz odalardan birine girsinler. Özenle boya paketlerini açsınlar ve yeni kitapları için bu boyalarla bembeyaz duvarları süslesinler. Kitap bittiği zaman da ortaya ana ve ara renklerden oluşan enfes bir çalışma çıksın.

Şimdi de Douglas Adams bu sıraya girsin. Köşedeki pub'da içtiği 5 bira yetmezmiş gibi bir tanesini de yolluk olarak yanına almış olsun. Henüz ne yazacağından emin değil ama bira bardağının masada bıraktığı yuvarlak izden aklına evrenli mevrenli, gezegenli mezegenli bir hikaye gelsin. Veznede sıra gelince ne kadar renk istediği sorsun vezneci. Douglas da farketmez sen ver birşeyler desin. Vezneci şaşırsın. Resme başladıktan sonra tekrar gelip yeni renkler isteyenler olur ama başından hangi renkleri istediğini bilmeyen birine rastlamamış olsun. Yine de vezneci bunu da bir tecrübe sayıp aklına gelen renklerden birkaçını paketlere doldurup Douglas Adams'a versin ve arkasını dönüp izlerken beklesin.

Douglas Adams boya paketlerini bembeyaz odalardan birine götürürken birini yere düşürsün. Onu almak isterken bir diğeri elinden kaysın. Hepsini topladığı zaman da giderken pantalonu düşmeye başlasın. Kapının kolunu dirseğiyle açmaya çalışsın ama boya paketlerini düşürmekten korktuğu için çenesiyle açsın. Odaya girsin. Bomboş bir duvar, elinde boya paketleri, fikir yok. Bütün boya paketlerini odanın ortasına getirsin. Cebinden minik bir megatronik ekoüstü düşeyaltı süpersonik bir bombapatlar çıkarsın. Bu bombapatları odanın ortasına dizdiği boyaların tam üstüne koysun ve semisonik casusizler saatinin antenini yukarı kaldırarak saatini ayarlasın.

Tabi normal bir yazar böyle bir riske girmez, girse de odanın bir köşesinde sırtı dönük şekilde saatin sıfıra gelmesini izler. Fakat Douglas Adams öyle bir yazar değil ve kafası da pek güzel. Semisonik casusizleri 4, 3, 2, 1 diye geriye sayar ve bombapatlar boya paketlerini tek tek infilak ettirirken Douglas Adams sırıtır bir şekilde yüzü boyalara dönük beklesin. Bu patlamadan saçları, gözlüğü ve hatta dişleri bile boya olsun. Duvarları söylemeye bile gerek yok. Ana ve ara renkler, hiçbir düzen olmadan duvara yapışsın. Gördüğünden memnun olan ve bombapatları boya paketlerinin üstüne yerleştirip semisonik casusizlerdeki saatin sıfıra gelmesini beklemekten başka hiçbir iş yapmayan Douglas Adams da, gördüğünden memnun bir şekilde Evrenin Sonundaki Restoran adını verdiği odadan çıksın.

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این جلد رو خیلی بیشتر دوست داشتم . طنزش خیلی جذاب بود .
به نظرم‌ این مجموعه رو بعد از یک بار خوندن باید دوباره از اول خوند .
و هر بار چیز جدیدی کشف کرد.
اگه دنبال یه کتاب فقط سرگرم کننده هستید و وقت فکر کردن بهش رو‌ندارین قطعا این کتاب مناسب شما نیست .
مفاهیم عمیق با جملات ساده ، تمسخر هر چی که در این دنیا هست و نیست !
مطالبی که با اینکه لبخند به لبتون میاره اما به تفکر وادارتون می کنه .
شاید دنیا و کل هستی بازی یا توهمی بیش نیاشن.
در بخشی از کتاب می خونیم :

رستوران آخر جهان از خارق‌العاده‌ترین چیزهاییه که در طول تاریخِ کسب وکار رستوران‌داری اختراع شده. این رستوران بر خرابه‌های یه سیاره ساخته شده... ساخته خواهد شد... یا نه، در حال ساخته شدنه و تا حالا حتماً ساخته شده خواهد...

بزرگ‌ترین مشکلی که آدم در سفر در زمان بهش برخورد می‌کنه این نیست که آدم اشتباهی مادر یا پدرِ خودش می‌شه؛ این‌که آدم مادر یا پدر خودش بشه مشکلی نیست که به خانواده‌ی اهل مدارا و سازمان یافته نتونه حلش کنه. تغییر مسیر تاریخ با دخالت در گذشته هم در مسافرت زمانی مشکل مهمی نیست. مسیر تاریخ عوض نمی‌شه چون همه‌چی مثل یه پازل به هم ربط داره و همه‌چی با همه‌چی مناسبه. همه‌ی تغییرات مهم تاریخی پیش از اون چیزهایی رخ داده‌اند که قرار بوده تغییرشون بِدن، و آخرسر دوباره همه‌چی خود به خود درست می‌شه.

ترجمه: خوب
امتیازم: ۴/۴

پ.ن: صوتی جلد اول و دوم رو می تونید گوش کنید.
که کیفیت خوبی هم دارن

”Hi guys! You must be so amazingly glad to see me you can’t even find words to tell me what a cool frood I am!”

”I’m Zaphod Beebelbrox, my father was Zaphod Beebelbrox II, my grandfather Zaphod Beebelbrox III…”
“What?”
“There was an accident with a contraceptive and a time machine. Now concentrate!”

”The first ten million years were the worst,” said Marvin, “and the second ten million years, they were the worst, too. The third ten million I didn’t enjoy at all. After that I went into a bit of a decline.”

The profound nonsense of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy continues in The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Zaphod, the froodiest dude ever goes through his Dark Night of the Soul in the Total Perspective Vortex, and emerges to take the gang millions of years through time to lunch at Milliways, the fabulous restaurant at the end of the Universe. We meet legendary rock star Hotblack Desiato, who crashes rocket ships into suns as part of his show, and is dead for the year (for tax purposes), and visit with the hippie who rules the universe and his cat. After that, things just get odd.

Book two just keeps this goofy skit rolling, with more of the same absurdist humor as the original. It’s almost as good, though Adams repeated himself a bit too much, and the second half trailed off a bit. But it reads fast enough that these quibbles don’t really matter. If you loved Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, you’re going to enjoy this, so just get on with it, and prepare yourself for Life, The Universe, and Everything!

I somehow liked this book better than the first - it was funnier and had a more arced plotline.

I'm absolutely astounded at how quotable this book is. It's no wonder Douglas Adams suffered from writers block because just about every line in the entire book (and previous book, and probably subsequent books), is perfectly crafted to bring about a chuckle.

In this second book of the trilogy of five (which is now 6 I'm told), our crew of Beeblebrox, Arthur, Trillian, Ford Prefect, and of course the loveable Melvin the depressed robot, has to find the man behind the power, the ruler of the entire universe.

Of course, it's peppered with more great aliens and planets and if you thought the Vogons were great (or terrible, depending how you look at it), well, let's just say the committee meetings don't end there.

Doug Adams was absolutely brilliant and I thought this was even more quotable than the last. And I love quotes. The actual plot was a little less so, and it's definitely a middle novel with that ending.

If this beginning doesn't sell you, however, I definitely won't:

"The story so far:

In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move."

4 out of 5 Stars (highly recommended)

"It must be nice," mused Ford Prefect thoughtfully, "to know what you're for. I don't have the slightest idea what I'm for. Most sentient beings don't. But you," he continued, turning to Arthur and Trillian. "You know. Part of finding the answer to the Ultimate Question. I'm sure that's comforting at times. "

"You mean the 42 business?" asked Arthur.

"What?" asked Zaphod's left head incredulously, while his right head rolled its eyes. "You mean you fell for that?!"

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The second installment of The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide is equally dry humored and irreverent as the first.

If you like the humor found in Shaun of the Dead and Napoleon Dynamite, these books are for you.

"His first theory was that if human beings didn’t keep exercising their lips, their mouths probably shriveled up.
After a few months of observation he had come up with a second theory, which was this--If human beings don’t keep exercising their lips, their brains start working.”

"'Trouble with a long journey like this,’ continued the Captain, ‘is that you end up just talking to yourself a lot, which gets terribly boring because half the time you know what you’re going to say next.‘"

I'd rate this book a PG for some adult humor.