Comments on: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams

By: J.T. Oldfield

J.T. Oldfield — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:01:36 +0000

mwahahaha…I have a gadget, that I climb up on my roof with during storms, attracting lightning and…

No. I don’t have anything really. For the most part it just makes sense in my mind. Sometimes there are ones on the list that don’t make a lot of sense to anyone BUT me, but I think it’d take too much time to explain it all. When, however, I am stuck, I go to Amazon, type in the book, and see what people who have bought that book have bought. Which can, you know, be hit or miss.

But basically I’ll think about different aspects of the book (theme, topic, writing style, etc) and try to think about what books they remind me of.

Like I said, sometimes they only make sense in my own mind. For example, you’ll see the the Thorn Birds and the Time Traveler’s Wife on each other’s lists. I put it on there because they both involve a young red-headed girl falling in love with an adult (and sort of vice versa) and that love carrying her through the rest of her life. Obviously the plots are totally different, but they have that in common.

The list for this post mainly consists of humorous or absurdist books, a couple about the author, and (don’t shoot me die-hard sci-fi fans) a really good book set in outer space. Oh, and time travel.

Some day when I’m really bored I will write a whole post about this.

By: Jenners

Jenners — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:38:19 +0000

I keep meaning to ask you: Do you come up with those “If you like this book, you might like…” lists yourself? Do you have some kind of nifty gadget you use? How do you do that stuff at the end of your blog? It is really wonderful and I’m just curious.

By: Angelica Hart and Zi

Angelica Hart and Zi — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:02:33 +0000

I read the series years ago, and laughed til I choked. So, when the movie came out, I rushed to see it and was totally disappointed. Hmmm, could the distance of years from my first reading until now have changed my laughter meter? Or did the movie screen steal the intent of the prose. Can’t figure that out.

By: J. Kaye

J. Kaye — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:57:08 +0000

Billy, my oldest, is a fan of Douglas Adams. I never could get into his writing.

By: Bella

Bella — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:40:57 +0000

Gosh this series is so fabulous! Thanks for the memories I have to re-read this.

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:32:44 +0000

The verb-tense mangling at the Restaurant at the End of the Universe is probably the finest running grammar joke of all time.

By: Sandra Leigh

Sandra Leigh — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 04:01:28 +0000

Don’t you just love Douglas Adams? Reading his books is like taking my brain out, giving it a good scrub, shaking it dry, and dropping it back into place. I feel as if I’ve got neural pathways I never noticed before. I wish he were still with us, churning out more of his astonishing, mind-altering prose.

By: rhapsodyinbooks

rhapsodyinbooks — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:35:05 +0000

Once again, thanks for the memories! What fun it was to read this series!

By: SuziQoregon

SuziQoregon — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:27:00 +0000

Somehow I missed this series until recently. I’ve listened to the first 2 on audio and have just loved them. The Hubster read the first 4 when he was younger, but didn’t realize that there are now five books in the trilogy.

When we were on vacation we listened to The Hitchhiker’s Guide and to The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. It was the second time through for both of us, but what a fun book to listen to together on a road trip!!