I'm currently behind on reviews, so don't be surprised if the recent reviews are a bit sparse.

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

author:	Douglas Adams (1979)
series:	Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #1
date added:	2015-04-08
date read:	2004-12-01
pages:	216
author:	gender:male, origin:british
genre:	scifi
language:	german
rating:	★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Cover of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

The incomparable, oft-compared, one and only Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. It’s so much of a classic that saying anything about it defeats the point.

Quotes

The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don’t.

Cover of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.

Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency

by Douglas Adams · published 1987 · read 2007-02-01

★★★★☆

Different, but still brilliant Adams.

Cover of The Eyre Affair.

The Eyre Affair

by Jasper Fforde · published 2001 · read 2007-08-01

★★★★★

More brits being absurd. Very different in that it is not space-based, but on the other hand … what's a setting between friends.

Cover of Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch.

Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

by Terry Pratchett · published 1990 · read 2015-04-01

★★★★☆

The dialogue between these two is very similar, even when everything else isn't.

Cover of All the Troubles of the World.

All the Troubles of the World

by Isaac Asimov · published 1958 · read 2018-08-27

★★★★☆

More supercomputers that will answer your questions.

Cover of High Wizardry.

High Wizardry

by Diane Duane · published 1990 · read 2016-05-08

★★★★★

More nearly all-knowing computers.

Cover of The Restaurant at the End of the Universe.

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

by Douglas Adams · published 1980 · read 2003-07-01

★★☆☆☆

The next book in the series.