Re: The long awaited sequel to A Hitchhiker's Guide is being released.
I'm sure that if this book makes enough money...
The long awaited sequel to A Hitchhiker's Guide is being released...
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Re: The long awaited sequel to A Hitchhiker's Guide is being released.
The version I got was from an interview with the man himself in SFX.
The version I got was from an interview with the man himself in SFX.
Re: The long awaited sequel to A Hitchhiker's Guide is being released.
I'm about 70 pages from the end and so far my two biggest complaints are (as others have mentioned) the sidelining of Arthur and intrusive Guide notes. I always looked forward to the Guide entries while reading Adams' books. These Guide notes just don't seem to add much in the way of humor or story. I'll probably finish it up tomorrow, so I'll have a more complete opinion then.
I also just finished listening to the Hitchhiker's Guide Quintessential Phase. So far, I like the few extra minutes it spent continuing on from the end of Mostly Harmless more than I'm enjoying this entire book.
I'm about 70 pages from the end and so far my two biggest complaints are (as others have mentioned) the sidelining of Arthur and intrusive Guide notes. I always looked forward to the Guide entries while reading Adams' books. These Guide notes just don't seem to add much in the way of humor or story. I'll probably finish it up tomorrow, so I'll have a more complete opinion then.
I also just finished listening to the Hitchhiker's Guide Quintessential Phase. So far, I like the few extra minutes it spent continuing on from the end of Mostly Harmless more than I'm enjoying this entire book.
Re: The long awaited sequel to A Hitchhiker's Guide is being released.
So far I'm finding it OK, but nothing great.
The author seems to be paying lipservice to the established continuity a little too hard. It's like he has written up a big long checklist of things he must mention and although some of it's fine, other bits seem a little forced. There's a joke about this and a joke about that and not all of it seems necessary. A 42 gag, a mostly harmless gag, a digital watch gag, a rain-god gag etc etc.
The best bits, imo, are the wholey or partially original bits that Colfer has done himself - not the mostly unoriginal lipservice paid to Adams' jokes (some of which are unecessary).
So far I'm finding it OK, but nothing great.
The author seems to be paying lipservice to the established continuity a little too hard. It's like he has written up a big long checklist of things he must mention and although some of it's fine, other bits seem a little forced. There's a joke about this and a joke about that and not all of it seems necessary. A 42 gag, a mostly harmless gag, a digital watch gag, a rain-god gag etc etc.
The best bits, imo, are the wholey or partially original bits that Colfer has done himself - not the mostly unoriginal lipservice paid to Adams' jokes (some of which are unecessary).
Re: The long awaited sequel to A Hitchhiker's Guide is being released.
Remember what George Harrison send about a possible Beatles reunion?
"There won't be one as long as John is dead".
Same principle applies here.
Remember what George Harrison send about a possible Beatles reunion?
"There won't be one as long as John is dead".
Same principle applies here.
Re: The long awaited sequel to A Hitchhiker's Guide is being released.
I agree with this. I felt all the way through that there were far too many references to things from previous books. Some felt forced and some felt fine - 42 and mostly harmless are perfectly acceptable to me, for instance (especially as the 42 one was part of a dream-like suspended animation alt-reality state). I missed the rain god reference though where was that made?
I agree with this. I felt all the way through that there were far too many references to things from previous books. Some felt forced and some felt fine - 42 and mostly harmless are perfectly acceptable to me, for instance (especially as the 42 one was part of a dream-like suspended animation alt-reality state). I missed the rain god reference though where was that made?
Re: The long awaited sequel to A Hitchhiker's Guide is being released.
I'm not following.
I'm not following.
Re: The long awaited sequel to A Hitchhiker's Guide is being released.
^ I think he's saying that just as there can't be a Beatles reunion without John, because Douglas Adams is dead, there can't be another Hitchhiker book. Not a real one, anyway.
And I rather agree. That was what I thought when I first heard about this project, but then I went ahead and bought the book anyway, and while I'm not exactly sorry I bought and read it, I am not thrilled either. Or even pleased. It's not much worse than Mostly Harmless, but that's not saying very much.
^ I think he's saying that just as there can't be a Beatles reunion without John, because Douglas Adams is dead, there can't be another Hitchhiker book. Not a real one, anyway.
And I rather agree. That was what I thought when I first heard about this project, but then I went ahead and bought the book anyway, and while I'm not exactly sorry I bought and read it, I am not thrilled either. Or even pleased. It's not much worse than Mostly Harmless, but that's not saying very much.
Re: The long awaited sequel to A Hitchhiker's Guide is being released.
This was always going to dissapoint. You simply can't replace a genius like Adams.
I think I like it more than the HitchHikers movie though. Then again, I think I like undergoing major surgery more than the HitchHiker movie..
This was always going to dissapoint. You simply can't replace a genius like Adams.
I think I like it more than the HitchHikers movie though. Then again, I think I like undergoing major surgery more than the HitchHiker movie..
Re: The long awaited sequel to A Hitchhiker's Guide is being released.
I'm 2/3 of the way through and it's just awful really. It's becoming a real chore to read. It's like trudging through mud with snowshoes on trying to drag a house.
Hitchhiker novels were never like this. Even Mostly Harmless is better than this (at least it had that wonderful bit with the old hag and the xerox machine as well as a few other decent quotable bits).
I hope Eoin Colfer doesn't write another one. The shoes he is trying to fill are waay too big for him (to be fair, they are too big for most writers).
I'm 2/3 of the way through and it's just awful really. It's becoming a real chore to read. It's like trudging through mud with snowshoes on trying to drag a house.
Hitchhiker novels were never like this. Even Mostly Harmless is better than this (at least it had that wonderful bit with the old hag and the xerox machine as well as a few other decent quotable bits).
I hope Eoin Colfer doesn't write another one. The shoes he is trying to fill are waay too big for him (to be fair, they are too big for most writers).
Re: The long awaited sequel to A Hitchhiker's Guide is being released.
Finally finished it last week, and well, it was just awful. It's like Zaphod goes to Discworld or something - except this ain't anywhere near as entertaining as Pratchet.
I felt the way the characters were rendered was just plain wrong. Zaphod and the Vogons seemed more like their counterparts from the horrible hollywood movie. Trillian falling in love with Wowbagger? Arthur only phoning in an appearance, sans wit and charm?
A colony of humans I couldn't care less about.. Future slang terms (which the author thinks are suitably witty and Adamsian) that grate and are just unfunny, like "Buffa-biscuit" or "Lame-O-Pathetic" etc
And, as others have observed, the bloody guide notes (the bloody unfunny guide notes) interrupting to such an extent that any semblence of moving along withe the story is effectively neutered.
The only thing I found remotely interesting or amusing was the job interview with Cthulhu. What was that, 2 or 3 pages maybe?
Finally finished it last week, and well, it was just awful. It's like Zaphod goes to Discworld or something - except this ain't anywhere near as entertaining as Pratchet.
I felt the way the characters were rendered was just plain wrong. Zaphod and the Vogons seemed more like their counterparts from the horrible hollywood movie. Trillian falling in love with Wowbagger? Arthur only phoning in an appearance, sans wit and charm?
A colony of humans I couldn't care less about.. Future slang terms (which the author thinks are suitably witty and Adamsian) that grate and are just unfunny, like "Buffa-biscuit" or "Lame-O-Pathetic" etc
And, as others have observed, the bloody guide notes (the bloody unfunny guide notes) interrupting to such an extent that any semblence of moving along withe the story is effectively neutered.
The only thing I found remotely interesting or amusing was the job interview with Cthulhu. What was that, 2 or 3 pages maybe?
