nicanical
Earth is destroyed, thrusting lone human survivor Arthur Dent into a universe of adventure. A quest around an "Ultimate Question" is an underlying plot thread, otherwise the story is just a series of absurd events.
The story is fun, not really funny though ... except for Zaphod's sarcasm towards Arthur. The humor might appeal more to fans of Monty Python-style absurdist (or surreal) comedy.
The writing is simple and pleasant to read. Characters are memorable, situations are colorful. I also like that the chapters are kept short. Douglas Adams uses too many distracting dialogue tags though, but he tones this down in subsequent books in the series.
Earth is destroyed, thrusting lone human survivor Arthur Dent into a universe of adventure. A quest around an "Ultimate Question" is an underlying plot thread, otherwise the story is just a series of absurd events.
The story is fun, not really funny though ... except for Zaphod's sarcasm towards Arthur. The humor might appeal more to fans of Monty Python-style absurdist (or surreal) comedy.
The writing is simple and pleasant to read. Characters are memorable, situations are colorful. I also like that the chapters are kept short. Douglas Adams uses too many distracting dialogue tags though, but he tones this down in subsequent books in the series.