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| The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide: Five Complete Novels and One Story (Deluxe Edition) | 
 enlarge | Author: Douglas Adams
Publisher: Gramercy
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (72 reviews)
Sales Rank: 5455
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Leather Bound
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 832
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.2 x 2.5
ISBN: 0517226952
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9780517226957
ASIN: 0517226952
Publication Date: November 1, 2005
Release Date: November 1, 2005
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Fun April 25, 2008
It was just as fun reading this the second time. It's beeen 20 years since I read it and I'm enjoying again.
Great edition April 20, 2008
The book is really funny. The edition is awesome, taking into account the price paid for the book. Very recommendable.
 Only for the fans April 20, 2008
I love this book, but the first story, _The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy_ is the best. I save the others for the days when I find it extremely difficult to extricate myself from Douglas Adams' universe. Still, once you can adjust to the idea that his universe, like ours, is constantly changing, and evolving, you can accept the stories that follow. Funny, but not as funny as the first book in the series.
 Deluxe? April 13, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this edition of the book because there are just some books you need to have nice copies of. I was disappointed. The covers are spongy, and not tightly wrapped like you would expect from any book with value to it. Not only that, but the paper is not of good quality- mass-market recycled paper at best. These are trivial things, I admit, but when you can get the same book that feels nicer for five dollars, it makes a lot of difference. Also, this is purely a comment on the physical aspect of the deluxe edition of the book- inside is the best comic sci fi you will ever read, bar none.
 Not what I thought it would be March 28, 2008
2 out of 37 found this review helpful
I purchased this complete edition because I simply love it when multiple books are bound in one volume. I also thought that this book would really be my cup of tea since I'm such a fantasy lover and the reviews seemed great. However, I was greatly disappointed. I won't go into details summarizing the book (I only got through 1 and half books) because I find that when I read reviews, I'm looking for more of an opinion than a summary. So if you're looking for a summary stop now....
First of all, I would not really consider this book fantasy. I find that when I read fantasy the author usually creates some sort of concrete world different from our own, with a set of rules, whether the rules be magic, mythical creatures, or alternate universes. This author creates an entire universe, which is fine, but there are no boundaries. Every planet, life form, or device seems completely made up on the spot without any organization. It's as if the author just decided to throw a bunch of letters together to come up with names for things, and then the creations don't really have anything to do with the storyline and you never see them again.
Second, I started reading this book thinking it would be hilarious...disappointed again. It's just blatantly obvious humor, which I don't find funny.
The characters are not that creative, and you don't get a chance to really get to know them. I find that when I really like a book, you seem to invest your emotions in it with the ups and downs of the characters and the anticipation of coming events. Nothing of that in here...
I always seem to want to know how old the reviewer is, so being a female in the mid-twenties who loves fanatasy and YA fantasy, I did not care for this book. It did not compel me to stay up late to find out what happens. Rather I continued reading it because I hate leaving a book unfinished. This is the third book in my life I've left unfinished. But halfway through the second book I found myself craving some real fantasy, so I put the book to rest.
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