The Hitchhikers with a Guide to the Galaxy

[Mr. Meepit's Puppet]

Didn't see a Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy club, and I was wondering why. So, yeah.

Guess I'll just post random stuff here for now.
That relates to the books (or radio serial, I guess) of course.

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"But," he said simply, "I thought you were dead!"
"So did I for awhile, then I decided I was a lemon."

"But where-"
"Did I find gin and tonic? I found a lake full of it. Though I might've been hallucinating..."

"You see? They have obsession, we don't-"
"Except for your sudden obsession with whelks..."
"Forget the whelks!"

The art of flying is to throw yourself at the ground and simply miss.

Yes, all those quotes are from Life, The Universe, and Everything, but I just read it, so I hope you forgive me.

[Celestial]

I'm joining!!! ^__^ By the way, who else besides me knew that yesterday was Douglas Adams day?

I've only read up to 'So Long and Thanks for all the Fish' though.

[Spoon]

I want to join too!

Probably just as well that you haven't read the last one - it's a bit more depressing and less entertaining than the others. I had no idea about Douglas Adams day yesterday, but I love HGTTG. Haven't read them for a while, though.

[laurensk90]

Oh wow, I'm joining this one. I only read the first book though. I would love to read the others, but I haven't found any in my local library. Can anyone list all the books in the series?

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"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy says that the best drink in existence is the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster. It says that the effect of a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster is like having your brains smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick."

Edit: Nevermind, found it. I'll post it here anyway. ;D

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Life, the Universe and Everything
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
Mostly Harmless
Young Zaphod Plays it Safe
The Salmon of Doubt
and...
The Original Radio Scripts

Is that correct?

[Spoon]

That seems to be a fairly complete list (although Young Zaphod Plays It Safe is more of a short story, rather than in the actual series, and Salmon of Doubt is incomplete, and, in its published form, more a Dirk Gently story). The radio scripts follow pretty much the same story as the published books, but they're good for a listen, at any rate.

[Rider]

[glow=red,2,300]I've read the whole Hitchhiker's series. I am an Arthur/Fenchurch 'shipper and proud of it. And I am, at some point or another, going to have to get my hands on the "So Long and Thanks for all the Fish" song.

And so, to all you froods who know where your towels are, I salute you! [/glow]

[Celestial]

Rider- So long and thanks for all the fish ^_^ Sorry it can't be downloaded but that is better than nothing right?

The towels own us all. All who oppose them can go read Vogon poetry.

[Dice]

I would like to join! I only read the first three books, though; still, they're AMAZING <3

[Fraze]

I was in an HGTTG guild on Neo way back when (when I had only read the first two books *cough*), so I'm definitely signing up for this one.

Cele--wow! You're one hoopy frood who knows where your song is.

[seiyaryu]

Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy! Man, I remember getting into it 'cause of the movie...the was great, but the books were better.

I think The Restaurant at the End of the Universe is my favorite.

[Spoon]

For me, it's a tie between Restaurant and Life, the Universe and Everything. Them together is a pretty good combination, all told.

Having said that, I do love the first one as well. I've got the audiobook version, narrated by Stephen Fry, which is a brilliant combination - one of my favourite books, narrated by one of my favourite people.

[Celestial]

There is no favourite for me, each one is good in their own way. Though Restaurant does stand out in my mind.

Fraze- Thank you! *slings towel over her shoulder*

[Mr. Meepit's Puppet]

Yeah, Restaurunt is the best one. I heard that the Mighty Towel-Loving Douglas said he didn't want to end the series on such a sad note, and he was thinking of writing another one. That one he talked about was probably Salmon of Doubt.

Also, the best thing in the movie was the song: "So long, and thanks for all the fish"

[Spoon]

Yes, he did say that.

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The fifth one ended differently, though, when they did it. With them all being transported to the Restaurant at the End of the Universe, and Trillian being there, and it all working out fine. Which was a bit of a cop-out, but I can understand them wanting to end it on a higher note.

[Jina]

Ooh, I would like to join this

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Now it is such a bizarrely improbable coincidence that anything so mind-bogglingly useful could have evolved purely by chance that some thinkers have chosen to see it as a final and clinching proof of the non-existence of God. The argument goes something like this:
"I refuse to prove that I exist," says God, "for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing."

"But," says Man, "the Babel fish is a dead giveaway isn't it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves that you exist, and so therefore, by your own arguments, you don't. Q.E.D."

"Oh dear," says God, "I hadn't thought of that," and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic.

"Oh, that was easy," says Man, and for an encore goes on to prove that black is white and gets himself killed on the next zebra crossing.

Most leading theologians claim that this argument isn't worth a pair of fetid dingo's kidneys, but that didn't stop Oolon Colluphid from making a fortune when he used it as the central argument in his book Well That About Wraps It Up For God.