William T. (Klaatu) reviewed on 6/2/2007 + 73 more book reviews

I don't know how Adams manages to embed such laughers in the midst of such prosaic, straightforward prose, but he does and, from the way he weaves it into the story, I think he must have spent a lot of time studying quantum mechanics. He would have to know the subject well in order to deal with it in such a casual manner. Within these pages you will find some of the most convoluted sentence construction you've ever come across, but all of the examples thereof, despite a raised eyebrow and a jaundiced shake of the head, would get by your English comp teacher. The collection contains all five volumes of the trilogy, and a short story. As far as I know, this encompasses the entirety of Adams' Hitchhikers universe.

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