And Another Thing ...

Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. As heard on BBC Radio 4

By: Eoin Colfer

Narrated by: Simon Jones

Discover the sixth book in the ludicrously inaccurately named Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy, as broadcast on BBC Radio 4.

Arthur Dent led a perfectly ordinary, uneventful life until the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy hurled him deep into outer space. Now he's convinced a cruelly indifferent universe is out to get him.

And who can blame him?

His life is about to collide with a pantheon of unemployed gods, a lovestruck green alien, a very irritating computer and at least one very large slab of cheese. If, that is, everyone's favourite renegade Galactic President can get him off planet Earth before it is destroyed . . . again.

'A triumph, fabulous. Colfer has given us a delight' Observer

'I haven't read anything in a long time that made me laugh as much' The Times

'Chock-full of fanciful, inventive one-liners and asides, brimming with a burning sense of the ridiculousness of life' Independent on Sunday

'The best post-mortem impersonation I have ever read' Mark Lawson, Guardian

Slightly sad

Would you try another book from Eoin Colfer and/or Simon Jones?

I love Arthemis Fowl, and I do own all of them, but Eoin Colfer is not Duglas Adems and the story is not as intriguing or as wonderful.

If you’ve listened to books by Eoin Colfer before, how does this one compare?

Not at all. I am sorry to say

Did Simon Jones do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?

Yes he is abel to make a good difference between the characters and it is fun to listen to him.

Was And Another Thing... worth the listening time?

It is worth it if you walk ore do housework, but not if you sit down only to listen to that.

Any additional comments?

It helped to get a closure of the prevues books, but not if you want to have a perfeced book.

As good as Douglas

Very well written and recitated. I like that the book was a bit lomger then most of HGTDG l.

Enjoyable listen, but I fear a thankless task

The use of Simon Jones as the narrator goes some way to making this work and feel like a familiar pair of slippers all be it slippers that were bought by your old maiden aunt in Winnipeg and have been languishing unloved in the bottom of your wardrobe for 17 years. I can't help but believe that Douglas would have felt a little cheated as he clearly wished to lighten the despair that for personal reasons dominated 'Mostly Harmless' and this simply doesn't, early promise seems to falter towards the end of the book and it feels like this became an ever increasing challenge for Eoin as the book progressed. What it does do is leave things open for next book!? Could this become an annual event with a new writer each time, after all Eoin Colfer has already ruled himself out.

Thank you Eoin Colfer

Lovely send-off to the series, you probably made Adam Douglas proud. His legacy in litterature certainly lives on through you.

Great ending of great series

I wish either Martin Freeman or Stephen Fry would do the whole series, but this is still well read!
The story continuous to be funny, sweet and thought-provoking. Confusing end... Wish there were more...