The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Book 2

De: Douglas Adams

Narrado por: Martin Freeman

Now celebrating the 42nd anniversary of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, soon to be a Hulu original series!

“Douglas Adams is a terrific satirist.”—The Washington Post Book World

Facing annihilation at the hands of the warlike Vogons? Time for a cup of tea! Join the cosmically displaced Arthur Dent and his uncommon comrades in arms in their desperate search for a place to eat, as they hurtle across space powered by pure improbability.

Among Arthur’s motley shipmates are Ford Prefect, a longtime friend and expert contributor to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; Zaphod Beeblebrox, the three-armed, two-headed ex-president of the galaxy; Tricia McMillan, a fellow Earth refugee who’s gone native (her name is Trillian now); and Marvin, the moody android. Their destination? The ultimate hot spot for an evening of apocalyptic entertainment and fine dining, where the food speaks for itself (literally).

Will they make it? The answer: hard to say. But bear in mind that The Hitchhiker’s Guide deleted the term “Future Perfect” from its pages, since it was discovered not to be!

“What’s such fun is how amusing the galaxy looks through Adams’s sardonically silly eyes.”—Detroit Free Press©1980 Serious Productions, Ltd.; (P)2006 Random House, Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc.

Reseñas de la Crítica

“Douglas Adams is a terrific satirist.”—Washington Post Book World

“What’s such fun is how amusing the galaxy looks through Adams’s sardonically silly eyes.”—Detroit Free Press

The audiobook isn't as bad as everyone says.

Would you consider the audio edition of The Restaurant at the End of the Universe to be better than the print version?

I have to admit that while Martin Freeman's performance in this adaptation of "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe" isn't as great as Stephen Fry's reading of the original "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" it's not bad. As some of you may know Martin Freeman played Arthur Dent in the most recent film adaptation of HHGTG. The biggest problem I hear from the other reviews are about Freeman's portrayal of Zaphod Beeblebrox as having a more East Coast (more appropriately Bostonian) accent, his portrayal of Zaphod Beeblebrox's Great-grandfather as an old reedy, high pitched, southern accent (which actually fits if you listen to the actual narration, which describes the character's accent as being high-pitched and sounding like "nails on a chalkboard" to Zaphod). My only issue so far has been with the portrayal of Mr. Zarneewoop. Freeman does apparently have some trouble maintaining this voice for some reason. The voice overall isn't great. However Martin Freeman is a seasoned actor and for the rest of the cast he's very good.

Honestly I wasn't turned off by this reading like a lot of people have complained about. So, really, you might as well give it a try.

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Restaurant at the End of the Universe?

Ordering a steak at the Restaurant at the End of the Universe.

What does Martin Freeman bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Freeman is a seasoned actor, as mentioned before. While he's not incredibly amazing as a narrator for an audiobook he does add enough inflection to give you a good read.

Most annoying Zaphod characterization in existence

The story is great. Unfortunately Martin Freeman's horrible characterization of Zaphod is so bad it distracts from it. Please have someone else do the narration. barf city.

Enjoyable nonsense

Truly wonderful frivolity. Very creative and thought provoking. The human perspective that exists in the telling is rather egotistical, however due to the lack of true knowledge of universe, this can be forgiven. 😉

underappreciated

just a continuation of the first book with all the wit you can expect. performance by Martin Freeman can quite compare to Stephen Fry but is very good and he does a good job of voicing different actors.

Enjoyed

Good book. Not as good as the first. Gets long and repetitive. Overall a must if you trade the first!