Just admit you think it's funny.

But I don't

It is funny. It's just sad that it became reddit.

The idea that cricket is the most dangerous game in the universe but got seeded onto earth as a boring ball game is hilarious.

Hahaha 42 is the answer to everything hahaha

Take my upvote you son of a bitch!
You win the internet for today!
Sportsball!!!!!!

It's funny in the same way that chuds aren't

>>24578499 (OP)
“Admit”?
>>24578512
6x7=42 was the final boss of my 9x9 times tables
I thought it was funny
>>24578505
I liked it before Reddit existed

>>24578499 (OP)
I always though it was funny, but like *intense nose exhale with a smirk* funny, not *audible laughter* funny.

>>24578499 (OP)
I like it.
I don’t care that r*dditors like it too.

I was surprised to find the movie ended half way through the book and i dont remember anything about the secind half

>>24578499 (OP)
Currently re-reading the collected volume rn as a nostalgic light read alongside my main book(s).
A lot of it holds up, Adams really knew how to fit jokes into a sci-fi plot in a way that doesn't detract from either.

Agrajag is a bitch nigga and deserved to get turned into a bowl of petunias

I enjoyed it as a kid, but thought it fell off near the end of the series. I literally couldn't finish it as an adult attempting a reread last year.

>>24578591
I remember thinking it wasn't that bad but it was a huge flop. I've never met anyone who's watched that movie.

>>24578499 (OP)
It’s silly and fun. A good book for young people, maybe teenage readers or young adults. It’s not particularly profound, but it’s not bad either. It’s dry and British and quaint while being massive and far-reaching in scope, which is a fun dichotomy at play.
Idk it’s not bad at all, but its cultural impact was sadly a net-negative because it struck too deep a chord in the midwit mind. I think, though, for every Reddit asshole spawned by this book, there are probably multiple readers who were influenced in positive ways to read more or study more about the universe and not be a complete pseud about it. Maybe that’s just optimistic though.
Personally I read it at like 27 (last year) and it had 0 impact on me

>>24578499 (OP)
Is his other book good? the one about a detective agency or whatever?

>>24578499 (OP)
Seemed gay.

>>24578520
>6x7=42 was the final boss of my 9x9 times tables
I could never memorize which of 6x9 and 7x8 are 54 or 56. Aced my country's equivalent of math SAT (100%), 10 years later still can't multiply 7 by 8. Why is brain like that?

>>24578666
I watched the movie but the only thing I remember is watching the movie, not a single detail stuck with me.

>>24578747
The first one (Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency) is not that good. The second one (Long Dark Tea-Time Of The Soul) is better but still not great.

His best work in my opinion is ‘Last Chance To See’, which is a non-fiction book about a trip round the world looking for some of the most endangered species of animals. (Several have since gone extinct.)

>>24578499 (OP)
>sorting my bookshelf alphabetically
>have to put Douglas Adams right at the ticking start
>if anyone looks at my book shelf the first thing they’ll see is this reddit book
Should I just toss it?

>>24578499 (OP)
It's all right.

Hating it is taking it too seriously. But elevating it to a minor religion is going much too far the other way.

It's one of those books that is probably worth reading once (in your teens) but doesn't really demand to be looked at again.

It was kind of corny but funny sometimes

>>24579010
being worried about things like that is more reddit than anything Douglas Adams ever wrote

>>24579010
I don’t look at my bookshelves at the top left corner

>>24578499 (OP)
It's good, but the original radio series is better.

>>24578666
I have it on DVD. I've only met two other people who've watched the movie - my brother and our friend.

>>24578499 (OP)
I loved it when I first read the series. It was one of my favorites for a while. I liked it a little less with each read through, though

>>24579038
Midwit take, here’s what a real genius thinks of it
https://youtu.be/l9z6gMg1z7M?si=Xfuvd7rGoD6ygp2z

>>24578499 (OP)
Why does that hand look like a butt? Mine doesn't look like that (and yes, I'm a White Man).

>>24578505
>>24578512
Caring about redditors opinions is reddit

>>24578499 (OP)
It is funny. British humor is fantastic. I love Douglas Adams, I love Terry Pratchett. I will not pretend to dislike something just because people who I do dislike also like it. I am not defined by my tastes in media and I am even less defined by whoever shares the same tastes as me.

>>24578666
I loved the movie. A lot of the best bits came from the book.

>>24578499 (OP)
It's funny and a good light read
>but muh popularity
stfu
you gonna stop eating hamburgers now just because other people like it?
the junkfood metaphor is intentional because that's what this book is IMO, it's still a fun read

>>24578528
Here's a fun way to remember
5,6,7,8
7x8 = 56

>>24578528
>>24581021
Oops, Meant for (you)

The comedy is very dated. It makes you feel bad for Douglas. It could have been far better writtten, too.