The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Four Parts by Douglas Adams- Thoughts and Ramblings

7.  The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Four Parts- Douglas Adams

Perhaps it was a lucky chance that my second-hand bookseller (Marry Me!) did not have the five part omnibus. 'So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish' ends, not perhaps at perfection, but in a good place. A place where I am happy to leave the characters. Douglas Adams was not happy with Mostly Harmless and what precursory reading tells me, neither will I. And let us face it, Eoin Colfer, even with my immense liking for the first Artemis book, I would rather re-read the series a third time than read someone else's interpretation of it.

Which also brings up the point that books read as a teenager almost never have a properly lasting effect on flighty heads. I am glad I made the effort to rediscover 'Hitchhiker's'. I appreciate it far more than I did then and the humour resonates much better. Perhaps a re-read six years down the line might give another entirely different perspective.