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Book Reviews of The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Author: Douglas Adams
ISBN-13: 9780613336529
ISBN-10: 0613336526
Publication Date: 3/2001
Rating:
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 5 ratings
Publisher: Rebound by Sagebrush
Book Type: School Library Binding
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6 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

reviewed The Restaurant at the End of the Universe on + 4 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
This series is PHENOMENAL! Not for light readers, it's one that pays off in the end. Douglas Adams weaves a story like NONE I've ever read. He can start a thread in a story, and catch it back up to tie it up neatly four books later, and have used every word until that point to help tie it up which creating new threads in those same words that he'll tie up in other books the same neat and mind blowing way.

It's funny, explaining the book is a lot like reading it... nonsense that makes sense.
pibblegrl avatar reviewed The Restaurant at the End of the Universe on + 64 more book reviews
Loved it!
daedelys avatar reviewed The Restaurant at the End of the Universe on + 1218 more book reviews
I thought that this book was better than the first one. I definitely had more chuckles in it. I loved the crazy fun that goes on even though sometimes I feel like there's no real point. An overall good read.
reviewed The Restaurant at the End of the Universe on + 813 more book reviews
I gave this book five stars. Just kidding! Check this out! If you take Spaceballs, Monsters versus Aliens, Player Piano, and Catch 22, throw them into a blender and purée, you might just end up with this book. This wacky look at intergalactic space travel, zany situations, and preposterous characters permeates the ephemeral, volatile fabric of this convoluted, sometimes witty, often disjointed fabrication. Still its mostly harmless. Like the guy who fell asleep in class and was prodded by his neighbor with the answer to the teachers question about transendentalism; who jumped up and yelled 42; youll discover the answer to life, the universe and everything.

The improbability that someone would write this book is two to the power twenty-five thousand to one against and falling.
The improbability that someone would publish it is two to the power fifty thousand to one against and falling.
The improbability that someone would buy it is two to the power seventy-five thousand to one against and falling.
The improbability that someone would actually read it is two to the power one hundred thousand to one against and falling.
The improbability that a reviewer would place it on a must read list is two to the power of infinity minus one to one against and falling.
daedelys avatar reviewed The Restaurant at the End of the Universe on + 1218 more book reviews
I thought that this book was better than the first one. I definitely had more chuckles in it. I loved the crazy fun that goes on even though sometimes I feel like there's no real point. An overall good read.
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This book is a sequel to "The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy."