And Another Thing...
Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Part Six of Three
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Simon Jones
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Eoin Colfer
About this listen
An Englishman's continuing search through space and time for a decent cup of tea . . . Arthur Dent's accidental association with that wholly remarkable book The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has not been entirely without incident. Arthur has travelled the length, breadth and depth of known, and unknown, space. He has stumbled forwards and backwards through time. He has been blown up, reassembled, cruelly imprisoned, horribly released and colourfully insulted more than is strictly necessary. And, of course, he has comprehensively failed to grasp the meaning of life, the universe and everything.
Arthur has, though, finally made it home to Earth. But that does not mean he has escaped his fate. For Arthur's chances of getting his hands on a decent cuppa are evaporating along with the world's oceans. Because no sooner has he arrived than he finds out that Earth is about to be blown up...again.
And Another Thing...by Eoin Colfer is the rather unexpected, but very welcome, sixth instalment of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy. It features a pantheon of unemployed gods, everyone's favourite renegade Galactic President, a lovestruck green alien, an irritating computer and at least one very large slab of cheese.
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And Another Thing: Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is written by Eoin Colfer and is Part Six of this best-selling sci-fi fantasy audiobook series narrated by captivating English actor Simon Jones. The woes of Arthur Dent continue as he endures his impossible search for a cup of tea. He’s tossed back and forth through space with only a terribly depressed alien for company. Dent’s wild adventures are coupled with an unending search for the meaning of life off Earth as the planet he longs for is destroyed, then replaced, then destroyed again. Available now from Audible.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-04-11
You need to be a fan already
Eoin Colfer has captured the feel of the original hitchhiker books perfectly. It was great to hear it narrated by Peter Jones, really took me back. Douglas Adams fans should love it but I suspect if would be fairly meaningless for anyone coming to hitchhiker for the first time.
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-06-15
Amazing!
I truly am a die hard Douglas fan and although this book was technically written be Eoin Colfer you can rarely tell the difference. The off beat humour and eccentric characters are the same as ever and actually made me laugh out loud often such as I have come to expect from this series, it really is a fantastic addition to the trilogy.
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- DangerPaws
- 07-06-19
Hmmm...
Not quite as good as the others, still enjoed it but on occasions my brain kept wondering off in slight boredom, so had to keep rewinding.
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- kirsten brown
- 02-12-20
Amazing story
So good. Best book ever. Loved it. LOLLIPOP. Amazing. Handier rkdhdjsndud djdidhapsbfuf sldidbdbfjdks dhdidkahdjdidd djdksjd fjsks
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- Maria
- 03-12-13
As close as you can come ....
Where does And Another Thing... rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Among the top ones
What other book might you compare And Another Thing... to, and why?
The original Adams series
What does Simon Jones bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
He takes You straight back to the end of book 5
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
The way the book starts and explain why our friends are dead and then keeps the story going as you imagine Adams would have is brilliant
Any additional comments?
As a true hitchhiker I love this and cant wait to continue the adventure
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- Christopher
- 14-08-22
Quite hard work
A decent attempt to recreate Douglas Adams’ style but the author seems to be trying too hard to be like him and doesn’t quite hit the mark. I found it tedious at times and broke off to listen to other books. No-one can write like Adams.
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- sarah
- 21-10-15
Cleverer and better than we deserved it to be
Where does And Another Thing... rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Top quartile
If you’ve listened to books by Eoin Colfer before, how does this one compare?
First book I have listened
What about Simon Jones’s performance did you like?
Yes, he got the magic out
If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
It's complicated, but still don't panic.
Any additional comments?
I don't think anyone was asking for more Arthur Dent after Douglas Adams died. It could easily have been bad and embarassing. This book is good an uplifting. The jokes aren't quite so good and the story makes slightly less sense than in the Douglas Adams series. But that's hardly a criticism.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 24-10-09
Froody
I have just finished this absolute gem of a story. I approached this book with a certain amount of trepidation ? how could someone match Douglas Adams unique style and sense of humour. Within minutes all of those worries had evaporated and I was totally captivated. It just kept getting better and better!
Eoin Colfer has done a wonderful job of writing a new story set in Douglas?s original universe ? he populates it with all of the original characters. The main characters (Arthur, Ford, Zaphod and Trillian) make a return, but also many of the ancillary creatures and items get a mention. Pan-Galactic Gargle Blasters, the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal and the Triple-Breasted Whore of Eroticon Six, all get a mention - Hitchhiker fans will feel right at home. The guide entries ? which for me, was one of the best parts of the original books, are back; funny, clever and as pun laden as ever. These little guide gems are liberally pepper throughout the book and seem to appear every couple of minutes.
The pace of the narrative is impressive and never seems to drag. The return of one of my favourite characters from the original books (Wowbagger, the grumpy immortal alien whose mission is to insult everyone in the universe) is a real treat and Eoin takes Adams minor character and fleshes him out into a very interesting and comical character as well as being a love interest for one of the original characters. There is also a very interesting weaving of some of the characters from Adams Dirk Gently books into the story, which worked flawlessly and just added to my admiration for Colfers literary skill.
Colfer also introduces his own new character, the wonderfully named Hillman Hunter - a great character in his own right but also as the perfect foil for Zaphod.
In brief a good plot and a great read with many laugh out loud moments! Hitchhiker fans will not be disappointed.
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- Sini
- 19-02-15
Almost but not quite entirely unlike Douglas Adams
What made the experience of listening to And Another Thing... the most enjoyable?
Some parts of if was like listening to what Douglas Adams wrote.
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There were in general too many references to caracters from the other books, like someone trying a bit to hard to live up to the expectations.
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- P.J.E.
- 26-06-17
nice to revisit the series, but doesn't quite fit
I was led to believe that this followed on like Douglas Adams was still with us, but having just completed the audiobooks all in one ahead of this, and having previously read those and heard the radio shows and watched the TV show, this just felt a little out of place.
I can't claim to know everything about the series, it's been in my life prefer although I am a passive fan not an avid one. the story just didn't quite work for me, and felt like fan fiction not official part of the series.
I loved hearing the original Dent, Arthur Dent reading the book, although it was jarring to go from Martin Freeman in the last few, after the change from Stephen fry in book one.
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