![]() ![]() Wait, am I allowed to say “Commonwealth” anymore? Too late. ![]() You know, that bat-and-ball game that nobody outside of the “Commonwealth” understands. The humour, again, feels very “English,” probably more so in this book with all its references to Krikkit or cricket. I recently reviewed The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and wondered if the series “worked” for readers outside of “jolly old England.” I was reassured to discover that it does. ![]() This is how the book begins.ĭouglas Adams‘ third book in the famous “trilogy of five books” is completely bonkers. After attacking the cricket crowd, the robots steal the Ashes and leave. Have I lost you yet? I’m half lost just reading back what I wrote.Īrthur’s delight at being back on present-day Earth is quickly interrupted by the arrival of a spaceship full of deadly robots. Coincidentally, it happens to be exactly two days before the Earth is destroyed by the Vogons, an unforgettable act which opens the first book in the Hitchhiker’s series. ![]() There is another theory which states that this has already happened. This feat involves a sofa that acts as a space-time portal which drops them onto Lord’s Cricket Ground in the middle of an Ashes cricket match between England and Australia. There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. Life, the Universe and Everything opens with Arthur Dent being rescued from pre-historic Earth by his old friend Ford Prefect. ![]()
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