Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy(trilogy)

ArcAngelX · 10-02-2005, 08:57 PM

Ok, I've started reading the "trilogy" which I found out there was four books, from 2 friends, then found out there was a fifth, which made me chuckle silently, but I've been haulted so far on reading, because it seems someone decided to steal the freakin' 2nd book of the series out of my school library x.X so that sucks, but it's funny none the less!

Deathosaurus Wrecks · 10-02-2005, 11:12 PM

watcha gotta do is get the delux leatherbound collection of the series. all five books in one glorious tome. but yeah, the "trilogy" is five books long, making it quite possibly the largest trilogy known to man. they also released a book recently called The Salmon of Doubt (Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy one last time). its esseinaly the unreleased works of Douglas Adams, but i'm not sure what/how much relation it has to the HHGG series.

phil_ · 10-03-2005, 11:41 PM

There's a fifth?! I wish to know the title of this book of mystery, so that I might find it, and learn from it.

Just in case I skipped one, I'll list the ones I have read.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Life, the Universe, and Everything
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

Tell me what I need to make my life complete.

ElfLad · 10-03-2005, 11:44 PM

Mostly Harmless. It's the fifth book.

RoosterChicken · 10-04-2005, 06:48 PM

i thought everyone knew about the 5th book!
c'mon guys. =P

Elmer J. · 10-04-2005, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Deathosaurus Wrecks

watcha gotta do is get the delux leatherbound collection of the series. all five books in one glorious tome. but yeah, the "trilogy" is five books long, making it quite possibly the largest trilogy known to man. they also released a book recently called The Salmon of Doubt (Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy one last time). its esseinaly the unreleased works of Douglas Adams, but i'm not sure what/how much relation it has to the HHGG series.

It has a short story involving Zaphod, a few rough chapters of a Dirk Gently novel, bits of his auto biography, and bits of some of his essays.

Skyshot · 10-06-2005, 03:26 PM

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There's a fifth?! I wish to know the title of this book of mystery, so that I might find it, and learn from it.

Yeah, it's Mostly Harmless like Elflad said. Also, from the back of my copy:

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Just when Arthur Dent makes the terrible mistake of starting to enjoy life, all hell breaks loose. Can he save the Earth from total obliteration? Can he save the Guide from a hostile alien takeover? Can he save his daughter from himself?

Yes, daughter. It'll make sense when you read the book.

Fifthfiend · 10-06-2005, 03:45 PM

Incidentally Arc, and without getting into spoilers - if you're happy where things are at where book four ends, just stop reading.

I swear, Mostly Harmless is one of those books I wish I could just un-read.

ZERO. · 10-06-2005, 06:19 PM

I got that package where all the books are in one big book, and I have to say that's is a big-ass book.

RickZarber · 10-06-2005, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by fifthfiend

Incidentally Arc, and without getting into spoilers - if you're happy where things are at where book four ends, just stop reading.

I swear, Mostly Harmless is one of those books I wish I could just un-read.

You should check out the new BBC radio series (I think there's going to be a "complete" CD set coming along this winter which collects all the old and new episodes.) Apparently they end the series on a much less depressing note, while still staying true to Adams' story.

10-02-2005, 08:57 PM	#1
ArcAngelX Insomniactic paranoid Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: some place in florida.... Posts: 65	Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy(trilogy) Ok, I've started reading the "trilogy" which I found out there was four books, from 2 friends, then found out there was a fifth, which made me chuckle silently, but I've been haulted so far on reading, because it seems someone decided to steal the freakin' 2nd book of the series out of my school library x.X so that sucks, but it's funny none the less! __________________ You can slit my throat, and with my last dying breath, I'll apologize for bleeding on your shirt~Arc but somehow transformed himself willingly into a Heartless and Nobody, the latter of which is named Mansex or some such.~beowulf007

10-02-2005, 11:12 PM	#2
Deathosaurus Wrecks Underachiever Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,996	watcha gotta do is get the delux leatherbound collection of the series. all five books in one glorious tome. but yeah, the "trilogy" is five books long, making it quite possibly the largest trilogy known to man. they also released a book recently called The Salmon of Doubt (Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy one last time). its esseinaly the unreleased works of Douglas Adams, but i'm not sure what/how much relation it has to the HHGG series. __________________ "There was another, who came before you he was a hero and your brother and my son he fought the darkenss, the darkness won" -The Protomen "Unrest in the House of Light"

10-03-2005, 11:41 PM	#3
phil_ Just sleeping Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: At home, probably in bed. Posts: 6,482	There's a fifth?! I wish to know the title of this book of mystery, so that I might find it, and learn from it. Just in case I skipped one, I'll list the ones I have read. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Restaurant at the End of the Universe Life, the Universe, and Everything So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish Tell me what I need to make my life complete. __________________ Be T-Rexcellent to each other, tako.

10-03-2005, 11:44 PM	#4
ElfLad She's buying the Stairway to Heaven Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 581	Mostly Harmless. It's the fifth book. __________________ Legendary: A webcomic about RPGs.

10-04-2005, 06:48 PM	#5
RoosterChicken a big time clucker. Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: i dunno Posts: 12	i thought everyone knew about the 5th book! c'mon guys. =P __________________ signatures are retarded. officially.

10-06-2005, 03:45 PM	#8
Fifthfiend for all seasons Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 19,409	Incidentally Arc, and without getting into spoilers - if you're happy where things are at where book four ends, just stop reading. I swear, Mostly Harmless is one of those books I wish I could just un-read. __________________ check out my buttspresso

10-06-2005, 06:19 PM	#9
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