Wordie: Hooloovoo: Comments

Comment by jennarenn, about 1 year ago

Mon, 14 May 2007 21:31:07 +0000

I'm not comparing the books in terms of sci-fi, but the in terms of feeling of joy I get from being sucked into an amazing plot. HGTG has great lines, but the plot in EG just grabs on like a leech and won't let go until you're done.

Comment by trivet, about 1 year ago

Mon, 14 May 2007 15:09:38 +0000

Listen to the BBC radio series if you have a chance - I prefer it to all other incarnations...

Comment by uselessness, about 1 year ago

Mon, 14 May 2007 13:57:21 +0000

Ender's Game is a really great book. In fact, it's my #1 favorite fiction book. But I don't really know that any comparison is merited between it at HGTG; they're just so different. I just like the unique writing style of Douglas Adams, even if the stories he tells with it are ridiculous and inane.

I mean, who else would come up with similes like "the ships hung in the air in much the same way that bricks don't" or "the machine provided him with a plastic cup filled with a liquid that was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea." I like the little language curveballs like that, they make reading fun again. :-)

Comment by jennarenn, about 1 year ago

Mon, 14 May 2007 12:27:15 +0000

Huh. I read Hitchhiker and half of Restaurant this weekend. It's getting better, but not my favorite series. Maybe having just reread Ender's Game is hurting my opinion.

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Mon, 14 May 2007 08:30:00 +0000

Oh, seanahan, other things in my life qualify far better as blasphemy. ;-) But it *is* odd that I've never gotten into these books--a few friends who know my reading tastes have recommended them as well. Perhaps it's time to give it another try. I like to keep an open mind. :-)

Comment by jennarenn, about 1 year ago

Fri, 11 May 2007 20:08:32 +0000

Ha! I actually own the Hitchhiker omnibus edition. It's on the to-read list for this summer. Maybe I'll bump it up to the front of the queue.

Comment by seanahan, about 1 year ago

Fri, 11 May 2007 19:00:25 +0000

"Never could get through those books, hard as I tried..."

see blasphemy

Comment by uselessness, about 1 year ago

Fri, 11 May 2007 15:39:40 +0000

That's odd, because the first time I read them I couldn't get enough! I don't think I've ever turned pages quite as fast as the ones in this series. Five books, and it was still over too quickly. Different strokes, I guess...

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Fri, 11 May 2007 14:38:53 +0000

Never could get through those books, hard as I tried....

*sigh*

Comment by uselessness, about 1 year ago

Fri, 11 May 2007 09:09:06 +0000

Ah Jenn, clearly you need to spend more time reading Douglas Adams. Once you've made it through the first book you'll have given up on logical explanations. ;-)

Comment by jennarenn, about 1 year ago

Fri, 11 May 2007 08:03:47 +0000

Yes, but that makes no sense. How can a color be intelligent?

Comment by redmeg8, about 1 year ago

Thu, 28 Dec 2006 14:17:23 +0000

A Hooloovoo is a superintelligent shade of the colour blue in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.