I feel that this series gets better up until the fifth book, at which point it takes a sharp nosedive, which we'll get back to then. Some of my favorite quotes are in this book, such as:
"...it invariably produced a plastic cup filled with a liquid which was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea."
"Uglier things have been spotted in the skies, but not by reliable witnesses."
"Zaphod felt he was teetering on the edge of madness and wondered if he shouldn't just jump over and have done with it."
"One of the major problems encountered in time travel is not that of accidentally becoming your own father or mother. There is no problem involved in becoming your own father or mother that a broad-minded and well-adjusted family can't cope with."
" '...and...' said Ford again, wondering what would be a good word to say after 'and.' The large man came up with a whole sentence to go after 'and.' He said it."
"There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will immediately disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another which states that this has already happened."
I have, of course, read this book many many times, but I don't know if I ever realized the impact it has had on my own writing and even speech.
Author: Douglas Adams
Potentially objectionable content: Innuendo, language, etc.
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