Heey I just bought a copy of all the Hitchhiker’s Guide books!

Now that I know it’s one of your favorites I’ll pass it to the top of my readings c:

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I hope the books hold up for you. I worry that Adams’ work was so influential that it’s gonna be a little like watching Animal House after you’ve been raised on a diet of Porky’s, Revenge of the Nerds, and Fraternity Vacation… you can see that the original is objectively of higher quality, but all the delight has been drained from it by its derivatives.… Read the rest “Heey I just bought a copy of all the Hitchhiker’s Guide books!”

Do you have any favorite books?

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Do you have any favorite books?

I’ve probably answered this before, but I’m too lazy to search the archive.

  • The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
  • The Three-Body Problem (Liu Cixin)
  • The Republic (Plato)
  • From Hell (Alan Moore & Eddie Campbell)
  • The Swerve (Stephen Greenblatt)
  • The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Douglas Adams)
  • Guards!
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