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I just finished reading Eoin Colfer's sequel to Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide series (titled And Another Thing...), and I was surprised to discover that I actually liked it. At least, I liked it better than So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish and Mostly Harmless.
It wasn't without its problems, such as the overuse of "froody" and the many, many mentions of Eccentrica Gallumbitis, the triple-breasted whore of Eroticon 6, from the original series. I assume he did this in order to make it "feel" more like a Hitchhiker's Guide book, but they grow old very quickly. The book also had much more of a plot than any of Adams' entries in the series did.
But I did feel that Colfer managed to capture the overall spirit of the books quite well, and it was a much more fitting ending than Adams' apparent killing of all the main characters at the end of Mostly Harmless.
All in all, I was pleasantly surprised by the book. I'd give it a 7/10. My rankings for the series, in order of my favorite to least favorite:
Life, the Universe, and Everything (3rd book)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1st book)
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (2nd book)
And Another Thing... (6th book)
Mostly Harmless (5th book)
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (4th book)
So, has anyone else read it? What did you think?