Comments on: And Another Thing… a review http://blog.thorx.net/2009/10/and-another-thing-a-review/ ...to confuse & unexpect‽ Fri, 28 Apr 2017 14:28:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: nemo http://blog.thorx.net/2009/10/and-another-thing-a-review/comment-page-1/#comment-1922 nemo Fri, 09 Oct 2015 14:26:15 +0000 http://blog.thorx.net/?p=82#comment-1922 Parallel continuation of HHG was an idea from Mark Wing-Davey at least as early as 1981, as a way of handling the third radio series.

Cite: https://youtu.be/tEJpTodY2vk

]]> By: nemo http://blog.thorx.net/2009/10/and-another-thing-a-review/comment-page-1/#comment-37 nemo Tue, 11 May 2010 12:30:13 +0000 http://blog.thorx.net/?p=82#comment-37 It’s interesting to revisit my thoughts months later…

I enjoyed it, and I think it’s good. But if I were to sit down and re-read the series tomorrow (as I do every few years), I might not both with AAT again… (but I might – that’s the thing. I KNOW I’d read the other five… :)

Also, about thoughts of a seventh… that just recently came up on alt.fan.douglas-adams…
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.douglas-adams/msg/d31bfa4bd65ab0c5
…but to summarise myself – I think if another author tackles the HHG canon, they should write another sixth. Not because AAT was bad, but because multiple conflicting versions is part of the history of HHG stories. Because parallel universes is now part of HHG internal canon anyway. Because then each writer is appending to the original story of Douglas Adams, rather than appending to a story already removed… :)

And from a fan perspective, I think multiple sixth books would be seen as tributes more than continuations, and I think that’s more fitting.

Not to mention, it’s unexpected, different and unique. And I always like that in storytelling!

]]> By: Ugbug http://blog.thorx.net/2009/10/and-another-thing-a-review/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Ugbug Tue, 11 May 2010 10:09:21 +0000 http://blog.thorx.net/?p=82#comment-36 Thanks for the review Nemo, I haven’t read it yet as I’ve been waiting for the paperback.
It annoys me that my preferred format (paperback) usually takes a year or more to be published after the hardcover version of a book, and annoys me even more when it’s only trade paperback that is available.
I’ve been a little hesitant to read it simply because it isn’t Douglas Adams, but then again I am looking forward to see where Colfer takes the story.
If only there were more Dirk Gently books, but I can’t imagine anyone doing them justice.

]]> By: DateYouNow.com Blog » Blog Archive » It’s life, Eoin, but not as we know it… http://blog.thorx.net/2009/10/and-another-thing-a-review/comment-page-1/#comment-15 DateYouNow.com Blog » Blog Archive » It’s life, Eoin, but not as we know it… Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:51:14 +0000 http://blog.thorx.net/?p=82#comment-15 [...] Another Thing… a review @ Thorx.A Totally Improbable Review @ Wired.Douglas Adams is re-born in Eoin Colfer’s masterful [...]

]]> By: Paryb http://blog.thorx.net/2009/10/and-another-thing-a-review/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Paryb Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:27:17 +0000 http://blog.thorx.net/?p=82#comment-13 Late to the party, but saw this review linked on Wiki. I enjoyed the book FWIW but I felt like some of the jokes were a little too “in your face” While I enjoyed the “god interviews” for instance, I felt like LOOK LOOK IT’S CTHULU NERDS LIKE LOVECRAFT YOU’LL LIKE THIS HAHA AHAHA. Same with the Bladerunner quote, while I love the quote, I mean, come on, it’s not exactly the most obscure of “in jokes”. Nice book anyway, and I miss Douglas.

]]> By: nemo http://blog.thorx.net/2009/10/and-another-thing-a-review/comment-page-1/#comment-10 nemo Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:40:51 +0000 http://blog.thorx.net/?p=82#comment-10 I actually finished Artemis Fowl only a few days before AAT… came out. I’d been procrastinating about reading it for ages. I did enjoy it too, and aim to track down the rest of the series :)

I think there is a definite style difference between AF and AAT…, and between AAT… and Bop Ad’s HHG. AAT… feels like… it’s a blending of both styles in a way, with something new (though of course I’ve not read any OTHER Colfer novels to compare more)

In terms of dirty jokes, it’s not like Colfer is describing a different world, just describing it differently. It was always implied that the Guide culture was very ‘sex, drugs, rock’n'roll’. Adams was perhaps more subtle about describing it though, leaving it more to the reader as to what those things actually meant :)

]]> By: Kaare http://blog.thorx.net/2009/10/and-another-thing-a-review/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Kaare Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:04:15 +0000 http://blog.thorx.net/?p=82#comment-9 Thanks for sharing. I risked the minor spoilers, even though I haven’t got hold of the book yet.
I must admit that Colfer’s more dirty jokes and crude humour was my first real concern when I heard that Colfer would be writing the sixth Hitchhiker’s book. Have you read “Artemis Fowl”? If you have ,would you say that Colfer is using the same kind of humour in “Artemis Fowl” and “And Another Thing”, or is there a definite style difference?

]]> By: nemo http://blog.thorx.net/2009/10/and-another-thing-a-review/comment-page-1/#comment-8 nemo Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:24:16 +0000 http://blog.thorx.net/?p=82#comment-8 pippa: thanks for the comment. Yeah, though I guess Colfer did make the distinction between Zaphods ’smart’ vs ‘cool’ sides explicitly clear. (though I don’t hold with the implication that being smart is somehow not cool)

]]> By: pippa http://blog.thorx.net/2009/10/and-another-thing-a-review/comment-page-1/#comment-6 pippa Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:56:05 +0000 http://blog.thorx.net/?p=82#comment-6 Good point about the characters. Colfer’s Zaphod seems like someone who’d think “10/10 for style but minus several million for good thinking” was a compliment.

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