The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

by Douglas Adams


Second book in the Trilogy of Hitchiker's. This was alright still all very silly. Love it. I actually read this a while back but just have not written the review. Well, I don't write proper reviews nowadays anyways, just whether I like the book or not.

Anyways, roughly, this book continues on the adventures of Arthur and the crew and they are still being chased after. So they wanted something to eat, and went to the Restaurant at the end of the Universe. Which is temporally, it is at the end of the Universe's time, they time travel there. Still a good book, but question is why so many books in the series. I feels like just a section of a book rather than a book in itself. Anyways, still a good story.

Have just been so busy with work and research. But I care not anymore. Fuck it. I need to continue writing someplace to keep my sanity, to collect my thoughts.

Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy

by Douglas Adams

First book I have read in a while. It was great. Quirky, funny. Absolutely my kind of book. It is about a bunch of people being hitchiker's around space. And Earth being one big experiment by the things we run experiments on. Adventure, lovely adventure. Too exhausted to elaborate. Currently reading the second book in this trilogy of five, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe.

Dune

by Frank Herbert

Just finished reading this book again. Really good, I sort of forgot the latter bits of the books, and there were some things after reflection on the book that I thought a bit rough. I say this with respect to the continuation to the second book (Dune Messiah) which I read a little bit of last night. There seems to be introduction of new factions without any mention at all in the first book. So that is a little disjointing. But as a book itself, Dune is pretty much perfect. If you can overlook some minor flaws, it is still a wonderful read. Herbert's mode of storytelling is wonderfully grand without being let down by the weight of the event's scope and gravity. He holds the level of plot very well. What I mean here is he is going through the story in terms the most pivotal characters in that universe and pretty much focussing on them. One does not feel the story is a self-serving prophecy, though it does mention this all throughout the story. For instance David Eddings books, one believe that the end outcome is only that one outcome, where the hero ultimatley meets his great destiny. Although Paul Artreides (Muad'Dib) is prophesized for greatness in this book, one always feel the weight and the tension to decisions made and nothing is ever set in stone. That constant tension, and criticality of events makes the whole story suspenseful. Good book to learn good fantasy writing.