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Books 2013: The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

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Oh dear, I am now utterly behind on my book reports. What happened, I wonder. The summer happened, come to think of it. Who can write book reviews while the sun is warm and lovely outside? The came the usual busy autumn. And suddenly it's almost Christmas! So now I have to try to catch up.  One of the books - or rather book series - I read/re-read this spring/summer was Douglas Adams' classic The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. I've been bragging to myself (and others) that I read this classic while I was a young student. And I did. Partly. It turns out, I had only read the first 3 books. So in other words: It was about time that I set out to read the rest. Since it's been more than 20 years I thought I might as well read all 5.  And what a thrill it is to read these books. I'm not a classic science fiction fan, but love it when the genre is not taken too seriously. Adams writes about all sorts of unlikely events and creatures, but at the same ...