Kada se Arthur Dent toga jutra probudio zamišljao je potpuno drugačiji dan – miran dan uz jutarnju kavu, ručak i malo popodnevnog čitanja. Nije niti slutio da ga samo minute dijele od najluđeg putovanja života. Na tom putovanju Arthuru društvo pravi prijatelj Ford Prefect koji ga je i obavijestio da će za trenutak Zemlja nestati u oblaku prašine, Zaphod Beeblebrox, Trillian, Marvin i Veet Voojagig – zabavni i luckasti likovi.
Uzmemo li u obzir da je Vodič kroz Galaksiju za autostopere napisan 1979. godine i da Douglas Adams u njemu između ostalih ideja opisuje taj Vodič kao elektroničku knjigu u knjizi, a imajući na umu da je Kindle pušten u prodaju tek 2007., za početak moram izraziti svoje divljenje prema autoru, njegovoj mašti i idejama.
Britanski humor oduvijek je bio moj stil humora pa me tako niti ovaj put nije razočarao – na trenutke sam se smijala na glas i uživala u stilu pisanja. Na trenutke također nisam mogla prestati čitati i ignorirala sam sve Zemljane oko sebe, ali bilo je i trenutaka kada mi je pažnja malo odlutala u neku drugu Galaksiju i baš iz tog razloga nisam u potpunosti oduševljena. Međutim ideja cijele priče, odlični likovi i poruke koje nosi dovoljno su me zainteresirali da želim još!
Unatoč malenom padu zanimljivosti oko sredine od mene imate preporuku i veselim se ostalim nastavcima iako sam napravila najveću moguću pogrešku i otišla na godišnji bez njih.
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
When Arthur Dent woke up that morning he envisioned a completely different day ahead of him – a quiet day with morning coffee, lunch and some afternoon reading. He had no idea that he was only minutes away from the craziest trip of his life. On that trip, Arthur is accompanied by his friend Ford Prefect, who informed him that in a moment the Earth will disappear in a cloud of dust, Zaphod Beeblebrox, Trillian, Marvin and Veet Voojagig – fun and quirky characters.
Considering that The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy was written in 1979 and that Douglas Adams, among other ideas, describes the Guide as an electronic book within a book, and we know that the Kindle was only released in 2007, I have to express my admiration for the author, his imagination and ideas.
British humor has always been my cup of tea, so it didn’t disappoint me this time either – at times I laughed out loud and enjoyed the writing style. At times I also couldn’t stop reading and I ignored all the Earthlings around me, but there were also moments when my attention wandered a little to another Galaxy and for that very reason I wasn’t completely enchanted by it. However, the idea of the whole story, the great characters and the messages it carries interested me enough to want more!
Despite the slight drop in interest around the middle, I highly recommend it and I’m looking forward to the other sequels, even though I made the biggest possible mistake and went to my vacation without them.
