This is the second book in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams. It's more of the same space-based comedy with the same characters and a journeying plot. Adams remains at his best when domesticating the alien. It's full of amusing lines - my favourite being: "It has been said that Vogons are not above a little bribery and corruption in the same way that the sea is not above the clouds". I think my view is tinged by knowing how hard Adams found it to write these books to a deadline. It does feel like some of the chapters are mailed in / reeled off, and that there's no overall direction; just a series of scenes with some funny bits. But it is worth it for the funny bits.
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