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I know nothing about this book, but I detest this with all my heart. This artwork makes it seem like a Rick and Morty fanfiction. Everyone who has this book on their bookshelf is pretty annoying. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy looks so bad it looks so disgusting I might throw up.

>> No.15269503

>>15269477
That's one among my different covers designed for that book. To be honest, I've never seen that one.

>> No.15269520
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>>15269503
this is awful too

>> No.15269522

>>15269520
this one's definitely better

>> No.15269529
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>"According to Douglas, the little green blobby planet thing (nickamed
the "Cosmic Cutie") has been struck the final blow, and will not be
featured on any of the new (American) HHG books. Here's what Adams
had to say:"I HATE the little green blob and have spent years locked in arguments
with my publishers with me trying to get rid of the obscene little thing. I've finally secured its demise with the new Ballantine editons of the soft
cover backlist."

Non-American readers are perhaps unaware of this book adornment, as it
was only the American publishing houses that determined that without a
consistent motif, all of us Yanks would become hopelessly confused by a
series of books with different names. Ahh well. Farewell, green thing."

At least he was aware that it looked retarded. I read the Turkish version, which has a better cover I guess.

>> No.15269536

>>15269477
the books aren't bad, I had fun reading them when I was 11-12

>> No.15269546

>>15269529
So it was all because of retarded Americans again?

still it is good to know that they got rid of this green fuck.

>> No.15269551

>>15269477
I don't disagree. It's pre neckbeard shit

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>>15269477
>Rick and Morty
It is NOT Rick and fucking Morty. It is british humor along the lines of Monty Python.
I just took the dust jacket off.
But you sound like you have no sense of humor, so w/e

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I quite like this cover.
I agree that it has amassed this terrible reddit-like following, and so I've come to view it as pretty cringe too, but the book itself isn't terrible for what it is: which is a light, quick read, and isn't bad if you're just getting into reading. Nothing more though. (And I've heard the other books are shit, while the original radio play was better.)

>> No.15269597

>literally judging a book by its cover

>> No.15269603

>>15269583
>And I've heard the other books are shit,
The first two sequels are fair, the later two are meh.
The two Dirk Gently books are nice.

>> No.15269624

>>15269597
Yes

>> No.15269692

>>15269603
What was that book about biological diversity for gardening you keep recommending? It’s been driving me nuts.

>> No.15269870

>>15269546
>Dislikes Americans
>Enjoys what they do for them
You sound like a woman.

>> No.15270068

>>15269477
It's a whimsical comedy, never in a million years could I have anticipated that it would be an object of rage for people on 4chan. Y'all need to calm down and focus on things you like instead of cultivating such an advanced, abstract level of spite

>> No.15270095

>>15269870
Most Americans don't do stuff just for Americans. Also, they seem to be pretty fucking bad at making art.

>> No.15270256

>>15269477
You sound like a cunt

>> No.15270288

>>15269597
You can do that, to an extent, to all books.

>> No.15271000

>>15269692
Is that the mushroom one?

>> No.15271084

Funny OP, I came here today to post a thread about how much I despise this shit book.

>> No.15271092

>>15269546
>>15270095
Obsessed

>> No.15271134

>>15269477
>Rick and Morty
Obscene conedy attemtping Nihilism
>Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Situational comedy attempting absurdism

>> No.15271211

>>15271092
I would say I'm obsessed with art. I think it is more than sad to see how the USA has dumbed down art and merged it with entertainment. Sad that the dullest people are the most influential.

>> No.15271415

>>15269692
Permaculture, Morrison.

>> No.15271426

>>15271211
You need help.

>> No.15271433

>>15271211
Art and entertainment has been for a thousand years you fucking mongoloid. There has always been pop garbage and the tastes of the plebian has always been shit. You're not special. Give me a break.

>> No.15271444

>>15271211
and yet the common man of your country likely garbles our cultural exports up. i wonder why that is.

>> No.15271655

>>15269477
The traditional way to /lit/post is to PRETEND to have read the book you're talking about.

>> No.15271754

Judging books by their cover without reading them, typical /lit/.

>> No.15271858

Shitty covers thread?

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>>15271426
>>15271433
>>15271444

You are the idiot if you can't see what I'm talking about.

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I have the four where if you lay them out you get a picture. I imagine in their time they were fine, but they were instrumental in the foundation of the redditor's culture and mindset.

>> No.15273055

>>15269477
read all of them as a teenager. Great clever British humor, intelligent sci-fi musings, and the romance plots were pretty delightful too.
7.7/10, much better than rick andmorty

>> No.15273088

>>15269559
Rick and Morty is much funnier than Monty Python though, that’s a bad comparison.

>> No.15273121

Can't imagine coming to it as an American 20something in 2020. Discovered it at the end of primary school in the mid-90s, loved it, will always have a soft spot for it. Especially the original radio show and TV show. Fanbase is awful, like any fanbase.

>> No.15273425

>>15271415
Thank you!

>> No.15273666

>>15269477
the author had no control over what got put on the cover. you can tell they put as many HHG "memes" like 42 on the cover as they could. the book is actually pretty good but doesnt have nearly as many jokes in it as people tend to think.

>> No.15273722

>>15269529
based otostopçu

>> No.15273799

>>15269477
im glad you voiced your honest opinion because people who are biased towards it are for that exact reason but its actually even better than the credit its defenders give it here. im not gonna call it smart because its simple and all its depth is at its surface, it just depends on wether you want to think about it or not and for me thats why its good. also the best version is the stephen fry audiobook

>> No.15273808

>>15269477
>I know nothing about this book, but I detest this with all my heart.
/lit/ in the nutshell

>> No.15273844

i've never met anyone else irl who likes hitchiker's guide or even has read it (rather than watched the movie) except for my dad, who gave me the books to read when i was a kid
>hating something blindly because of the fanbase
le mao

>> No.15273863

It's a great book that manages to satire more-or-less all science fiction from the era (the 1980s and before) and a lot of bullshit to do with general life at the time as well. OP can eat a bag of dicks, we get it, you're intellectual waaah waaaah waah fuck off

>> No.15273872

>>15269477
the first two books are good but the rest is shit

>> No.15273899

>>15273872
lpbp

>> No.15273909

>>15271905
>NOOOOOOOOOOOO YOU CANT JUST PUT HECKIN NO-NO WORDS ON THE COVER OF KITSCHY BOOKS THIS IS THE END OF ART AS WE KNOW IT NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

>> No.15273967

>>15271905
Lol if you’re concerned about the validity of art then you’ve already lost. Cultivate some personal taste and stop doomposting, you can’t control anything but yourself.

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>>15273088

>> No.15275438

bump

>> No.15275524

>>15269477
Should I read the omnibus or separately?

>> No.15275636

>>15273863
>It's a great book that manages to satire more-or-less all science fiction from the era (the 1980s and before) and a lot of bullshit to do with general life at the time as well.
That's probably the biggest problem with the books nowadays, that they are 40 years old and much of it hasn't aged too well, due to the whole enviroment in which they were released having at least substantially changed or outright disappeared. For example the jokes on religion did back then really piss people off, but are nowadays only relatively boring atheist reddit humor.