Needless to say, Douglas Adams was not your average fellow. Towering over the majority of us, not only in stature, but in terms of intellect, wit and all-round likeability, he was rudely snatched away at the age of 49. Adams’ humour was one of a kind: Eoin Colfer did a decent enough job of writing... Continue Reading →
And another thing… by Eoin Colfer – Douglas Adams’s Hitchhiker’s Guide to the galaxy – Part six of three
Poor Eoin Colfer had enormous shoes to fill taking on Douglas Adams’s Hitchhiker’s trilogy, and as a die-hard fan of Adams, I have to admit I was highly skeptical that a children’s author could actually pull it off. When this kind of thing happens, though, you just have to go in with an open mind,... Continue Reading →
The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is, indisputably, a classic; the kind of book you’ll find sitting proudly in a Books-To-Read-Before-You-Die display at Chapters; right next to the likes of Pride and Prejudice and Catch 22. I re-read The Hitch Hiker’s Guide for the umpteenth time a few weeks ago - it just never... Continue Reading →
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