Answer to Life

Well towards the middle/end of the book, Zarphod, Arthur, and Ford began to look for the answer of life. After going through hell to find it, they stumbled across the large shrine kind of place where the answer was located. It was a computer statue guy thing, and apparently it didnt have the answer. Later on, Arthur still manages to discover the answer... and surprisingly it is a number. What kind of answer to life is a number? I dont want to say what number it is as I might spoil the book, but seriously... makes no sense

Book was really good... but really nonsensical, obviously thats how it was intended but really.... people cant be that stupid and things just.... cant be that stupid.

Marvin the Robot

Marvin is a companion to the main character, Arthur, and his friend, Ford, throughout much of the story as I've read it. He has an abnormally large head since he has such a huge brain. He is a GPP robot and hes supposed to simulate people's personalities. Hes a prototype and seems pretty broken, because all he can simulate is sadness. He always is down, doesn't want to do the jobs hes ordered to, and complains a lot. I thinks its pretty funny the way he acts and responds to people, but that doesn't make him any less of an odd character. Marvin also seems like he may end up playing a particularly large role in the story seeing how he and Arthur are just standing there on the cover of the book.

Idiocracy Meets Star Wars

A lot of the book is about this survival guide, which has some really dumb tips in it. Some of the advice seems to make no sense and seems to have just been made up randomly by somone. These dumb tips or even the obvious ones, remind a lot of this movie called Idiocracy, which takes place in the future where everybody is a lot dumber, a LOT dumber, and people can barely comprehend English. Of course the dumber... or better yet sillier tips arent THAT stupid, i do get the Idiocracy Vibe from them... also the Captian is a complete moron.

This is also a space adventure book, so i get a Star Wars feeling from it. I can't read it without hearing the Star Wars song go through my head at least once. The set-up is also very similar to Star Wars, where planetary beings embark on a space journey for one reason or another and bring along companions with them.

Independant Book

The Book im choosing to read is the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
One reason im choosing this book is because I have sen the movie for it, and really enjoyed it and would like to see how the book and movie both compare.
Another reason is the fact that it is a science fiction AND comedy book, two things that peak my interests, so the book seems like it would suit me well.

It would probably take me about 3-4 hours to read 100 pages depending on how into the book i get.

The author, Douglas Adams, died not long ago in 2001 and lived for an entire 50 years