TRP and Douglas Adams

[Jay Herzog]

 Adams resembles Vonnegut(circa Sirens of Titan) much more than Pynchon. 
As far as the Hitchiker's guide "trilogy" goes, its much funnier in its
radio and TV incarnations- the material was originally meant to be
performed and it tends to die on the page. Kind of like trying to turn the
Marx Bros. Duck Soup into a novel..

On Fri, 28 Mar 1997, Joe Varo wrote:

> On Thu, 27 Mar 1997 deedle at loop.com wrote:
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> > How can we possibly leave out the 5 novel "trilogy" of "The Hitchhiker's
> > Guide to the Galaxy?" [...]
> 
> You know, I don't know how many times I've tried...I mean REALLY tried...
> to get into this work, but it it just never takes.  I guess it's humorous,
> in a Monty Pythonesque sort of way, but then I find it hard to really get
> a chuckle out of Monty Python anymore...I guess I kind of OD'd on it as a
> teen.
> 
> Again, I think that it's the writing which holds it back...potentially
> entertaining but something is missing.  It reads sort of like a comic with
> really poor timing and trying too hard to be funny, IMHO.
> 
> Joe
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