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The Wordsmith

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Oct 31, 2009, 3:42:08 AM10/31/09
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Has anyone read it? Is it worth the paper it was printed on?

I keep meaning to go out and buy it, but it would be nice to have some
opinions before I spend the money.

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Lloyd Gilbert

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Oct 31, 2009, 5:59:35 AM10/31/09
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On 31 Oct 2009 07:42:08 GMT, The Wordsmith <asimo...@gmail.com>
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["And Another Thing"]

>Has anyone read it?

I've read it.

>Is it worth the paper it was printed on?

I paid twelve Great British Pounds for my hardback copy, and I don't
feel in anyway aggrieved by that cost.

>I keep meaning to go out and buy it, but it would be nice to have some
>opinions before I spend the money.

I liked it. I didn't love it.

I did giggle aloud several times.

I found myself feeling mildly repulsed by some of the character
changes on the odd occasion (the occasional utterance seemed jarringly
out of character for example - "$Character wouldn't use that
phrase!").

Generally the positive outweighed the negative.

I write a bit (but not much) more about it here:
http://lloyd-gilbert.livejournal.com/66062.html


HTH HANDA
Lloyd
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Professor Urban Chronitis

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Nov 3, 2009, 4:40:14 PM11/3/09
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Lloyd Gilbert

<afda.i...@invalid.zanoop.invalid.org.invalid.uk.invalid> wrote:
> On 31 Oct 2009 07:42:08 GMT, The Wordsmith <asimo...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> ["And Another Thing"]
>
> >Has anyone read it?
>
> I've read it.
>
> >Is it worth the paper it was printed on?
>
> I paid twelve Great British Pounds for my hardback copy, and I don't
> feel in anyway aggrieved by that cost.
>
> >I keep meaning to go out and buy it, but it would be nice to have
> > some
> >opinions before I spend the money.
>
> I liked it. I didn't love it.
>
> I did giggle aloud several times.
>
> I found myself feeling mildly repulsed by some of the character
> changes on the odd occasion (the occasional utterance seemed jarringly
> out of character for example - "$Character wouldn't use that
> phrase!").
>
> Generally the positive outweighed the negative.
>
> I write a bit (but not much) more about it here:
> http://lloyd-gilbert.livejournal.com/66062.html
>
>
> HTH HANDA
> Lloyd

Me too, and my rambling review is at
http://mazerlodge.livejournal.com/73849.html

Nemo

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Nov 3, 2009, 8:40:37 PM11/3/09
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On Nov 4, 7:40 am, Professor Urban Chronitis <m...@here.now.com>
wrote:
> Lloyd Gilbert

>
>
> > I write a bit (but not much) more about it here:
> >http://lloyd-gilbert.livejournal.com/66062.html
>
> > HTH HANDA
> > Lloyd
>
> Me too, and my rambling review is athttp://mazerlodge.livejournal.com/73849.html

nice read! hehe. I hope the dog will find a fondness for nonbooks down
the track? :)

My review is still lurking at:
http://blog.thorx.net/2009/10/and-another-thing-a-review/

.../Nemo

Professor Urban Chronitis

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Nov 6, 2009, 7:04:00 PM11/6/09
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Apparently not lurking low enough or in dark enough of a corner since I
was able to catch sight of it.

I liked your observation about Cofler's strained attempt at adult
themes. I was thinking he was trying a little too hard to distance
himself from the Juvinile genre of Artimis Fowl. Possible?

Felix Atagong

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Nov 8, 2009, 11:28:46 AM11/8/09
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"Professor Urban Chronitis", Lloyd Gilbert and The Wordsmith wrote...

>> I write a bit (but not much) more about it here:
>> http://lloyd-gilbert.livejournal.com/66062.html
> Me too, and my rambling review is at
> http://mazerlodge.livejournal.com/73849.html

Mine can be found here (not that it is of any importance):
http://atagong.com
Felix


Professor Urban Chronitis

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Nov 9, 2009, 12:46:36 AM11/9/09
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I thought it was of enough importance to read, setting aside Dan Brown's
Lost Symbol to do so. Nicely done, you upstaged Dan Brown.

I don't have my dog-chewed copy handy, what was on page 184 that stood
out as a stepping off point? The page is mentioned in your review as
being a temporary stopping point for you.

Felix Atagong

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Nov 9, 2009, 1:57:20 PM11/9/09
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"Professor Urban Chronitis" asked:

> I don't have my dog-chewed copy handy, what was on page 184 that stood
> out as a stepping off point? The page is mentioned in your review as
> being a temporary stopping point for you.

134! 8-)))

What made me stop reading the book (for a couple of days) was not one single
fact but all those little things that made me feel itchy.
Things that - IMO - were not hitchhikery. Perhaps what triggered the fact
was the inner monologue - in italics, way too much italics in the book -
of -

*** and here comes a spoiler***

that Vogon softy who doesn't 'want to kill anyone, even with the right
paperwork'.
Making Zaphod a kind of interstellar hustler wasn't really my thing
either...

TTFN
Felix


Nemo

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Nov 9, 2009, 8:39:24 PM11/9/09
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On Nov 7, 10:04 am, Professor Urban Chronitis <m...@here.now.com>
wrote:

> Nemo <earthnat...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > My review is still lurking at:
> >http://blog.thorx.net/2009/10/and-another-thing-a-review/
>
> Apparently not lurking low enough or in dark enough of a corner since I
> was able to catch sight of it.  

Damn. I'll hide the next one better

> I liked your observation about Cofler's strained attempt at adult
> themes.  I was thinking he was trying a little too hard to distance
> himself from the Juvinile genre of Artimis Fowl.  Possible?

I think, rather, it's just hit bluntness. Artemis fowl (I've only
read the
first two) seems to have regular toilet humour (esp: Mulch). It's
well integrated, but it's not subtle. To my mind, his 'adult humour'
in AAT was the same. ie, well integrated, but not subtle.

I think Adams' writings was much more subtle and implied (whilst
still just as adult)

.../Nemo

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