{"id":9304,"date":"2010-11-17T06:00:26","date_gmt":"2010-11-17T12:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=9304"},"modified":"2010-11-12T11:47:01","modified_gmt":"2010-11-12T17:47:01","slug":"book-vs-dvd-the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/book-vs-dvd-the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy\/","title":{"rendered":"Book vs. DVD: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I love sci-fi and fantasy novels, and I have been meaning to read this classic sci-fi work for ages.\u00a0 The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy<\/a><\/em><\/strong> is the story of Arthur Dent, an Englishman\u00a0rescued moments before the destruction of Earth with the help of Ford Prefect, his best friend who turns out to be from another planet.\u00a0 As the title suggests, the two hitchhike through the galaxy in search of a mythical planet called Magrathea and meet new friends, including the\u00a0President of the Galaxy, his girlfriend, and a depressed robot.\u00a0\u00a0The book is absolutely hilarious.\u00a0 The galaxy Adams has created is interesting and well-developed, and we get to learn a lot about it through random and laugh-out-loud details.\u00a0 One of my favorite things about it is the encyclopedia that Ford is writing, which guides newbies like Arthur through the galaxy and defines all the different creatures, technological advances, and concepts.\u00a0 If only our encyclopedias on Earth had Ford Prefect’s sense of humor!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The movie version of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy<\/a><\/em><\/strong> stars Martin Freeman, Mos Def, Sam Rockwell, and Zooey Deschanel.\u00a0 It follows pretty closely to the book and has great performances by Freeman as Arthur and the always amazing Alan Rickman as the\u00a0voice of Martin.\u00a0 However, I feel compelled to be honest and say that I didn’t really care for this movie.\u00a0 I don’t know what it was about it, but something was just lost in the translation from book to movie.\u00a0 For example, they did include narration of the encyclopedia entries, which I loved in the book.\u00a0 But by the fifth or sixth\u00a0little aside\u00a0in the movie, I was pretty tired of the constant interruptions.\u00a0 The book packed in all that detail without making it a laborious effort to get through, which is a feat that the movie didn’t accomplish in my opinion.\u00a0 But then again, that’s just my opinion.\u00a0 So if you liked the book as much as I did, I encourage you to check out the movie and see what you think!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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