Lejays17 Doll-A-Week 2020

[Loona]

The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy is the first book I can remember that made me spontaneously laugh out loud. But it was more the turns of phrase and the way things were worded that struck me as amusing, rather than anything that actually happened in the stories, so perhaps things like that would not come across as well in either a translated version or to a non-native English speaker. I did not find any of the sequels nearly as hilarious.

I am happy to have read the series so that I can sass the frequent references that still appear in popular culture.

That's actually something I thought of - I did read a translated version (that's what the ex had, and while I did have access to the university's English library, I guess I wasn't that interested*, and needed the slots for the max. amount books I could borrow for books that were related to my studies), and I remember I had to look up some stuff in English because they just didn't seem to make enough sense, and thus were suspicious for mistranslation. And some things you just cannot really translate without some of the message getting lost in translation. I guess it would be worth giving it a chance also in its original language (though I need to think about how I could make that happen. I no longer have access to the university's free library, I hate reading long stuff on a monitor OK, I just remembered I helped a friend order the Ultimate edition of the book llast summer. Hm  ).

*also, the book had a noticeable local cult already back then, and the not-so-ready access to foreign-language books vs. the amount of people I knew who loved it (plus their knowledge of English - or rather the lack of it) kinda convinced me it must have enough charm even in a translated form.