What was so cool about Hitchhiker’s Guide to the
Galaxy (Other than the fact that it was amazingly hilarious)? Was the medium of
the radio show, at least in my opinion. It was so interesting to listen to.
Unlike an audio book where the book was read aloud as it was written, the radio
show was like an entirely different medium where the story was told by the conversations
of the characters. Characters that were given great personality at that. With
the voices, the characters were truly allowed to come to life. Reactions could
be more subtle in the voices rather than explained. Although for the most part
there was nothing subtle about the story as it is a series of simply absurd
things happening. First, having to leave your planet because it was being
turned into an intergalactic gas station/highway and most people were going to
be killed. Then, learning that your planet was all an experiment and the answer
to life is 42 yet not knowing what the question is that answers. After all, it
was a machine built to find the answer not the question, the question would be
a much more difficult task.
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