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[khaosworks]

Part of the reason why I never bothered to read Mostly Harmless (the last book in the increasingly inaccurately named Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy) was because someone had told me that it ended on a downer. Never one for caring about spoilers, I flipped through the book, and sure enough the ending was somewhat... less than satisfying. Well, for me, anyway.

So it was with great trepidation that I listened to the Quintessential and final phase of the radio series, getting up to the last fit and gearing for the downer...

And bless 'em, they gave me a happy ending(s). I like happy endings. Does anyone know if this was the ending Adams intended but never got to do?

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[haloumi.livejournal.com]

No idea, I'm afraid, but I did find 'Mostly Harmless' to be a fairly unsatisfying book.

In fact, while I own all the others and both Dirk Gentlys, I do not own a copy of 'Mostly Harmless'.

Have you read 'The Salmon of Doubt'? It's a strange pastiche but the parts of the book that they include do make me wonder what the final book would have been like.

[khaosworks.livejournal.com]

I still don't intend to buy Mostly Harmless - but I can recommend the radio series (which, to my mind, will always be my "canon" version). I haven't read anything by Douglas Adams since Last Chance to See.