Week 14: Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy






So our fun journey comes to a conclusion with satire. I love reading satire. It is a fun way to poke at serious topics. After all, if you can not laugh at yourself, how can you laugh at all.

Satire is almost always mistook for something that it is not. It is often just a pure joke about society. Something that is meant to be fun and entertaining should not be taken so seriously.

This week we dove headfirst into The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. This one was a lot of fun for me to both read and listen to. The series started off as a radio broadcast and was eventually made into a series of books. We follow Arthur Dent as he looks for life after the Earth was destroyed by Vogons. His journey crosses paths with several other characters.


I had a lot of fun with this. It pokes at every way life in some form. That is what makes satire fun. The novel is spread out over six novels. In order to read them all and describe them here would be close to impossible. I love The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It leaves an indelible mark on the world today.


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