Life, the Universe and Everything

I was rather disappointed in this third episode of the Hitchhiker series, and am not at all sure it deserved to be published in the Masterwork series, which is very prestigious indeed as a rule. Loved Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, but its a case of diminishing returns with the rest of the series. I found the elaborate humour, so fresh and funny in HHG rather lame here. The long elaborate lectures fell a bit flat for me, only mildly amusing, such as linking probability to restaurants. Oh well, at least Arthur Dent learned how to fly, and we saw more of the wondrously named Slartibartfast, award winning creator of Earth's fjords! Not a very poor read, but nothing to set the world on fire either.