This is probably my favorite series or the radio play. When I was younger and first reading Hitchhiker's I have to admit I had a huge crush on Fenchurch and was devastated by her disappearance at the end. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy: Quandary Phase (Hitchhikers Guide: Radio Play, #4) Still as crazy as ever. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy: Quandary Phase (Hitchhikers Guide: Radio Play, #4) I listened to this via Audible.
The fourth part of the Hitchhiker's Guide radio play covers a lot of ground since our protagonists saved the universe previously. It turns out that the Earth isn't blown up, and Arthur Dent makes his way back to it. Comedy, hijinks, and love-making ensue.
It's a nice departure and sees a bit of a shift in tone, which isn't a bad thing by any means. I enjoyed it a great deal and look forward to the next part!
If you're still reading these reviews and not listening to the production, I'm not sure what it will take to make that happen. But you should! The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy: Quandary Phase (Hitchhikers Guide: Radio Play, #4) This is more like it. Modeled from So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, this installment was much tighter than the previous radio play entry. I enjoyed meeting Rob McKenna, the Rain God, and Fenchurch, the bright young woman who captured Arthur's heart. This felt shorter, felt punchier, and was thoroughly enjoyable. The bit with Marvin was especially bittersweet (I'd thought this in the book as well). Ford was... Ford, and this is acceptable.
What's this? Stephen Fry? Christian Slater? That was unexpected!
Recommended listen. Share and enjoy! The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy: Quandary Phase (Hitchhikers Guide: Radio Play, #4) Same as previous 3. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy: Quandary Phase (Hitchhikers Guide: Radio Play, #4)
I always remembered So Long and Thanks For All the Fish as being the weakest of the trilogy, but I didn't remember it being this weak. I think that a lot of the problem with this adaptation by Dirk Maggs was in reducing the episode count from 6 to 4 which doesn't allow time for the story to breathe. But then, is there really a story anyway? Is there even a central concept or idea to this or is it just an attempt to find something for the Hitchhiker's characters to do, throwing in a Hitchhiker's concept like the search for God's final message which just doesn't work in nearly as interesting ways as the original search for meaning in the universe did.
I'd hesitate to call this a waste of time but it shows a creative lull in Adams writing and it's also a bad, uncommitted adaptation of the material which seeks neither to understand or expand upon it. it's still sporadically funny, of course. The Rain God is very amusing. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy: Quandary Phase (Hitchhikers Guide: Radio Play, #4) Although I laughed out loud many times while listening to this, including once quite hysterically, the ending left me feeling rather sad! I won't say more, so as not to spoil it, but although (just with the last entry in this series) I have definitely read the book this radio drama was based on, So Long and Thanks for All the Fish, I didn't remember anything about it besides the titular phrase and who said it. That allowed me to enjoy this audiobook without any expectations, which is nice when you KNOW you're going to enjoy it, you just don't know why yet!
It goes without saying that I recommend this to everyone following the radio series, as well as Hitchhiker's fans in general. I'll be moving onto the next entry with enthusiasm, and especially with the hope that it will help mend the heart that this one broke 💔 The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy: Quandary Phase (Hitchhikers Guide: Radio Play, #4) The Quandary Phase has the lowest rating of the whole series, but most scientists have come to the conclusion that this opinion is based on three things:
ignorance
stupidity
nothing else.
The only problem with it is that it's shorter than the other phases, but it makes up by containing some of the most memorable passages of the whole series, like God's final message to his creation, written in fire in letters thirty feet high on the far side of the Quentulus Quazgar Mountains in the land of Sevorbeupstry on the planet of Preliumtarn, which orbits the star Zarss, which is located in the Grey Binding Fiefdoms of Saxaquine.
And a personal favourite of mine: The lizard leaders
“You mean, it comes from a world of lizards?”
“No,” said Ford, who by this time was a little more rational and coherent than he had been, having finally had the coffee forced down him, “nothing so simple. Nothing anything like to straightforward. On its world, the people are people. The leaders are lizards. The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people.”
“Odd,” said Arthur, “I thought you said it was a democracy.”
“I did,” said ford. “It is.”
“So,” said Arthur, hoping he wasn’t sounding ridiculously obtuse, “why don’t the people get rid of the lizards?”
“It honestly doesn’t occur to them,” said Ford. “They’ve all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they’ve voted in more or less approximates to the government they want.”
“You mean they actually vote for the lizards?”
“Oh yes,” said Ford with a shrug, “of course.”
“But,” said Arthur, going for the big one again, “why?”
“Because if they didn’t vote for a lizard,” said Ford, “the wrong lizard might get in. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy: Quandary Phase (Hitchhikers Guide: Radio Play, #4) Possibly my favorite phase, slightly more down to Earth than other installments, but I absolutely adore Fenchurch. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy: Quandary Phase (Hitchhikers Guide: Radio Play, #4) This fourth phase was always going to feel a little rushed after they reduced it to 4 episodes rather than 6; however they manage to do the story (So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish) justice.
We continue to follow the adventures of Arthur Dent as he finds the Earth has miraculously not been destroyed by the Vogon constructor fleet. Back on Earth he falls in love, wonders where all the dolphins went, and begins a quest to find God's final message. Oh, and more importantly, we have a final encounter with Marvin the Paranoid Android.
There are fun cameos from Stephen Fry, Patrick Moore, and Christian Slater. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy: Quandary Phase (Hitchhikers Guide: Radio Play, #4)
Many are familiar with Douglas Adams's classic Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, but few know that these books started out as a multi-part series performed on BBC radio. This installment, part four, is a robust radio dramatization of So Long and Thanks for All the Fish. The Earth has miraculously reappeared and Arthur Dent is in love with the otherworldly Fenchurch, but Ford Prefect has an idea that might burst Arthur’s happy little bubble. What is really going on with Arthur’s dream girl, where have all the dolphins gone, and what was their departing message to mankind? The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy: Quandary Phase (Hitchhikers Guide: Radio Play, #4)