Darren Addy wrote: > Badly written can still be enjoyed if it has clever concepts and the > book was full of clever concepts. I would call it mostly "amusing" > rather than funny. In any event, oneshould probably know them just if > one is going to be literate in the cultural references, unless you > enjoy things regularly whizzing over your head. Reading the > Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy also represents a rite of passage for > us white & nerdy types. That said, it isn't a work that I, personally, > plan on rereading.
For my English Literature 'O' Levels (or whatever the exams are called this week for those of around 16 years of age), I got a book of short stories. A few years later, my friend's brother, a few years younger than us, got the Hitchhiker's Guide. I don't think anyone in his class got anything lower than a 'B' grade, and most of them, before they knew that would be the book for the syllabus, could quote whole chunks of the book from memory. Lucky b*****ds. Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
