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[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 23 points 8 months ago (4 children)

What?? The only books that exist are:

  • Harry Potter
  • 1984
  • AO3 fanfics
[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 33 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy ^*^

~* All five of them. Six if you count Mostly Harmless.~

[–] Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Six if you count Mostly Harmless.

I think you mean six if you count 'And Another Thing .. '

'Mostly Harmless' was the 5th book.

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)
  1. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
  2. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
  3. Life, the Universe and Everything
  4. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
  5. Young Zaphod Plays it Safe
  6. Mostly Harmless

This is according to The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide from 1996. I will certainly be checking out And Another Thing.

~So I guess there are seven books to the trilogy.~

Edit: Ooooh, that explains it. And Another Thing wasn’t written by Adams. No wonder I never heard of it.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Young Zaphod Plays it Safe is just a short story.

Yeah, that's the one I wasn't counting as a book, but from that list I can see why some would count it.

'And Another Thing...' was fun, and I feel it belongs on the shelf right next to the others. I hope you give it a shot, and also enjoy it.

[–] natedog526@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I'd recommend Dresden Files series if you want something with a wizard in it.

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I’ll add it to my reading list. Thanks!

[–] natedog526@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

While you're at it, if you haven't done so check out any of the Discworld books by Terry Pratchet. Very good reads.

[–] lupusblackfur@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Ooh... +1 for this...

Read them some time back and would definitely read again.

[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

There’s also atlas shrugged.

It’s like the sorting hat for terrible people.

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Oh good one but that's a trick question, because nobody has actually read it in full.

[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Wait! You aren't supposed to finish Atlas Shrugged?

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

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[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

family guy made 2 cutscenes about her being problematic.

[–] x4740N@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

Read the A03 Harry Potter fanfics where Harry is a trans egg

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 8 months ago

The really good a/o I've been following hasn't been updated in almost two months 😭