For this week in Literature of Horror, Sci-Fi, and Fantasy I briefly read the book “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” by Douglas Adams. I also had listened to part of the audio “Hitchhiker's Guide Radio Show #1”. In general, this is one of the most silliest stories I’ve read in the Sci-Fi genre and I would assume that is the whole point of it. The last topic I will be covering is Satire and Sci-Fi and “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” acts as a great example of this genre.
From what I got from Satire and Sci-Fi is that it is the epitome of the definition. The plots revolve around the Science Fiction genre, while also incorporating the use of humor and satire. “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” reinforces these elements all throughout the story. For instance, the use of space travel and alien races. The main character, Arthur Dent, ventures to distant planets in which we cannot do today. They also use an advanced spaceship and technology. Adams make the characters interact with many alien races and other unfamiliarities speculated in the future.
Next, the is use of Satire and comedy. The whole course of the story was to make it very crazy and funny. One of the first whacky parts was how Arthur was a total loser in the book. For example, in the first chapters of the book it showed how Arthur was an average human, and usually went to bars and got drunk… until Ford Prefect was introduced. He basically met up with Arthur and said that he had to come with him, also the world was going to end! Just by this, the story already pulled me in. Another big point in the story that I thought was funny was with the supercomputer called “Deep Thought”. In synopsis, they talked about a supercomputer created the universe. And it was run by mice.. That just boggled me in all honesty. Overall, the book incorporated a lot more of this satire algorithm than what I explained.
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