![]() ![]() It's almost as if the grandeur of Rome was born of paranoia and desperation. Reviewing the novel for School Library Journal, Robin Defendall also praised it and wrote that "it will be popular with many fans". Oddly enough, fear seems to have played a key role in the history of Rome, and despite the might and power of the Romans, there is something curiously desperate about their whole story. However, Publishers Weekly praised the book, describing it as a "rich medium of whimsy and satire" and writing that it succeeds in making readers laugh. Gerald Jonas of The New York Times Book Review wrote that Jones "successfully mimics Adams's antic style", but that the novel lacks the qualities that made Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series "memorable". īecause of a tight schedule and postponing of the novel, Jones had to write it in the three weeks before its release date. Michael Bywater offered to write the novel after Sheckley abandoned the project, but, due to fears that Bywater would not complete the book on schedule, Adams ultimately asked Jones to write it as publishers expected the book's release to tie in with that of its source material (which itself ended up being delayed). Paperback from 33.50 6 Used from 33.50 3 New from 56.04 In this thoroughly satisfying and completely disorienting novel based on a story line by Douglas Adams (author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), Terry Jones recounts an unforgettable tale of intergalactic travel and mishap. Robert Sheckley was then approached to write it, but his submitted work was rejected by The Digital Village in Autumn 1997 because it was too different from Adams's writing style. Adams initially intended to write the adaptation himself, but was too focused on the game. Jones, famous for his work in Monty Python's Flying Circus, was the voice actor for the parrot character in the original game. The author, Terry Jones, based it on an outline provided by Douglas Adams.
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