Man people are actually mad about this to a degree that's kind of baffling to me, in defense of a version of HHGG that, as a fan, I don't really recognize You know HHGG was the original edgelord nihilistic science fiction thing right It starts with everyone on Earth dyinghttps://twitter.com/arthur_affect/status/1222246557228994560 …
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That's brought up in the text of the first book, though, Slartibartfast tells Arthur paranoia is a normal and expected reaction to the nature of the universe and makes no difference either way
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Yeah, but it's still a shrug; Arthur's desire to find someone to be personally offended at is constantly thwarted because nobody cares.
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Yeah, I think if we get to Mostly Harmless, the overall affect is much darker and crueler.
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Notably, even Adams himself admitted he felt he had gone “too far” with the tone, and expressed a desire to return to form in the sequel. Which... obviously, never happened.
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There is a point in that about beaurocracy and institutional inertia; it's not unrelated to Thor not being able to get a passport in one of the Dirk Gently books because he doesn't have a birth certificate; the horror is unthinking following of rules. That's not quite nihilism
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