"Books, old friends that are always new"

I've been working on a longish post. It wasnt supposed to be such a long one but once I got writing I wanted to note down *every* little thing that happened. I justified it saying that I was giving a very detailed descrition so it would help later on if any one wanted to do something similar. I am already 900 words down and on re-reading I find that there is not a single useful fact. Maybe I'll add some bullet points at the end of the post and it wont be so bad. Anyway, a friend said he found HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy strange. My own sister thinks the same. The problem is I have never been able to justify my fondness for the same.

I insisted my friends buy the book for me on my 17th birthday because I had seen the author Mr. Douglas Adams on an edition of Hard Talk and I fell in love with the book..
I've pondered long and hard over why I love the book and come up with the following answer :
[No, not 42 :) ]
1) Its frickin funny!
Yes, there is the great plot and sub-plots and characters and vision but mainly its humourous..
2) I know I can (and I have done so on numerous occasions) pick up the book, open to a random page, start reading and be guffawing within the next ten minutes. I even took it with me for my two months training in Trivandrum.


The second point is, most people would say, more of an effect than a cause of loving the book. But I dont know because at some point it becomes cyclic. That because I know I can depend on the book to alleviate bad moods, I love it even more.

Oh well, I do hope you give the book one more shot. If not, I wish you have a book, any book, that means as much to you. [And do let me know which one it is]

p.s. - The title is from a poem by Andrew Lang