Throughout the course of history, there have been many great and profoundly meaningful events. Events that happen once-in-a-lifetime, events that only happen once, that kind of thing…You know what I mean.

What I’m referring to is me being wrong, of course. Take a second. Calm down. The world isn’t ending, I promise. Not too long ago (read as “the last time my lazy-ass wrote a meaningful post here), I wrote a rather angry post concerning “And Another Thing”, the latest addition to “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” series. I went on about how Eoin Colfer was so very wrong to have written this book, and how it would obviously be a piece of garbage, and so on.

That is why I feel it is appropriate that I write this and correct myself. For the record: “And Another Thing” is a passable, and welcome, addition to the “Hitchhiker’s Guide” series, and I would go so far as to say that Eoin Colfer did a hell of a job continuing where Douglas Adams left off.

No, it is not quite Douglas Adams’ brilliant writing but it comes close enough that it fits with the rest of the series. When I started reading, I hated the book on principle. I still had that “Grr, how dare you?” mentality. Only a little into the book, I felt myself fighting off a chuckle here and a knowing grin there. The further I got into the book, the more I lost the battle and found myself laughing out loud.

And so, I must concede that “And Another Thing…” may not be the best book ever written, and I still say Douglas Adams is the only person who is truly fit to write books under the “Hitchhiker’s Guide” title…but Eoin Colfer did a hell of a job, and “And Another Thing…” has proved itself worthy of its place in this truly epic trilogy.