From: utzoo!decvax!cwruecmp!glassner
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Title: HHGttG and Venus
Article-I.D.: cwruecmp.479
Posted: Sun Feb 13 13:33:41 1983
Received: Wed Feb 16 00:51:16 1983


A friend recently lended me a copy of
"Venus on the Half-Shell", by "Kilgore Trout"
(aka Kurt Vonnegut).  She claimed that it was
a lot like Hitch-Hiker's Guide, and I have
to agree.

Although there isn't any question of theft
of ideas or characters, the two books seem
very similar in tone and style, except that
Hitch-Hiker's is much better.

I'd be interested in anyone else's views on
the subject...

	Is Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
	a sequel to Venus on the Half Shell?

	-Andrew