08-04-2025, 09:30 PM
I don'tt want to steal UB's thunder...
It was a clever homage to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy... or at least that's what I thought I had remembered...
In this Douglas Adams story...
A particular race was notorious for this poetry... the Vogon...
Vogons are described as "one of the most unpleasant races in the galaxy—not actually evil, but bad-tempered, bureaucratic, officious and callous", and having "as much sex appeal as a road accident" as well as being the authors of "the third worst poetry in the universe".
One protagonist is asked to comment on the effectiveness of this poetry... after have listened to some of it... his response was a collage of "art critic speak"... well delivered . Excellent comedy.
(Read it and find out... I thought it was funny.)
If you don't mind spoilers ... it was once rendered into this:
It was a clever homage to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy... or at least that's what I thought I had remembered...
In this Douglas Adams story...
A particular race was notorious for this poetry... the Vogon...
Vogons are described as "one of the most unpleasant races in the galaxy—not actually evil, but bad-tempered, bureaucratic, officious and callous", and having "as much sex appeal as a road accident" as well as being the authors of "the third worst poetry in the universe".
One protagonist is asked to comment on the effectiveness of this poetry... after have listened to some of it... his response was a collage of "art critic speak"... well delivered . Excellent comedy.
(Read it and find out... I thought it was funny.)
If you don't mind spoilers ... it was once rendered into this:
