[whycome]

Was this author's voice supposed to come off like Douglas Adams? Is that the meta joke here? Because it’s kind of impressive.

[rpmisms]

I think so, and it's very close in tone to the pedantic pedagogy that Adams created and Snicket adopted.

[clipsy]

Does the author's voice come off like Douglas Adams? It's been quite some time since I read H2G2, but I don't remember Adams being insufferable.