Rating
The Pequod Review:
Young Zaphod Plays It Safe is a short novella that is loosely part of The Hitchhiker’s Guide series. The book is more of the same, with some of Douglas Adams's most obvious and cliched political satire. There are some humorous lines anyway:
"You see?" said the official, examining the ultra-titanium outer seals of the aorist rod hold. “Perfectly secure, perfectly safe.”
He said the same thing as they passed holds containing chemical weapons so powerful that a teaspoonful could fatally infect an entire planet.
He said the same thing as they passed holds containg zeta-active compounds so powerful that a teaspoonful could fatally infect an entire planet.
He said the same thing as they passed holds containing theta-active compounds so powerful that a teaspoonful could irradiate a whole planet.
“I’m glad I’m not a planet,” muttered Zaphod.