I'll agree that he is hyped up a little. Adams is good, but compared to Terry Pratchett (whom he is constantly compared to) he's kinda "meh".
You kinda mixed them up
Sacrifice the blasphemer on an altar made of Discworld novels!
No matter how much I love Adams I must concur. Death to the non-believer!
*scratches head*
I did say that I like both, right?
Sure, Adams has loads of wit, but I find that I don't really give much of a damn about his characters.
Folks like Brutha, Captain Carrot, and King Verence feel more psychologically "real" to me. I can look in my own life and find people with similar traits. Pratchett can often put into words ideas that I would not have thought possible to describe.
It's hard to ignore the sheer amount of material Sir Terry (just remembered he was knighted earlier this year) has put out. On my bookshelf I count 35 Discworld novels and his world--even if it gets a bit confused at times--is much more fleshed out. Adams has, what, 5 Hitchhiker novels? The fourth one is decent but feels superfluous. The fifth one has its moments but does not hold a candle to any of the previous ones and is really,
really depressing. The Dirk Gently books are alright but nothing spectacular.
Again, I like both. I'll buy that they're equals in wit, but not in psychological profundity or verbal dexterity.