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So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
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So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish Paperback - 2005

by Douglas Adams

The fourth adventure in the bestselling "Hitchhiker's" series brings Arthur Dent back to Earth with nothing more to show for his long, strange travel than a ratty towel, a plastic shopping bag, and the belief it was all a figment of his stressed-out imagination.


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Back on Earth with nothing more to show for his long, strange trip through time and space than a ratty towel and a plastic shopping bag, Arthur Dent is ready to believe that the past eight years were all just a figment of his stressed-out imagination. But a gift-wrapped fishbowl with a cryptic inscription, the mysterious disappearance of Earth's dolphins, and the discovery of his battered copy of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy all conspire to give Arthur the sneaking suspicion that something otherworldly is indeed going on. . . .God only knows what it all means. And fortunately, He left behind a Final Message of explanation. But since it's light-years away from Earth, on a star surrounded by souvenir booths, finding out what it is will mean hitching a ride to the far reaches of space aboard a UFO with a giant robot. But what else is new?From the Paperback edition.

From the publisher

Douglas Adams was born in 1952 and educated at Cambridge. He was the author of five books in the Hitchhiker’s Trilogy, including The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; The Restaurant at the End of the Universe; Life, the Universe and Everything; So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish; and Mostly Harmless. His other works include Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency; The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul; The Meaning of Liff and The Deeper Meaning of Liff (with John Lloyd); and Last Chance to See (with Mark Carwardine). His last book was the bestselling collection, The Salmon of Doubt, published posthumously in May 2002.
You can find more about Douglas Adam's life and works at douglasadams.com.

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Back on Earth with nothing more to show for his long, strange trip through time and space than a ratty towel and a plastic shopping bag, Arthur Dent is ready to believe that the past eight years were all just a figment of his stressed-out imagination. But a gift-wrapped fishbowl with a cryptic inscription, the mysterious disappearance of Earth's dolphins, and the discovery of his battered copy of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy all conspire to give Arthur the sneaking suspicion that something otherworldly is indeed going on. . . .
God only knows what it all means. And fortunately, He left behind a Final Message of explanation. But since it's light-years away from Earth, on a star surrounded by souvenir booths, finding out what it is will mean hitching a ride to the far reaches of space aboard a UFO with a giant robot. But what else is new?

"From the Paperback edition.

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  • Title So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
  • Author Douglas Adams
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: repri
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Del Rey Books, U.S.A.
  • Date 2005-04-26
  • Features Movie/TV Tie-In
  • ISBN 9780345479969 / 0345479963
  • Weight 0.38 lbs (0.17 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.28 x 5.54 x 0.49 in (21.03 x 14.07 x 1.24 cm)
  • Reading level 990
  • Library of Congress subjects Fantasy fiction, Science fiction
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005274174
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Media reviews

"The looniest of the lot."—Time

“A madcap adventure . . . Adams’s writing teeters on the fringe of inspired lunacy.”—United Press International

“The most ridiculously exaggerated situation comedy known to created beings . . . Adams is irresistible.”—Boston Globe

Citations

  • Ingram Advance, 05/01/2005, Page 93

About the author

Douglas Adams was born in 1952 and created all the various and contradictory manifestations of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio, novels, TV, computer games, stage adaptations, comic book, and bath towel. He was born in Cambridge and lived with his wife and daughter in Islington, London, before moving to Santa Barbara, California, where he died suddenly in 2001.
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