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| Original Title: | So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish ASIN B001OF5F1E |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #4 |
| Characters: | Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Marvin, the paranoid android, Fenchurch, Russell, Rob McKenna, John Watson (Wonko the Sane), Know Nothing Bozo, Will Smithers, Murray Bost Henson, Enid Kapelsen, Arcane Jill Watson, Blart Versenwald III |
Douglas Adams
Kindle Edition | Pages: 225 pages Rating: 4.09 | 136923 Users | 2682 Reviews
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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?
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| Title | : | So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #4) |
| Author | : | Douglas Adams |
| Book Format | : | Kindle Edition |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 225 pages |
| Published | : | December 25th 2008 by Del Rey (first published October 12th 1984) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction. Humor. Fantasy. Comedy. Science Fiction Fantasy. Classics |
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Ratings: 4.09 From 136923 Users | 2682 ReviewsAssessment Epithetical Books So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #4)
The fourth installment in the Hitchhiker series is something of an anomaly. Virtually the entire story takes place on Earth, and major characters like Zaphod and Trillian are nowhere to be found. The focus is on Arthur Dent: after years of being kicked around by the universe, poor Arthur finally finds himself in a good old fashioned love story.Well, maybe old fashioned is a poor choice of words. This is a Douglas Adams book after all, and it features robots, spaceships, and a man named Wonko theThis is the fourth book in Douglas Adams Hitchhiker Trilogy (no, thats not a typo) starting with The Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy. Douglas Adams originally only meant to write two sequels to his original classic, and Im sorry to say, this book shows it. In all of Douglass books, the plot is convoluted at best, with frequent asides and authorial interpretations (which works perfectly in the context of sci-fi comedy) but the plot in this story was so ambiguous, it just didnt have the same
Not what I would have expected! This book is very different from the first three books in the Hitchhiker's Guide series, which I supposed is apt for the fourth book of a trilogy. I wasn't overly bothered by the fact that everything took place on earth (though the fact that the earth still apparently exists may take a bit of the underlying pathos out of the earlier works). I thought some of it was delightful, and I got a really big kick out of the Rain God, whenever he showed up. The giant robot
Scientist must also be absolutely like a child. If he sees a thing, he must say that he sees it, whether it was what he thought he was going to see or not. See first, think later, then test. But always see first. Otherwise you will only see what you were expecting. This is my favorite of all the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" books.I know it kind of defies the whole travel the Galaxy and see the universe idea, but I love that Arthur is content and happy; that he found a like-minded being
Not my favorite of the series. This one drags along at slow pace and doesn't really go anywhere. There are points in this where it seems like Adams is trying to stretch the page total with gimmicks, like "a writer should never..." and then he proceeds to do that tedious thing as an example, which doesn't add to the humor or plot. I think I preferred how the old tv series handled the dolphin storyline better than how it's portrayed here. However, it's not a terrible book by a long shot, as Adams
The universe is a joke. Even before I was shown the meaning of life in a dream at 17 (then promptly forgot it because I thought I smelled pancakes), I knew this to be true--and yet, I have always felt a need to search for the truth, that nebulous, ill-treated creature. Adams has always been, to me, to be a welcome companion in that journey. Between the search for meaning and the recognition that it's all a joke in poor taste lies Douglas Adams, and, luckily for us, he doesn't seem to mind if you
More craziness and whacky fun & humour. I enjoyed this as much as the previous three. I'm getting quite sad at the thought this journey will soon be over.
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