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Loading... So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (original 1984; edition 1999)by Douglas Adams
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I doubt that all the previous readers who gave this 3, 4 or 5 stars want to know what I think about it, or anyone else for that matter. ( ) Yes, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish has a loose plot (mostly focusing on Arthur Dent and his girlfriend Fenchurch) and it is quite different from the farcical satire that comprised the first three books. At its heart this a romantic comedy, focused on Arthur discovering a new Earth (you see the dolphins, having escaped the destruction of the Earth by the Vogons, have gratefully provided humanity with a new planet) and a new girlfriend, Fenchurch. This fourth book suffers from a slow start, and a lack of Adams typically overt zaniness (although the dolphins are clearly the highlight). There's less science fiction silliness here, which is what I typically come to Adams for. The plot is certainly more straightforward than the previous last three entries. The different tone also reflects the rushed nature of the writing; Adams' editor Sonny Mehta moved in with the author to ensure that the book met its (extended) deadline. As a result, Adams later stated that he was not entirely happy with the book, which includes several jarring authorial intrusions, which fellow author and Adams' biographer Neil Gaiman described as "patronising and unfair". Is contained inThe More Than Complete Hitchhikers Guide by Douglas Adams (indirect) And Another Thing... by Eoin Colfer (indirect) Has the adaptationDistinctions
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HTML:Now celebrating the 42nd anniversary of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, soon to be a Hulu original series! A madcap adventure . . . Adamss writing teeters on the fringe of inspired lunacy.United Press International 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 Earths dolphins, and the discovery of his battered copy of The Hitchhikers 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. Fortunately, He left behind a Final Message of explanation. But since its 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. What else is new? The most ridiculously exaggerated situation comedy known to created beings . . . Adams is irresistible.The Boston Globe. No library descriptions found.
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