The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Douglas Adams

Harmony Books, 1981 - Fiction - 250 pages

Facing annihilation at the hands of the warlike Vogons, Arthur Dent hurtles through space powered by pure improbability and is desperately in search of a place to eat. Among Arthur's shipmates are Ford Prefect, a long-time friend and contributor to the The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy; Zaphod Beeblebrox, the three-armed, two-headed ex-president of the galaxy; Tricia McMilan, a fellow Earth refuge who's gone native (her new name is Trillian); and Marvin, who suffers nothing and no one gladly. This is the sequel to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Contents

• Section 1: 4
• Section 2: 14
• Section 3: 29

About the author

Douglas Noel Adams (sometimes referred to Bop Ad because of his distinctive signature) was born in Cambridge, England, on March 11, 1952 and educated at St. John's College at Cambridge University. He graduated with honors in English Literature in 1974. In addition to being a writer/editor for radio, television, and stage, Adams has worked as a hospital reporter, barn builder, and radio producer. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, 1979, one of his bestselling humor and science-fiction novels, was originally a radio series. It was the first in a four-book series that includes The Restaurant at the End of the Universe; Life, the Universe, and Everything; and So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish. He once stated that the idea for his first novel came while he was "lying drunk in a field in Innsbruck and gazing at the stars." He pokes fun at humanity by mixing science fiction with humor. Adams's additional books include The Meaning of Liff; The Deeper Meaning of Liff; Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency; The Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul; and Mostly Harmless. He has also co-authored the book Last Chance to See, about endangered species. Douglas Adams died May 11, 2001 of a heart attack in Santa Barbara, California at the age of 49.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe; Issue 2 of Hitch hiker's guide to the galaxy; Hitchhiker series bk. 2; Hitchhiker's series
• Author: Douglas Adams
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Harmony Books, 1981
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Jun 5, 2008
• ISBN: 0517545357, 9780517545355
• Length: 250 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Humorous / General; Fiction / Science Fiction / Action & Adventure; Fiction / Science Fiction / General