So long, and thanks for all the fish

Hardcover, 152 pages

English language

Published June 20, 1984 by Harmony Books.

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4 stars (1 review)

Is there life on Earth?

This apparently absurd question assumes its most urgent and madcap expression, but is not examined by Douglas Adams, in So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, the forth (if you believe that you'll believe anything) book in the Hitchhiker's Trilogy.

Something very weird happens (so what else is new?) to Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, and the all new voidoid gang when they return to Earth after eight years of crazed wanderings around the galaxy. Foolishly, young Arthur is glad to be back. (What a nerd!)

Still wearing his bathrobe and carrying his trusty towel, Arthur sets out once again (this time he takes no chances and travels by commercial airline) on a wacked-out quest for the right result...and the answers to these embarrassing questions:

• What really happened the day the Earth was demolished?

• Why did all the dolphins disappear?

• What is …

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4 stars

I did feel, with Life, the Universe and Everything, that the series was starting to lose it's way somewhat. With this book, though, Adams gets solidly back on track.



It's very different to what has gone before, and this is very much to the book's advantage. Arthur is more of a character this time around and there's visible plot.



So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish is still very much a Hitchhiker's book, but it also demonstrates the value in a series taking the occasional left turn.