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So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

Douglas Adams

Book 4 of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

  • 200 pages · about 3 hours
  • First published 1984
  • 74 editions
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1 About this book

Preceded by: Life, the Universe and Everything.

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish is the fourth book of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy "trilogy" written by Douglas Adams. Its title is the message left by the dolphins when they departed Planet Earth just before it was demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass, as described in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Good for readers who want: fantasy, science fiction, and space travel.

  • Fantasy
  • Interplanetary voyages
  • Science fiction
  • Humor
  • Ford Prefect
  • Arthur Dent
  • Interstellar travel

2 About Douglas Adams

1952–2001

Douglas Noël Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English author, humourist, and screenwriter. He wrote The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which originated in 1978 as a BBC radio comedy, before developing into a "trilogy" of five books that sold more than 14 million copies in his lifetime. He also adapted it into a 1981 television series, a 1984 video game and a 2005 feature film. Adams was born in Cambridge and raised in Essex.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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