So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish 
asked by vern on November 7, 2006 11:32 PM
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?
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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How would you feel coming back to the Earth from halfway across the galaxy? Or being one of two of the original human beings in the whole universe? Or maybe whats with the number forty two? And maybe why the dolphins disappeared and why everyone has plain glass fish bowl, the answer might be closer than you think...
The book, So Long and Thanks For All The Fish. This book was created by the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series author Douglas Adams. The genre for this book is Sci-Fi. Some other books from the author is, The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which is now a major motion picture, and The Restaurant at the End of the Universe to name a few.
The main character is Arthur Dent from England. Arthur is a intergalactic traveler, who finds himself back on Earth after traveling through the galaxy. He is mostly curious and somehow always gets into awkward situations with people, animals, and robots. After the many years traveling across the galaxy he finds it amazingly easy to fit into his old life. Before that though, he finds himself hitch hiking on Earth, where he meets a girl name Fenchurch. Soon after getting back on Earth, in England, he finds himself with Fenchurch and hid hitch hiking buddy, Ford Perfect near a large silvery robot who keeps asking to see their lizard. After the robot has it's `vacation' it decided to leave, which is when Arthur, Fenchurch and Ford decided to go see God's last message to his creations, thirty foot high letters of a fiery blaze. Where they found the thirty-two years older than the universe, social depressed robot, Marvin.
I would recommend this book for anyone who likes the thought of traveling through space. This book would be suitable for anyone who likes a good laugh and awkward situations.
I really enjoyed this book because of, the laughs it created and how it ended. The ending of this book tied up a loose end from the previous book. The book was a great book and I would read it again any time.
J.H.
The book, So Long and Thanks For All The Fish. This book was created by the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series author Douglas Adams. The genre for this book is Sci-Fi. Some other books from the author is, The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which is now a major motion picture, and The Restaurant at the End of the Universe to name a few.
The main character is Arthur Dent from England. Arthur is a intergalactic traveler, who finds himself back on Earth after traveling through the galaxy. He is mostly curious and somehow always gets into awkward situations with people, animals, and robots. After the many years traveling across the galaxy he finds it amazingly easy to fit into his old life. Before that though, he finds himself hitch hiking on Earth, where he meets a girl name Fenchurch. Soon after getting back on Earth, in England, he finds himself with Fenchurch and hid hitch hiking buddy, Ford Perfect near a large silvery robot who keeps asking to see their lizard. After the robot has it's `vacation' it decided to leave, which is when Arthur, Fenchurch and Ford decided to go see God's last message to his creations, thirty foot high letters of a fiery blaze. Where they found the thirty-two years older than the universe, social depressed robot, Marvin.
I would recommend this book for anyone who likes the thought of traveling through space. This book would be suitable for anyone who likes a good laugh and awkward situations.
I really enjoyed this book because of, the laughs it created and how it ended. The ending of this book tied up a loose end from the previous book. The book was a great book and I would read it again any time.
J.H.
reviewed by webster on November 15, 2006 6:25 AM
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Number 4 in the series, this book is about Arthur Dent coming back to Earth to find that it wasn't blown up after all and to solve the mystery of the vanishing dolphins. To get all the details, as well as God's last message to his creation, read the book!
I liked this book because it was humorous as well as being my favorite genre: Sci-Fi.
I liked this book because it was humorous as well as being my favorite genre: Sci-Fi.
reviewed by goonball on November 15, 2006 11:20 AM
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So Long and Thanks for All the Fish is the most serious books of the series thus far. Arthur Dent comes down to Earth and, as it must, his life becomes very earthy, earthly, and plain. In this installment, Dent takes a break from backpacking across the universe to revisit--or perhaps resettle--his still existing home planet. Upon return, he discovers the strange absence of dolphins, a fishbowl with a cryptic message, and his soul mate in the form of a singular woman. Interestingly, it's almost as if Adams is on a mission to show us that he too can do romance and light wit without over-relying on over-the-top zaniness and madcap hilarity where time, space, and all the big questions afflicting mankind are reduced to a wet towel or a talking couch.
Arthur Dent's very real, passionate, non-ironic romance with Fenchurch is something of a pleasure because it is done almost without the self-conscious, snowballing zingers we expect from Adams. He skillfully sits back and allows earthlings to show themselves to be more ridiculous than any alien race or temporal anomaly. Strange is Adams' motivation for devoting a book to advancing Dent's character while suspending the series until further notice--is it mere eccentricity, momentarily clearing his throat for a more serious note, or an anxious, narcissistic attempt to assure his immortalization in Dent's otherwise ordinary character?
Whatever his intent, So Long and Thanks for All the Fish provides an entertaining 200 pages of love and other mundane matters on Earth without slackening Adams' bread-and-butter penchant for humor and absurdity.
Arthur Dent's very real, passionate, non-ironic romance with Fenchurch is something of a pleasure because it is done almost without the self-conscious, snowballing zingers we expect from Adams. He skillfully sits back and allows earthlings to show themselves to be more ridiculous than any alien race or temporal anomaly. Strange is Adams' motivation for devoting a book to advancing Dent's character while suspending the series until further notice--is it mere eccentricity, momentarily clearing his throat for a more serious note, or an anxious, narcissistic attempt to assure his immortalization in Dent's otherwise ordinary character?
Whatever his intent, So Long and Thanks for All the Fish provides an entertaining 200 pages of love and other mundane matters on Earth without slackening Adams' bread-and-butter penchant for humor and absurdity.
reviewed by jdog on November 15, 2006 9:55 PM