So long, and thanks for all the fish

Trilogy of Five #4

by Douglas Adams

Paperback, 200 pages

English language

Published May 16, 2009 by Pan Books.

ISBN:: 978-0-330-50860-5
OCLC Number:: 819150913

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Thirty years of celebrating the comic genius of Douglas Adams...

There is a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. It's not an easy thing to do and Arthur Dent thinks he's the only human who's been able to master this nifty little trick – until he meets Fenchurch, the girl of his dreams.

Fenchurch knows how the world could be made a good and happy place. Unfortunately she's forgotten. Convinced that the secret lies within God's Final Message to His Creation they go in search of it.

And – in a dramatic break with tradition – actually find it...

Volume four in the trilogy of five (back cover)

55 editions

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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.