THE RESTAURANT AT THE END OF THE UNIVERSE

by Doughs Adams ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 6, 1981

A sequel to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy--and again the sf parody here is deranged, deadpan, satirical, hyperbolic, wildly erratic. . . but with rather less of a British accent than its predecessor. The heroes--meek Arthur Dent and sexy Trillian of Earth (demolished by a Vogon fleet to make way for a hyperspace bypass); cool Ford Prefect of Betelgeuse; Zaphod Beeblebrox, the two-headed, three-armed ex-President of the Galaxy; Marvin the Paranoid Android--are still in pursuit of the answer to ""the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything."" (The answer is forty-two--but what's the question?) And their encounters include: Milliways, the restaurant at the end of the universe (where dinner walks up to introduce itself, and the entertainment is, literally, doomsday); Hotblack Desiato, leader of the galaxy's loudest rock band (he's spending a year dead for tax purposes); a colony of joggers, hairdressers, and PR men (they'd like to invent the wheel, but can't decide what color it should be); and the man who rules the Universe (he's not at all sure that he or the universe really exists). Sometimes lame, limp, or just plain silly--but, at its best, very funny indeed.

Pub Date: Jan. 6, 1981

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Harmony/Crown

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Jan. 1, 1981

Categories: FICTION