Engagement:
Genre:
Science Fiction
Published:
1980
Page Count:
250
Where to Buy:
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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2
Content Ratings
Light Themes
The novel continues the series' satirical examination of meaninglessness, bureaucracy, and the self-importance of human civilization; tone remains uniformly comic.
No Violence
Cosmic catastrophe continues to be played entirely for laughs; violence does not occur in any meaningful sense.
Synopsis
Arthur, Ford, Zaphod, and Trillian continue their absurd journey through time and space, visiting Milliways—the restaurant at the literally apocalyptic end of the universe—while Zaphod pursues the man who rules the universe and Arthur and Ford accidentally end up stranded on prehistoric Earth. More episodic than its predecessor but equally committed to comic invention and satirical irreverence. The series hits its satirical peak in the middle books.