Part of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, book 6
First published 2009
Arthur Dent has finally made it back to Earth after his cosmic adventures with The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. He dreams of nothing more than a proper cup of tea after traveling through known and unknown regions of space, stumbling through time, getting blown up and reassembled, and suffering imprisonment and insults. But Arthur's homecoming turns sour immediately. The world's oceans have vanished, taking his chances of a decent cuppa with them. Worse yet, Earth stands on the brink of destruction once more. Arthur must navigate this crisis alongside a cast that includes jobless gods, the renegade Galactic President Zaphod Beeblebrox, a lovestruck green alien, an annoying computer, and a massive chunk of cheese. This sixth Hitchhiker's adventure throws Arthur back into the absurd universe he thought he had escaped, where his quest for simple pleasures like tea becomes entangled with cosmic catastrophe and the eternal mystery of life's meaning.
Genres: science-fiction, adventure, fantasy, comedy
Vibes: suspenseful, thought-provoking, whimsical
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, found-family
Setting: Earth, Galaxy
Period: 21st-century
275 pages · Hardcover · Hyperion