The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

by Douglas Adams

Part of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, book 2

First published 1980

Earth's last survivor Arthur Dent zips through the cosmos with his alien friend Ford Prefect, sexy pilot Trillian, and the two-headed ex-President Zaphod Beeblebrox. They flee to the notorious Restaurant at the End of the Universe, where the doom of the cosmos is the floor show. Will they uncover the origins of creation and the question behind the answer 42?

Genres: science-fiction, adventure, space-opera, comedy

Vibes: fast-paced, thought-provoking, whimsical

Tropes: fish-out-of-water, found-family

Setting: Milliways

256 pages · Paperback · Random House Worlds

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