The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

by Douglas Adams

Hardcover, 187 pages

English language

Published May 4, 1981 by Book Club Associates.

(29 reviews)

Milliways, the restaurant ofthe title, has been projected forward in time to the exact moment ofthe end of the universe. While galactic gourmets sample delectable dishes they watch in total comfort as constellations collide and asteroids explode in what can only be described as the ultimate cabaret. Milliways is just one of the many cosmic venues penetrated by Arthur Dent, earthling, Zaphod Beeblebrox, former president of the imperial galactic govern- ment, Marvin the Paranoid Android and others in a further sequence of inadvertent adventures and technicolour catastrophes in outer space.

For followers of The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy on radio and television, Douglas Adam's second book will provide a lasting contribution to a superlative flight of fantasy. --back cover

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4 stars

Amazing imagery. It felt quite different from the first book, as this one delved more into the philosophy of the series. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy made me familiar to the author's style of absurd humor, so perhaps that is part of the reason why I did not find The Restaurant at the End of the Universe as startingly funny. It's a great book nonetheless, and I'll be thinking of it more for sure.