About the Book The fourth adventure in the bestselling Hitchhikers series brings Arthur Dent back to Earth with nothing more to show for his long, strange travel than a ratty towel, a plastic shopping bag, and the belief it was all a figment of his stressed-out imagination. Book Synopsis Now celebrating the 42nd anniversary of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, soon to be a Hulu original series! A madcap adventure . . . Adamss writing teeters on the fringe of inspired lunacy.--United Press International Back on Earth with nothing more to show for his long, strange trip through time and space than a ratty towel and a plastic shopping bag, Arthur Dent is ready to believe that the past eight years were all just a figment of his stressed-out imagination. But a gift-wrapped fishbowl with a cryptic inscription, the mysterious disappearance of Earths dolphins, and the discovery of his battered copy of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy all conspire to give Arthur the sneaking suspicion that something otherworldly is indeed going on. God only knows what it all means. Fortunately, He left behind a Final Message of explanation. But since its light-years away from Earth, on a star surrounded by souvenir booths, finding out what it is will mean hitching a ride to the far reaches of space aboard a UFO with a giant robot. What else is new? The most ridiculously exaggerated situation comedy known to created beings . . . Adams is irresistible.-- The Boston Globe Review Quotes The looniest of the lot. --Time A MADCAP ADVENTURE . . . ADAMSS WRITING TEETERS ON THE FRINGE OF INSPIRED LUNACY. --United Press International The most ridiculously exaggerated situation comedy known to created beings . . . Adams is irresistible. --The Boston Globe About the Author Douglas Adams was born in 1952 and created all the various and contradictory manifestations of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy radio, novels, TV, computer games, stage adaptations, comic book, and bath towel. He was born in Cambridge and lived with his wife and daughter in Islington, London, before moving to Santa Barbara, California, where he died suddenly in 2001.