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The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

  • Douglas Adams

4.27

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The Restaurant at the End of the Universe is the second book in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comedy science fiction "trilogy" by Douglas Adams, and is a sequel. It was originally published by Pan Books as a paperback. The book was inspired by the song "Grand Hotel" by British rock band Procol Harum. The book title refers to Milliways, the Restaurant at the End of the Universe, one of the settings of the book.


Also contained in:

  • The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Four Parts
  • The More Than Complete Hitchhiker's Guide
  • Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Genres

  • Fiction
  • Humorous fiction
  • humorous stories
  • Interplanetary voyages
  • Restaurants
  • Science Fiction
  • Interstellar travel
  • Life on other planets
  • Prefect, ford (fictitious character), fiction
  • Dent, arthur (fictitious character), fiction
  • Fiction, humorous
  • Fiction, science fiction, general
  • English literature
  • English Science fiction
  • 18.05 English literature
  • Fiction, humorous, general
  • Arthur Dent (Fictitious character)
  • Ford Prefect (Fictitious character)
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About the author

  • Douglas Adams

    11 March 1952 - 11 May 2001

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    719 ratings · 81 works

Editions

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    93.-112. Tsd.

    Ullstein

    1989-02

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    Anagrama

    1986

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    Anagrama

    1986

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    6. Auflage

    Kein & Aber

    2022-06

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UNABRIDGED edition

New Millennium Press

2002 May

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    Bt Bound

    1999 October

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    1st Pocket Books paperback printing (1)

    Pocket Books

    1982-10

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    Unabridged edition

    Gardners Books

    1994 April

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    1st Pocket Books paperback printing (18)

    Pocket Books

    1987?

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    2009 Del Rey trade pbk. ed. (6)

    Ballantine Books

    2009

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    Tandem Library

    1995

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    2nd printing

    Picador

    2002

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    printing (40)

    Pan Books

    1987?

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    1st Pocket Books paperback printing (13)

    Pocket Books

    1984?

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    Del Rey

    2008

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    1st Ballantine Books edition (4)

    Ballantine Books

    1997?

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    UNABRIDGED edition

    Audio Literature

    2001 December 10

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    Millenium Books

    1994 March 10

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    Abridged

    Listen for Pleasure

    1985 May

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    Book Club Edition [1st American ed.]

    Harmony Books

    1981

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    31st printing

    Pan Original

    1984?

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    Unabridged edition

    Phoenix Audio

    2001 January 1

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    First Ballantine Books Edition (1)

    Ballantine Books

    1995-11

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    Movie Tie-In Edition (64)

    Pan Books

    2005

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    Arthur Baker

    1980

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    Rogner und Bernhard bei Zweitausendeins

    1982

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    Abridged edition

    Audioworks

    1986 September 15

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    Ullstein-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Zweigniederlassung de

    1985

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    UNABRIDGED edition

    Audio Literature, Brand: Dove Entertainment Inc, Dove Entertainment Inc

    1992 January

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    Zysk i S-ka. Wydaw.

    1994

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    Heyne

    1998 November 1

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    Denoël

    April 12, 1999

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    Denoel

    2004-11-02

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    BBC Audiobooks

    2002 November 11

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    BBC Audiobooks

    2002 November 11

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    Unabridged edition

    New Millennium Audio

    2002 May

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    Gollancz

    2002 November 21

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    Random House Audio

    2006 July 4

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    Books on Tape

    2006

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    Pan Macmillan

    2023

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    Harmony Books

    1980-01-01

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    1st American ed.

    Picador

    1981

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    Arthur Baker / Weidenfeld & Nicolson

    1980

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    Pocket

    1990 January 2

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    Lib.e.

    BBC Audiobooks

    2002

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    [Book Club ed.]

    Harmony Books

    1980

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    Arthur Barker Ltd

    1985

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    Sarmal Yayinevi

    1996

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    1 edition

    Sextante

    2004