The Restaurant at the End of the Universe #1

“There is a theory which states that if anyone discovers exactly what the universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.”

Thus begins the next adventure of the intrepid occupants of the Heart of Gold: Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Zaphod Beeblebrox, Trillian, and Marvin the Paranoid Android. Be there, or be turned into a giant sperm whale at an improbability factor of 8,767,128 to one, against.

Adapted from the second novel of Douglas Adams’s classic sci-fi satire series, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

Douglas Adams is the best-selling author of the HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY series. He is also known for his Dirk Gently books: DIRK GEN- TLY’S HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY and THE LONG DARK TEATIME OF THE SOUL and, with John Lloyd, THE MEANING OF LIFF. His most recent books are the latest Hitchhiker’s novel, MOSTLY HARMLESS, and a travel volume called LAST CHANCE TO SEE. . .

John Carnell, born in Ramsgate, England, was very nearly educated at school, but instead chose the Never Ending Diploma Course offered by The University of Life. The published work that he’ll own up to include: THE SLEEZE BROTHERS comic books and PET SQUAD, a series of children’s books. His present projects include a radio series about the lost seven letters of the cosmic alphabet (“The Significant Seven”), an illustrated book of children’s poems and a book of shark jokes called SHARK RAVIN’ MAD. John’s passions include: ornithology, drinking, collecting wild fungi, sex, swimming, talking to trees, and horse racing (although he’s never beaten one yet).