Milliways

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Milliways is the fictional, time-defying "Restaurant at the End of the Universe" from Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, where diners watch the cosmos end as dinner entertainment.

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Milliways Corporation 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional location
fictional restaurant
restaurant at the end of the universe
accessMethod advanced temporal booking system
time travel
alsoKnownAs The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
appearsIn The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
surface form: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
bookingMechanism reservation made in the present and bank interest pays for visit at the end of time
copyrightHolder Douglas Adams estate
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
createdBy Douglas Adams
entertainment live broadcast of the universe ending
feature extravagant multi-species cuisine
live entertainment
parking for starships
robotic staff
time-defying reservation system
view of the end of the universe as entertainment
firstAppearance The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
surface form: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1980 novel)
genre comic science fiction setting
hasAtmosphere luxurious and theatrical
hasClientele pan-galactic diners
hasCurrency Pangalactic Gargle Blaster-based economy (humorous)
hasMenuItem steak from an animal that wants to be eaten
hasOwner Milliways self-linksurface differs
surface form: Milliways Corporation
hasPerformer Max Quordlepleen
hasTechnology time field sustaining the restaurant during the end of the universe
hasTheme spectacle of cosmic destruction as entertainment
inspired various homages and references in later science fiction and popular culture
languageOfName English
locatedAt the temporal end of the universe
locatedInFictionalPlace the future of the universe
medium novel
radio series
stage adaptations
television adaptation
narrativeRole satirical commentary on consumerism
set piece for character interactions
partOfFranchise The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
temporalProperty can be visited multiple times by the same individuals from different points in their timelines
exists at the heat death of the universe
visitedBy Arthur Dent
Ford Prefect
Marvin the Paranoid Android
Trillian
Zaphod Beeblebrox

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Milliways hasOwner Milliways self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Milliways Corporation