Life, the Universe and Everything

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comic science fiction novel novel science fiction novel

Life, the Universe and Everything is the third comedic science fiction novel in Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, continuing the absurd adventures of Arthur Dent and his companions.

Aliases (1)

Life, the Universe and Everything (1982 novel) ×3

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	comic science fiction novel → novel → science fiction novel →
author	Douglas Adams →
basedOn	Doctor Who serial "Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen" →
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom →
coverArtist	Peter Cross →
featuresCharacter	Slartibartfast →
followedBy	So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish →
genre	comedy → satire → science fiction →
hasAdaptation	audiobook → radio adaptation →
hasHumourStyle	British humour →
hasISBN	0-330-26738-8 →
hasNotableObject	Bistromathic Drive → Wikkit Key →
hasNotableSpecies	Krikkiters →
hasPageCount	224 →
hasStructure	short chapters →
hasTheme	absurdity of the universe → meaning of life → satire of bureaucracy →
hasTitleOrigin	phrase "life, the universe and everything" from the series →
language	English →
literarySeriesPosition	middle book of the original Hitchhiker's trilogy →
mainCharacter	Arthur Dent → Ford Prefect → Marvin the Paranoid Android → Trillian → Zaphod Beeblebrox →
mediaType	print →
narrativePerspective	third-person →
originalPublisher	Pan Books →
originalReleaseFormat	hardcover →
partOfSeries	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy →
plotElement	Krikkit war → Wikkit Gate → attempt to destroy the Universe →
precededBy	The Restaurant at the End of the Universe →
publicationDate	1982 →
seriesOrder	3 →
setting	Earth → Galaxy →
timePeriodOfSetting	late 20th century and various galactic eras →

Referenced by (25)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Arthur Dent → Ford Prefect → Heart of Gold → Marvin the Paranoid Android → Slartibartfast → Tricia McMillan → Trillian → Vogon → Wikkit Gate → Wikkit Key → Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged → Zaphod Beeblebrox →	appearsIn
Krikkit war ("Life, the Universe and Everything (1982 novel)") → Wikkit Gate ("Life, the Universe and Everything (1982 novel)") → Wikkit Key ("Life, the Universe and Everything (1982 novel)") →	firstPublicationContext
Krikkit war →	appearsInWork
Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged →	firstAppearance
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe →	followedBy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy →	hasPart
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe →	hasSequel
Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen →	influencedWork
Douglas Adams →	notableWork
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish →	precededBy
Megadodo Publications →	relatedWork
Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen →	sharesElementsWith