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.

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Life, the Universe and Everything canonical 30
Life, the Universe and Everything (1982 novel) 3
Deep Thought 1

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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 Mostly Harmless ⓘ
surface form: Bistromathic Drive

Wikkit Key ⓘ
hasNotableSpecies Krikkit war ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

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Douglas Adams → notableWork → Life, the Universe and Everything ⓘ
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy → hasPart → Life, the Universe and Everything ⓘ
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe → followedBy → Life, the Universe and Everything ⓘ
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe → hasSequel → Life, the Universe and Everything ⓘ
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish → precededBy → Life, the Universe and Everything ⓘ
Ford Prefect → appearsIn → Life, the Universe and Everything ⓘ
Marvin the Paranoid Android → appearsIn → Life, the Universe and Everything ⓘ
Arthur Dent → appearsIn → Life, the Universe and Everything ⓘ
Zaphod Beeblebrox → appearsIn → Life, the Universe and Everything ⓘ
Trillian → appearsIn → Life, the Universe and Everything ⓘ
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