So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

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British novel comic science fiction novel novel science fiction novel

"So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish" is the fourth comedic science fiction novel in Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, following Arthur Dent's return to a mysteriously restored Earth and his romance with the enigmatic Fenchurch.

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"So long, and thanks for all the fish" 1
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (1984 novel) 1
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish cast of characters 1

Statements (47)

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instanceOf British novel ⓘ
comic science fiction novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
science fiction novel ⓘ
author Douglas Adams ⓘ
basedOn The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio series continuity ⓘ
copyrightHolder Douglas Adams ⓘ
surface form: Douglas Adams estate
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
coverArtist Peter Cross ⓘ
followedBy Mostly Harmless ⓘ
franchise The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ⓘ
surface form: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy franchise
genre comedy ⓘ
satire ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation audiobook ⓘ
radio dramatization excerpt ⓘ
hasCharacter Rob McKenna ⓘ
Wonko the Sane ⓘ
hasEdition hardcover edition ⓘ
omnibus edition ⓘ
paperback edition ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Arthur Dent ⓘ
Fenchurch ⓘ
Ford Prefect ⓘ
Marvin the Paranoid Android ⓘ
Trillian ⓘ
Zaphod Beeblebrox ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narrative ⓘ
notableQuote So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: So long, and thanks for all the fish
originalPublisher Harmony Books ⓘ
Pan Books ⓘ
partOfSeries The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ⓘ
plotElement Arthur Dent falls in love with Fenchurch ⓘ
Arthur Dent returns to a restored Earth ⓘ
mystery of the disappearance of the dolphins ⓘ
precededBy Life, the Universe and Everything ⓘ
publicationYear 1984 ⓘ
seriesOrder 4 ⓘ
setting Earth ⓘ
mysteriously restored Earth ⓘ
theme absurdity of the universe ⓘ
romantic relationship between Arthur and Fenchurch ⓘ
search for meaning ⓘ
titleOrigin farewell message from Earth's dolphins ⓘ
workChronologyPosition fourth book in the Hitchhiker's trilogy ⓘ

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Arthur Dent → appearsIn → So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish ⓘ
Fenchurch → appearsIn → So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish ⓘ
Ford Prefect → appearsIn → So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish ⓘ
Heart of Gold (spaceship) → appearsIn → So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish ⓘ
subject surface form: Heart of Gold
Marvin the Paranoid Android → appearsIn → So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish ⓘ
Random Dent → appearsIn → So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish ⓘ
Slartibartfast → appearsIn → So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish ⓘ
Tricia McMillan → appearsIn → So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish ⓘ
Trillian → appearsIn → So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish ⓘ
Vogon → appearsIn → So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish ⓘ
Wonko the Sane → appearsIn → So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish ⓘ
Zaphod Beeblebrox → appearsIn → So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish ⓘ
Fenchurch → firstAppearance → So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish ⓘ
Wonko the Sane → firstAppearance → So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish ⓘ
Life, the Universe and Everything → followedBy → So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish ⓘ
Mostly Harmless → follows → So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish ⓘ
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy → hasPart → So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish ⓘ
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish → notableQuote → So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: So long, and thanks for all the fish
Douglas Adams → notableWork → So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish ⓘ
Fenchurch → partOf → So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish ⓘ
this entity surface form: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish cast of characters
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency → precededBy → So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish ⓘ
Mostly Harmless → precededBy → So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish ⓘ
subject surface form: "Don't Panic" (Hitchhiker's Guide slogan)
this entity surface form: "So long, and thanks for all the fish"
Megadodo Publications → relatedWork → So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish ⓘ
Fenchurch → workPublishedIn → So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish ⓘ
this entity surface form: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (1984 novel)