Mostly Harmless

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comic science fiction novel novel satirical novel science fiction novel

Mostly Harmless is the fifth and final novel in Douglas Adams's comic science fiction series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, continuing the misadventures of Arthur Dent in an absurd and satirical universe.

Aliases (2)

Bistromathic Drive ×1
Earth: "Mostly harmless" ×1

Statements (38)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	comic science fiction novel → novel → satirical novel → science fiction novel →
author	Douglas Adams →
basedOn	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio series →
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom →
coverArtist	Peter Cross →
featuresConcept	alternative timelines → parallel universes →
follows	So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish →
genre	comedy → satire → science fiction →
hasCharacter	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (in-universe book) → Vogon bureaucracy →
hasSequel	And Another Thing... (by Eoin Colfer) →
hasTheme	absurdity of the universe → chance and randomness → family relationships → satire of bureaucracy →
language	English →
literarySeriesFinaleOf	original Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy book series by Douglas Adams →
mainCharacter	Arthur Dent → Ford Prefect → Random Dent → Tricia McMillan →
mediaType	print →
narrativePerspective	third-person →
notableFor	being the fifth book in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series →
partOfSeries	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy →
precededBy	So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish →
publicationYear	1992 →
publisher	Harmony Books → Heinemann →
seriesNumber	5 →
setIn	fictional universe of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy →
titleOrigin	phrase used in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy entry for Earth →

Referenced by (19)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Arthur Dent → Ford Prefect → Heart of Gold → Marvin the Paranoid Android → Random Dent → Slartibartfast → Tricia McMillan → Trillian → Vogon → Zaphod Beeblebrox →	appearsIn
Random Dent →	firstAppearance
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish →	followedBy
And Another Thing... →	follows
Life, the Universe and Everything ("Bistromathic Drive") →	hasNotableObject
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy →	hasPart
The Guide ("Earth: "Mostly harmless"") →	notableEntrySummary
Douglas Adams →	notableWork
And Another Thing... →	precededBy
Megadodo Publications →	relatedWork