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.

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Label	Occurrences
Mostly Harmless canonical	20
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 ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ William Heinemann ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

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Douglas Adams → notableWork → Mostly Harmless ⓘ

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy → hasPart → Mostly Harmless ⓘ

Life, the Universe and Everything → hasNotableObject → Mostly Harmless ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bistromathic Drive

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish → followedBy → Mostly Harmless ⓘ

Ford Prefect → appearsIn → Mostly Harmless ⓘ

Marvin the Paranoid Android → appearsIn → Mostly Harmless ⓘ

Arthur Dent → appearsIn → Mostly Harmless ⓘ

The Guide → notableEntrySummary → Mostly Harmless ⓘ

this entity surface form: Earth: "Mostly harmless"

And Another Thing... → precededBy → Mostly Harmless ⓘ

Zaphod Beeblebrox → appearsIn → Mostly Harmless ⓘ

Trillian → appearsIn → Mostly Harmless ⓘ

Tricia McMillan → appearsIn → Mostly Harmless ⓘ

Random Dent → appearsIn → Mostly Harmless ⓘ

Random Dent → firstAppearance → Mostly Harmless ⓘ

And Another Thing... (by Eoin Colfer) → follows → Mostly Harmless ⓘ

subject surface form: And Another Thing...

Slartibartfast → appearsIn → Mostly Harmless ⓘ

Heart of Gold (spaceship) → appearsIn → Mostly Harmless ⓘ

subject surface form: Heart of Gold

Vogon → appearsIn → Mostly Harmless ⓘ

Megadodo Publications → relatedWork → Mostly Harmless ⓘ

Galactic Government → appearsIn → Mostly Harmless ⓘ

Milky Way Galaxy (fictional setting) → appearsIn → Mostly Harmless ⓘ

Galactic (in-universe common tongue) → usedInWork → Mostly Harmless ⓘ