A final installment in the series that began with The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is taken from the late authors previously unpublished personal files and features the same offbeat adventures of Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, and their companions. A final installment in the series that began with The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is taken from the late authors previously unpublished personal files and features more wacky and offbeat misadventures of Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, and their companions. Reprint. On Friday, May 11, 2001, the world mourned the untimely passing of Douglas Adams, beloved creator of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, dead of a heart attack at age forty-nine. Thankfully, in addition to a magnificent literary legacy - which includes seven novels and three co-authored works of nonfiction - Douglas left us something more. The book you are about to enjoy was rescued from his four computers, culled from an archive of chapters from his long-awaited novel-in-progress, as well as his short stories, speeches, articles, interviews, and letters.
