Hardcover, 187 pages
English language
Published April 29, 1981 by Book Club Associates.
Milliways, the restaurant ofthe title, has been projected forward in time to the exact moment ofthe end of the universe. While galactic gourmets sample delectable dishes they watch in total comfort as constellations collide and asteroids explode in what can only be described as the ultimate cabaret. Milliways is just one of the many cosmic venues penetrated by Arthur Dent, earthling, Zaphod Beeblebrox, former president of the imperial galactic govern- ment, Marvin the Paranoid Android and others in a further sequence of inadvertent adventures and technicolour catastrophes in outer space.
For followers of The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy on radio and television, Douglas Adam's second book will provide a lasting contribution to a superlative flight of fantasy. --back cover
This is a lot funnier than I remembered and, if anything, even better that The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.
It feels that Adams really hit his stride with this book and the absurdities that make his writing such a joy to read feel a lot more pointed and, consequently, a great deal more effective.
