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From: david@ukma.UUCP (David Herron, NPR Lover)
Newsgroups: net.books,net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: Douglas Adams, A new book?
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Date: Sat, 29-Dec-84 01:02:39 EST
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Posted: Sat Dec 29 01:02:39 1984
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Yeah....It's been done already, but here goes anyway.....

The new book is titled "Good bye, and Thanks For All The Fish".
It concerns the life of Arthur Dent after he has saved the universe
multiple times, and is tired of being a galactic wanderer, and goes
back to Earth.  Yes, it is still there.  I won't tell any more, but
will include the obligatory quote that the other reviewer had.

	THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY, in a moment of reasoned
	lucidity which is almost unique among its current tally of five
	million, nine hundred and seventy-three thousand, five hundred
	and nine pages, says of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation
	products that 'it is very easy to be blinded to the essential
	uselessness of them by the sense of achievement you get from
	getting them to work at all.

	'In other words -- and this is the rock-solid principle on
	which the whole of the Corporation's Galaxywide success is
	founded -- their fundamental design flaws are completely hidden
	by their superficial design flaws.'

He also meets a girl, falls in love at first sight, and spends many chapters
trying to meet up with her again.  These scenes go like some scenes in
_The Lonely Guy_......  It's a good read.  Not sure though if his intent
was simply to finish up some loose ends or to start a new storyline.
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