So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish

So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish (1984, ISBN 0345391837) is the fourth book of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series written by Douglas Adams.

Interesting bits

Chapter 21 is a comedy digression on journalism, cultural progress and sexuality. In it, Adams uses the example of Brequinda on the Foth of Avalars, home to the mythical Fuolornis Fire Dragon.

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Brequinda - Fuolornis Fire Dragon

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In the movie The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the opening sequence features a song titled "So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish," sung by dolphins as they leave the Earth. A reprise of the song is played again during the ending credits.

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During the story Arthur Dent recounts a story of something that once happened to him at a train station. He bought a packet of biscuits and sat down to wait for the train. Then a man, who was already sitting there at the opposite side of the table, opened the packet, took one biscuit and ate it. So Arthur took one, saying nothing, and they went through the whole packet like that. After the man had left, Arthur looks under his newspaper and discovers his packet of biscuits. Douglas Adams claimed this story actually happened to him, although a similar urban legend had been in circulation for years before the book was published. Adams' version of the tale is recounted in its original context in The Salmon of Doubt. The story was cut, due to length, from original radio transmissions of the fourth radio series, but can be heard on the "extended version" CDs.

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Urban legend - The Salmon of Doubt - The fourth radio series

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