The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe by Douglas Adams - Review

Ever cared to wonder if there's a restaurant at the end of universe? No? Well, It happens to exist in the Hitchhikers Guide To Galaxy's sequel.

This is the first time I have read a SciFi comedy book. And I have to admit that I had a good time reading it simply because of its humour. It was a laugh riot for me.

The plot is very well written which I like it.

One day the Earth was destroyed by the Vogons and now only two survivors remain who look like 'apes'. One is Arthur Dent who finds humour in various facets of life. And the other is Ford Prefect who turned out to be a resident of Betelguese and not of Earth.

And then there is the two headed ex president of the Galaxy, Zaphod Beeblebrox who is chasing the Vogons to save his life. He is accompanied by Tricia Macmillan or Trillian who just like Arthur is an earthling.
And the despondent bot, Marvin completes the list.

They all travel across the universe to find dangerous people's and weird places.
They want to find the existence of the Universe and of Life and in search of that answer they hitchhike various places even the Vogon (which happens to have destroyed the Earth).

We see amusing incidents taking place at the restaurant at the far end of the universe. There's a cow who offered itself to be served to the group of four. Zaphod was hungry and rather amused at sight of that. While on the other side things didn't go well with Arthur who didn't find it amusing.

And somewhere during their journey they all get lost.
So its Arthur and Ford who try to survive while travelling between seas and lands finally reach Golgafrincham.

"Since we decided a few weeks ago to adopt leaf as legal tender, we have, ofcourse all become immensely rich".

After some days Arthur and Ford discover the true meaning of 42, which seems to be the answer to the existence of Life and Universe. And that is Earth, which Golgafrincham will be after two billion years. And life comes to a full circle for Arthur.

The sheer humour and fun makes it a pleasure to read the book. Although I have not read the first part I think this book is a standalone in itself. Do read the book if you have a sense of humour.
Hope you liked this review.