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  • The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Book 2
  • Written by: Douglas Adams
  • Narrated by: Martin Freeman
  • Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (516 ratings)

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The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Written by: Douglas Adams
Narrated by: Martin Freeman
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Publisher's Summary

Now celebrating the 42nd anniversary of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, soon to be a Hulu original series!

“Douglas Adams is a terrific satirist.”—
The Washington Post Book World

Facing annihilation at the hands of the warlike Vogons? Time for a cup of tea! Join the cosmically displaced Arthur Dent and his uncommon comrades in arms in their desperate search for a place to eat, as they hurtle across space powered by pure improbability.

Among Arthur’s motley shipmates are Ford Prefect, a longtime friend and expert contributor to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; Zaphod Beeblebrox, the three-armed, two-headed ex-president of the galaxy; Tricia McMillan, a fellow Earth refugee who’s gone native (her name is Trillian now); and Marvin, the moody android. Their destination? The ultimate hot spot for an evening of apocalyptic entertainment and fine dining, where the food speaks for itself (literally).

Will they make it? The answer: hard to say. But bear in mind that The Hitchhiker’s Guide deleted the term “Future Perfect” from its pages, since it was discovered not to be!

“What’s such fun is how amusing the galaxy looks through Adams’s sardonically silly eyes.”—Detroit Free Press

©1980 Serious Productions, Ltd. (P)2006 Random House, Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc.

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Funny, smart, and well read

One of the best. Martin Freeman brings this always wonderful adventure to life so well.

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Great book. Did not like the voice of the reader

Great book. Did not like the voice of the reader though. Did Zaph beetlebrox (name spelled incorrectly I know) in what was like a Bronx or new jersey accent. Very off-putting

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Extremely compelling but......

it takes a while to get there. the store itself does have many extremely funny parts. but overall I was waiting for something compelling to happen. and it just wasn't happening I was getting disappointed.
But but but! In the very last chapter.
THERE IT IS. BOOM
Back on board, and VERY excited for book 3

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Great sequel

Great sequel, really brings the characyers together and makes us want more all the way through

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great witty story. money grows on trees!!!!

loved it. only problem I had was they used some weird voice changer for robotic voices. wasn't always clear in the audio.

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Incredible narration

Martin Freeman does an incredible American accent for Zaphod. Totally makes the experience that much more enjoyable.

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Tough book to narrate

Tooooo Loud and Disjointed for my liking...Love the series though, some ahead of it's time social concepts

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A story for the ages

I can't believe I took so long to get around to this series, it draws a certain line between silly and serious matters that it just becomes entertaining. Martin Freeman made a great performance as well.

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Overall great but hard to pay attention to when reading intermittently.

Not necessarily the audiobook to take long pauses between listens, but it absolutely has fun storytelling overall.

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