This is book 4 in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. I read The first 3 books around 2015, so it took a moment to remember what happened to Arthur and Ford. I was lost for maybe a moment because book 4 jumped ahead a few years or so from book 3.

Arthur has found his way back to earth and Ford is still up to his mischievous ways while also writing his parts to the Hitchhiker’s Guide. But wait. Didn’t Earth blow up in the first book? It even blew up within the first 30 or so minutes of the movie a Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Wow. So Earth is back and the only ones who find this odd is Arthur, Ford and two other mysterious people. And the dolphins. The dolphins just vanished. What happened? So many things that are curious that aren’t answered, just like the answer 42 to the unknown question. The most mysterious thing is how our body would react after seeing our planet blown up and then another moment being on that same planet. Do we react like nothing has happened? Would our body accept the fact that there’s this new planet and that it could be Earth?

Throughout all these mysterious things I enjoyed all Arthur’s humor. Well, dull humor. I read the physical book while simultaneously listening to audiobook. I have the hardcover Canterbury Classics edition The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. This is my first time reading the series and I don’t think I could’ve survived without the audiobooks. It’s helped make the story more fun.

Now about those dolphins...

“No dolphins. All gone. Vanished.”
She searched his face.
“Did you really not know that?”
It was clear from his startled expression that he did not.
“Where did they go?” he asked.
“No one knows. That’s what vanished means.”

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