Resumo de The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe

Arthur Dent is having a very bad day. The Earth has been
blown up, he has been thrown from the airlock of an alien
spaceship, and to top it all off he can?t for the life of
him get a decent cup of tea. Not to worry. A meal at
Milliway?s, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
should take his mind off all that. Restaurant, the second
installment in acclaimed English author Douglas Adams?
hilarious satirical romp through the stars, is the sequel
to his immensely popular novel The Hitchhiker?s Guide to
the Galaxy. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
follows the further adventures of Arthur, his savior and
good friend Ford Prefect (originally from Betelgeuse, a
fact until recently unknown to Arthur), the two-headed
Zaphod Beeblebrox, and Marvin the manically depressed
robot. As our story continues, our heroes are still in
search of the question to the ultimate answer of Life, the
Universe, and Everything. Long ago, a great and ancient
race built a supercomputer of astronomical proportions
called Deep Thought. Its purpose: to find the answer to the
ultimate question of Life, the Universe, and Everything.
After millions of years of calculations, Deep Thought
arrived at an answer that was entirely unlike anything its
creators had anticipated. The problem, the computer
explained, is that nobody had ever quite figured out what
that question is. And thus a new, organic computer was
constructed to find that question. It?s name: The Earth. In
Restaurant we?ll finally find out what that question is as
Arthur and crew search for it. Along the way we?ll feast
with them at Milliway?s, a restaurant constructed in a time
envelope at the very twilight of the universe, where one
can meet persons from all points in time and where talking
cows suggest the best parts of their anatomy for your
dining pleasure. We?ll also follow our protagonists back
to the emergence of mankind on planet Earth, and learn some
rather shocking facts about our origins. All the while,
Adams? unique sense of humor will keep you constantly
laughing out loud with lines like the following: In the
beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot
of people very angry and generally been regarded as a bad
move. With an opening like that, you know the book is
going to be fun to read, and it is. In many respects
Restaurant is even funnier than its predecessor, especially
the scenes with Marvin, a robot with a ?brain the size of a
planet? as he puts it who despises the universe and
everything in it. Adams successfully satirizes the entire
science fiction genre, in a way that can be appreciated by
fans and non-fans alike. Indeed, his work is as much a
parody of life itself as it is space battles and aliens. In
many cases, he has just taken our daily experiences and
lampooned them on a galactic scale. Its this that gives his
works such broad appeal. The Restaurant at the End of the
Universe is only a few hundred pages long, and it?s a quick
read. In fact, you won?t be able to put it down, and can
easily polish it off in a night or two. Reading The
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is strongly recommended as
a prerequisite. Recently, Douglas Adams passed away, and
his death has been mourned by all of his fans. He left a
legacy of humor, however, that spans the Milky Way, and if
you haven?t enjoyed his books yet, you?re long overdue for
a stop at The Restaurant at the End of the Universe.

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