So long, and thanks for all the fish vs The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Ford Prefect, Arthur Dent, Interstellar travel, Interplanetary voyages, Science Fiction, Fiction
So long, and thanks for all the fish
“Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashinable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun.”
Preceded by: [Life, the Universe and Everything][1] So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish is the fourth book of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy "trilogy" written by Douglas Adams. Its title is the message left by…
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
“Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun.”
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is the first of six books in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comedy science fiction "hexalogy" by Douglas Adams. The novel is an adaptation of the first four parts of Adams's…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- So long, and thanks for all the fish is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 5 for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has the widest readership — 2070422 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| So long, and thanks for all the fish | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (4958) | 4.2 (2070422) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (1057) | 4.1 (108) |
| Google Books | 4.5 (6) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (90) | 4.5 (1216) |
Reception
| So long, and thanks for all the fish | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 4958 | 2070422 |
| Editions | 74 | 130 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 62155 | 1155684 |
| Reading it now | — | 43208 |
| Written reviews | 4958 | 60089 |
| Wikipedia attention | 9227 | 66663 |
| Pages | 174 | 289 |