Back on Earth with nothing more to show for his long, strange
trip through time and space than a ratty towel and a plastic
shopping bag, Arthur Dent is ready to believe that the past eight
years were all just a figment of his stressed-out imagination. But
a gift-wrapped fishbowl with a cryptic in*ion, the mysterious
disappearance of Earth's dolphins, and the discovery of his
battered copy of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy all conspire
to give Arthur the sneaking suspicion that something otherworldly
is indeed going on. . . .
God only knows what it all means. And
fortunately, He left behind a Final Message of explanation. But
since it's light-years away from Earth, on a star surrounded by
souvenir booths, finding out what it is will mean hitching a ride
to the far reaches of space aboard a UFO with a giant robot. But
what else is new?