“So long and thanks for all the fish” is the title of the fourth book from the “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” tetralogy. Used in a message it is just a humourous way to say goodbye, calling to mind the leaving of the dolphins from Earth saying thanks for the fish they had gotten.
What comes after So long and thanks for all the fish?
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish is the fourth book of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy “trilogy of six books” written by Douglas Adams….So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish.
| First Edition (UK) with lenticular print of a plesiosaurus and walrus | |
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| Author | Douglas Adams |
| Preceded by | Life, the Universe and Everything |
| Followed by | Mostly Harmless |
Who sang So long and thanks for all the fish?
A Perfect Circle
So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish/Artists
Who wrote thanks for all the fish?
Douglas Adams
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish/Authors
When did so long and thanks for all the fish come out?
1984
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish/Originally published
Who is the author of so long, and thanks for all the fish?
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 the dolphins when they departed Planet Earth just before it was demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass, as described in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
When does so long and thanks for all the fish start?
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish is the fourth book in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy book series (“trilogy”) by Douglas Adams . So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish begins three years after the events of Life, the Universe and Everything and eight years after those of The Hitchhicker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
Why does Douglas Adams say thanks for all the fish?
As others have said – it is a quote from Douglas Adams the Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy. Almost certainly he is referencing saying goodbye – probably on a permanent basis or possibly simply for a long time. Adams’ line “thanks for all the fish” might be a nod toward the intertextuality of several science fiction writers.
Where did the phrase ” so long for all the fish ” come from?
The phrase has since been adopted by some science fiction fans as a humorous way to say “goodbye” and a song of the same name was featured in the 2005 film adaptation of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy . While hitchhiking through the galaxy, Arthur Dent is dropped off on a planet in a rainstorm.
