How does mostly harmless end?

As the realization sinks in, Earth is destroyed by the Grebulon commander. Ford, Arthur, Trillian, Tricia, Random, and every other human are killed, and forever dead on Earth. Ford and Arthur, at the end of the book, are happy and relieved that "it" is over; Ford dies laughing wildly, and Arthur dies with relief.
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Is mostly harmless the last book?

Mostly Harmless is the fifth Hitchhiker's novel, the last written by Adams and is also clearly the longest.
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Does Arthur find Fenchurch?

The series closing out with Arthur joyfully reuniting with Fenchurch, and consequently sending another hapless Agrajag screaming into the mouth of Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal.
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What happens at the end of So Long And Thanks For All The Fish?

Eventually he uses the ship of a giant robot to land in the centre of London, causing a panic. In the chaos, Ford reunites with Arthur and the two of them and Fenchurch commandeer the robot's ship. Arthur takes Fenchurch to the planet where God's Final Message to His Creation is written, where they discover Marvin.
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Why is the meaning of life 42?

In The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, advanced alien beings create a supercomputer, called Deep Thought, to figure out the answer to the so-called Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything. After calculating for 7.5-million years, Deep Thought determined the answer was the number 42.
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What was the last Dolphin message?

The last ever dolphin message was misinterpreted as a surprisingly sophisticated attempt to do a double-backwards somersault through a hoop whilst whistling the "Star Spangled Banner", but in fact the message was this: So long and thanks for all the fish.
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Who is the face at the end of Hitchhiker's Guide?

The Ghostly Image that announces the closure of Magrathea is played by Simon Jones. Jones portrayed Arthur Dent in the 1981 Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. At 6m 12s, J.J.
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What does Arthur Dent look like?

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy book

He was described as "about thirty... tall, dark-haired and never quite at ease with himself." Other people often thought he looked worried. He was mostly clean shaven, as one of his first acts in the book was shaving.
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What happened to Arthur Dent?

Arthur dies in the fifth installment of the book series, Mostly Harmless, in a club called Beta (owned by Stavro Mueller) when the Earth and all its duplicates are seemingly destroyed by the Grebulons.
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How does hitchhiker's Guide End?

As the realization sinks in, Earth is destroyed by the Grebulon commander. Ford, Arthur, Trillian, Tricia, Random, and every other human are killed, and forever dead on Earth. Ford and Arthur, at the end of the book, are happy and relieved that "it" is over; Ford dies laughing wildly, and Arthur dies with relief.
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Where is Ford Prefect from?

Ford Prefect is an extraterrestrial being who landed on earth fifteen years before the planet's destruction. Ford is from “a small planet somewhere in the vicinity of Betelgeuse,” and is the distant cousin of the galaxy's president, Zaphod Beeblebrox.
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Why does Zaphod Beeblebrox have two heads?

For the 2005 movie, it's hinted that Zaphod "created" the second head himself when shutting off the parts of his mind that contain portions of his personality that "are not presidential," but he wanted to keep these traits, so he hid his second head under his neck and wears a large collar or scarf to keep it hidden.
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What order should I read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy books in order
  1. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. ...
  2. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. ...
  3. Life, the Universe and Everything. ...
  4. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish. ...
  5. Mostly Harmless. ...
  6. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Illustrated Edition.
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Who are the Grebulons?

The Grebulons are a race that first appeared in the novel Mostly Harmless, when they were revealed to be monitoring the television and radio broadcasts from planet Earth, however they did not know why as the information of their mission was partly destroyed when a meteorite crashed into their ship.
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Why is Ford Prefect a funny name?

A typographical error, transposition of the letters e and r, is all that is needed to produce prefect from the word perfect, which means error-free. That dry little linguistic joke, combined with the absurdity of naming a person after a car brand and model, sort of adds up to a joke, albeit not an especially funny one.
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Are Ford Prefects black?

In the film, Ford was portrayed by Yasiin Bey/Mos Def, and he appeared in this adaption as a quite tall, black male, with shaved black hair and fairly angular facial features.
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Why does Arthur Dent need a towel?

One of the first things that Ford Prefect did for Arthur Dent after the demolition of the Earth was to equip him with a towel. They can be used for snaring birds whilst falling from a three-mile high marble statue. They can be used to signal temporally unstable spaceships by fossilizing them in planetary strata.
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What causes Arthur to run out of the bar?

As Arthur struggles to finish his third pint, he hears the crash of the bulldozer knocking down his house. Arthur runs out of the bar screaming, and Ford follows him, knowing that a Vogon Constructor fleet is descending on the planet.
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Why does Ford get Arthur and himself six beers to share?

Why does Ford get Arthur and himself six beers to share? Ford got six beers because he want to tell Arthur his true identity, who he really is, and he is telling 10 mins before the planet get destroy.
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How did the vogons destroy Earth?

Therefore he got the Vogons to destroy the supercomputer, with the apparent excuse of building a hyperspace bypass. The Vogons destroyed the Earth five minutes before the Question was due to be announced, thereby destroying ten million years worth of work.
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How do I leave the planet Douglas Adams?

1. Phone NASA. Their phone number is (713) 483-3111.
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Are mice the smartest creatures on Earth?

Mice are small rodents who, unbeknownst to the human race, are the most intelligent species on the planet Earth.
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What is the answer to life the universe and everything quote?

The number 42 is especially significant to fans of science fiction novelist Douglas Adams' “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy,” because that number is the answer given by a supercomputer to “the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything.”
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