Books like So long, and thanks for all the fish
12 books with a reading profile close to So long, and thanks for all the fish by Douglas Adams. Escapist; a moderate read.
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And Another Thing...
by Eoin Colfer
Also escapist · entertainment, science fiction
Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Tricia McMillan, and Random wake up from a simulated reality on Earth to find a Vogon fleet preparing to demolish the planet once again.
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2
Life, the Universe and Everything
Also escapist · entertainment, science fiction
Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect navigate the galaxy after being stranded on prehistoric Earth for several years.
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The Original Hitchhiker Radio Scripts
Also escapist · entertainment, science fiction
This book contains the complete scripts for the first twelve episodes of the BBC radio series, including the Primary and Secondary Phases.
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4
Winter’s Orbit
Also escapist · romance, entertainment
Prince Kiem, the disappointing grandson of the Iskat Emperor, is forced into a political marriage with Count Jainan to secure a critical planetary treaty.
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5
The Last Continent
Also escapist · entertainment, experimental
Rincewind the wizard is magically stranded on the sun-scorched continent of Fourecks, an unfinished landmass where it never rains.
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We3
Also escapist · science fiction, experimental
"We3" follows three household pets—a golden retriever named Bandit, a cat named Tinker, and a rabbit named Pirate—who have been surgically encased in robotic exoskeletons and weaponized by a secret military program.
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The Host
Also escapist · romance, entertainment
Stephenie Meyer's adult science-fiction novel is set after an alien species known as Souls has occupied Earth by taking over human bodies.
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The Colour of Magic
Also escapist · entertainment, experimental
On a flat world supported by four elephants standing on the back of a giant space turtle, an inept wizard named Rincewind becomes the reluctant guide for Twoflower, the Discworld’s first tourist.
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Snow Crash
Also escapist · entertainment, science fiction
In a near-future Los Angeles partitioned into sovereign corporate franchises, Hiro Protagonist delivers pizzas for the Mafia and hacks within the Metaverse, a three-dimensional virtual reality landscape he helped build.
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10
3001: The Final Odyssey
Also escapist · entertainment, science fiction
Frank Poole, the astronaut killed by the computer HAL 9000 in the first installment, is recovered from the vacuum of space a millennium later.
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11
Foundation and Chaos
by Greg Bear
Also escapist · entertainment, science fiction
Set within the Second Foundation Trilogy, this novel follows Hari Seldon as he defends his theories of psychohistory during a formal trial on the capital world of Trantor.
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Dreamcatcher
by Stephen King
Also escapist · entertainment, science fiction
In the snowy woods of Derry, Maine, four lifelong friends—Beaver, Henry, Pete, and Jonesy—gather for their annual hunting trip.
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