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Mostly Harmless is the fifth book in Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series of science fiction comedy novels. Summary of the Book The galaxy is a large place, it is vast, empty and, according to the comprehensive and lucid Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, it is also harmless. However, Ford Prefect, one of the contributors to the Guide, spent years on a lonely planet which was destroyed to construct an inter-galactic highway, only to discover that there is a small correction that needs to be made. The galaxy isn’t harmless, but it is safe to say that in its miasma of emptiness, transcendence, melancholy, solitude and other words that belong in Vogon poetry, it is mostly harmless. Now, Arthur Dent and Fenchurch seek to spend their lovey-dovey time touring the Galaxy. However, their journey is cut short when Fenchurch disappears during a jump into hyperspace. Depressed, Arthur tries to kill himself, and to do so he must journey to Stavromula Beta. Meanwhile, Ford Prefect is trying to get the publishers of the Guide to change the text, but to his dismay, there is a problem in the publishing house. About Douglas Adams Douglas Adams was an English writer, dramatist and humorist, known best for his science fiction series, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. He has also written Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul. Series Reading Order This is the fifth book of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series. It is also the last book of the series written by Douglas Adams himself. Catch the sequel by Eoin Colfer, And Another Thing… to find out what happens next!