So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish is the fourth Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy novel by Douglas Adams, first published by Pan Books in London on 9 November 1984. Arthur Dent finds himself back on an apparently intact Earth, falls in love with Fenchurch and investigates the vanished dolphins.
- Editions tracked
- 2
- First edition
- Pan Books, 1984
- First published
- Pan Books, London, 1984
The first edition of So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams was published in London by Pan Books in 1984. We track 2 editions.
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First edition
- 1st Pan Books1984 Hardback · The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 4 Sold £13 · Sep 2026 I own So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, Pan Books 1984 Log in to want this
Later and other editions
- Harmony Books1984 Hardback · The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 4 I own So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, Harmony Books 1984 Log in to want this
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Awards, adaptations and setting
Setting and characters
- Characters
- Arthur Dent, Fenchurch, Ford Prefect, Marvin the Paranoid Android, Eddie the Computer, Deep Thought, Trillian, Zaphod Beeblebrox
- Genre
- humorous fiction, science fiction, science fiction comedy
Read next
- Comes after
- Life, the Universe and Everything
- Followed by
- Mostly Harmless
In print
- Editions recorded
- 74 on Open Library, 43 in English
- Wikipedia
- Articles in 18 languages
From Wikidata and Open Library, both CC0. A prize or a new adaptation often lifts demand for the first printing.
More by Douglas Adams
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy1979 · 1 edition
- The Restaurant at the End of the Universe1980 · 2 editions
- Life, the Universe and Everything1982 · 2 editions
- The Meaning of Liff1983 · 1 edition
- The Original Hitchhiker Radio Scripts1985 · 2 editions
- Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency1987 · 1 edition
- The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul1988 · 2 editions
- Last Chance to See1990 · 1 edition
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Who published the first edition of So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish?
The first edition of So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams was published in London by Pan Books in 1984.
How many editions of So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish are there?
We track 2 editions of So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
What should I read after So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish?
In order, it follows Life, the Universe and Everything and it is followed by Mostly Harmless, according to Wikidata.
Where these facts come from
- So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- So Long and Thanks for All the Fish, first edition, Bookfever (bookfever.com)
- So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, Wikidata (wikidata.org)
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