The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams is a 1980 Science & Technology book written by TED speaker Douglas Adams, paired here with the talk they gave.
The pairing
- Paired talk: "Parrots, the universe and everything" (2010), 505K views on TED.com
- Timing: Published 30 years before the talk.
- In the catalogue: The 2nd of 12 books by Douglas Adams on Books Worth Reading (1979–2014), by publication year.
- Edition: Phoenix Audio, 1980 · 224 pages
The paired TED talk
Parrots, the universe and everything (2010), the TED talk by Douglas Adams.
From the publisher
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe is the second book in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comedy science fiction "trilogy" by Douglas Adams, and is a sequel. It was originally published by Pan Books as a paperback. The book was inspired by the song "Grand Hotel" by British rock band Procol Harum. The book title refers to Milliways, the Restaurant at the End of the Universe, one of the settings of the book.
---------- Also contained in:
- [The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Four Parts][2] - [The More Than Complete Hitchhiker's Guide][3] - [Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2163706W)
[1]: http://www.douglasadams.com/creations/0345391810.html [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2163692W [3]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2163713W