Jason Furman's Reviews > So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

My son and I have been listening to all of the Hitchiker's books together and this was our least favorite (I also read it in the 1980s and loved the series but don't remember differentiating between the books). It might have been that we listened over four months so lost track. It might have been that it was mostly based on Earth and that Douglas Adams is not at his best when writing love stories. It might have been that some of the jokes are wearing thin and some of the satire feels dated (although much of it does not). There still was much that was brilliant, and the entire concept of the dolphins all leaving the Earth with a note "so long and thanks for all the fish" is marvelous.