So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

1984 novel by Douglas Adams
VisualArtwork literary_work Q1042294
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So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

Summary

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,609 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish authored Q42[3].
  • So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish's genre is humorous fiction[5].
  • So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish's genre is science fiction[6].
  • So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish's genre is science fiction comedy[7].
  • So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish followed Life, the Universe and Everything[8].
  • So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish was followed by Mostly Harmless[9].
  • So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish's part of the series is recorded as The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy[10].
  • So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[12].
  • 1984 marks the founding of So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish[13].
  • So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish was published on 1984[14].
  • So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish's characters is recorded as Arthur Dent[15].
  • So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish's characters is recorded as Fenchurch[16].
  • So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish's characters is recorded as Ford Prefect[17].
  • So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish's characters is recorded as Marvin the Paranoid Android[18].
  • So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish's characters is recorded as Eddie the Computer[19].
  • So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish's characters is recorded as Deep Thought[20].
  • So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish's characters is recorded as Trillian[21].
  • So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish's characters is recorded as Zaphod Beeblebrox[22].
  • So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish's has edition or translation is recorded as So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish[23].
  • So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish's has edition or translation is recorded as So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish[24].
  • So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish's has edition or translation is recorded as So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish[25].
  • So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish's has edition or translation is recorded as So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish[26].
  • So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish's has edition or translation is recorded as So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Prose[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 6dc3b4e5-5899-41a3-a063-4c3700fcbf09[29]

Body

Authorship and Creation

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish authored Q42[3].

Publication

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish was released on 1984[14]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Genres include humorous fiction[5], science fiction[6], and science fiction comedy[7]. Its part of the series is recorded as The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy[10].

Subject and Themes

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish's part of the series is recorded as The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy[10].

Adaptations and Inspiration

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish followed Life, the Universe and Everything[8]. It was followed by Mostly Harmless[9].

Why It Matters

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,609 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . hitchhikers.fandom.com. Retrieved . hitchhikers.fandom.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . hitchhikers.fandom.com. Retrieved . hitchhikers.fandom.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . hitchhikers.fandom.com. Retrieved . hitchhikers.fandom.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . hitchhikers.fandom.com. Retrieved . hitchhikers.fandom.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . hitchhikers.fandom.com. Retrieved . hitchhikers.fandom.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . hitchhikers.fandom.com. Retrieved . hitchhikers.fandom.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . hitchhikers.fandom.com. Retrieved . hitchhikers.fandom.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . hitchhikers.fandom.com. Retrieved . hitchhikers.fandom.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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