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The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: Quandary Phase

By: Douglas Adams
Narrated by: Simon Jones, Geoffrey McGivern, Full Cast
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About this listen

Don’t panic! The Hitchhiker’s saga returns once again with a full-cast dramatisation of So Long and Thanks For All the Fish, the fourth book in Douglas Adams’s famous ‘trilogy in five parts’.

The Earth has miraculously reappeared and, even more miraculously, Arthur Dent has found it. Returning to his cottage after...well...ages, he falls in love with the girl of his dreams.

But Ford Prefect is on to something which might well burst Arthur’s bubble. There is, after all, something very fishy about his girlfriend’s feet, and what has happened to all the dolphins? Perhaps, at last, all will be revealed in God’s Last Message to His Creation....

Simon Jones returns as Arthur, Geoffrey McGivern as Ford and Stephen Moore as Marvin. William Franklyn is the Book and Jane Horrocks is Fenchurch. Guest stars include Stephen Fry, June Whitfield, Bill Paterson, Arthur Smith, Sir Patrick Moore, Jackie Mason and Christian Slater.

This extended edition features 30 minutes of material not heard on BBC Radio 4.

©2005 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2005 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd Fantasy Science Fiction Funny

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Critic reviews

"At the risk of being controversial, it’s better than the book...Hitchhiking is back - long may it continue." (Guy Clapperton, Radio Times)

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So Long & Thanks For All The Fish is quite a tough read but Dirk Maggs and his team have really slapped it into shape and made a very, very good and enjoyable version for our consumption.

Essentially the Earth that Arthur was rescued from (a few moments before it was destroyed by the Vogons) has popped back into existence again. Life on the planet is much the same as before with one major exception - the dolphins have gone.

The critical thing about Maggs' slapping is that he hasn't changed too much and it blends perfectly with all the other HGTTG audiobooks - you have listened to the others haven't you? For heavens sake don't start with this one otherwise your head will explode...probably!

The usual cast provide strong performances as usual and as this book features the character of Arthur Dent more than the others then it really gives Simon Jones a chance to stretch Arthur a little further than we've heard/seen before.

Jane Horrocks is fab as Fenchurch but I particularly enjoy Geoff McGivern's furniture wrecking scene and a nice cameo by David Dixon who played Ford Prefect in the BBC TV series of HGTTG.

Quality stuff...

Does what the book doesn't & blends perfectly...

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it is as brilliant and well produced as the other fase's.
i enjoyed every bit

brilliant

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This was a journey back in time .Fantastic look forward to the future so long and thanks for all the fish.

DONT PANIC If your a Thumb Hicker need I say more

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You never want it to end. :) It's brilliant and funny and the cast is superb. What more can you wish for?

42

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read the book. the dramatised version just as good. really enjoyable. not much needs to be said.

fantastic

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Fantastic production of the hitchhiker 's guide to the galaxy. Douglas Adams we obviously involved in its making

BBC Radio comedy

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I enjoyed it. same characters, same feel, similar sound effects, interesting expansion on the story. worth a listen.

worthy expansion on the originals

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Douglas Adams once said that, So Long and Thanks for all the Fish, was "his worst work" He wrote it during a low period, and didn't give it his best.
Well If that's how he write badly, he can do no wrong in my eyes.

It was a brilliant book, yes a turn away from the normal guide, but all the better for it. The pictures it painted were wonderful.
With such characters as, Fenchurch, Murray Bost Henson and Anji's stiffly primed work mate, made it a delight to listen too
The only problem I found with the book was that it wasn't long enough.

Worst of them all.

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People are saying that there's some problem with audio, and the sample sounds weird. But I didn't notice any problem while listening to the full book. Everything was the same as previous instalments...

I didn't notice the the audio was not okay

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I have always enjoyed the Douglas Adams trilogy of hitchhikers guide and was very eager to get the dramas on Audible. Imagine my surprise and irritation therefore when I was able to enjoy the first three dramas in the series in full stereo sound yet the quandary and quintessential phases have only been mixed and mastered in mono. Not to be daunted I purchased the CDs and was pleasantly surprised that they are in full stereo so I can only imagine this is a problem with the audible production. I have raised this issue with customer services that I am told that the BBC will not represent a higher quality version of this recording so therefore I am urging them to do so so that we can get the full enjoyment from these dramas as they were meant to be heard.

Excellent story let down by poor mixing

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