TY - BOOK AU - Adams,Douglas TI - The Restaurant at the End of the Universe SN - 9780345391810 PY - 1995/// CY - New York PB - Ballantine Books KW - Fiction KW - Humorous Fiction KW - Humorous Stories KW - Interplanetary Voyages KW - Restaurants KW - Science Fiction KW - Interstellar Travel KW - Life on Other Planets N2 - 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 ER -