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The book ends with the discovery not of the dolphins but of God's Final Message to His Creation, which is about as definitive an ending as any author could invent. Does this mean that Adams may now be too busy creating screenplays and interactive computer software to write yet another sequel? He and his publishers are silent as the Sorth of Bragadox on that question. Yet Adams did begin the series on a note of finality--the destruction of the earth --and Arthur Dent still enjoyed a few quadrillion light-years of travels. Besides, where in the history of the universe is it written that a trilogy must contain only four volumes?

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