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''And Another Thing'' is the sixth book in the [[Trilogy Creep|increasingly inaccurately-named]] ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to Thethe Galaxy (Franchise)|The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy]]'' trilogy. It's notable for being the first installment of the series not written by its creator, [[Douglas Adams]], but by [[Eoin Colfer]]<ref>although it's very difficult to tell at times and painfully easy at others</ref>, author of the ''[[Artemis Fowl (Literature)|Artemis Fowl]]'' series (not counting ''[[Starship Titanic]]'', a tie-in novel written by Terry Jones of [[Monty Python]] fame). The book was released on October 12, 2009, to coincide with the thirtieth anniversary of the first book's original publication. Its storyline follows directly from where the fifth book, ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to Thethe Galaxy (Franchise)/Mostly Harmless|Mostly Harmless]]'', left off.

Seconds before the Grebulons (the clueless, would-be [[Alien Invasion|alien invaders]] from ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to Thethe Galaxy (Franchise)/Mostly Harmless|Mostly Harmless]]'') demolish the [[Alternate Universe|alternate-universe Earth]] as part of a [[Xanatos Gambit|crafty gambit]] set up by the Vogons over the course of the previous books, our protagonists (Arthur Dent, his daughter Random, her mother Trillian Astra, and their friend Ford Prefect) are given one last shot at self-preservation by the Guide Mk. II, who abandoned Vogon Jeltz's side to fulfill Random's dying wish.

*** He first appeared in a brief cameo at ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to Thethe Galaxy (Franchise)/The Restaurant At The End of The Universe|The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy]]'', but Adams had already written an entire Dirk Gently novel about Thor, so was it really necessary for Colfer to feature Thor again?

*** Clearly, these are two different Thors. In ''[[The Long Dark Tea -Time of the Soul (Literature)|The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul]]'', Thor is physically intimidating, but his personality is faily mild and non-confrontational; he even forms a childlike friendship with Kate. The Thor featured in the ''Hitchhiker'' book is an arrogant, boisterous braggart who never passes up a chance to demonstrate his machismo. Really, as a god, he could be interpreted in many different ways, even in the same world as in ''[[American Gods (Literature)|American Gods]]'' (assuming the [[Wild Mass Guessing|theory]] about Ford in ''[[The Salmon of Doubt]]'' is correct). Just look at [[God|our guy.]]

* [[Did We Just Have Tea Withwith Cthulhu?|Did You Just Turn Down A Job Application From Cthulhu?]]

* [[Dropped a Bridge Onon Him]]: {{spoiler|Tricia and the ''Guide'' Mk. II.}}

** The second one may count as a [[Continuity Nod]] as {{spoiler|the Guide Mk. II spontaneously disappeared from existence at the end of Mostly Harmless, meaning that it was [[Doomed Byby Canon]] in a sense.}}

* [[Leaning Onon the Fourth Wall]]: In the prologue, Colfer says that if you type "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" into The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, an icon will tell you that there are three results, which is confusing because there are clearly five listed below it. Get it? The ''five'' books of the Hitchhiker's Guide ''trilogy!'' [[Fridge Brilliance]]-tastic!

** It gets better: "Each of these five results is [[The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy (Literaturenovel)|a lengthy article]] accompanied by many hours of [[The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy (TV series)|vid]][[The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy (Filmfilm)|eo]] and [[The HitchhikersHitchhiker's Guide to Thethe Galaxy (Radioradio series)|audio]] files and some dramatic reconstructions featuring quite well-known actors."

* [[Throw the Dog Aa Bone]]: A Mr. {{spoiler|A. Grajag}} is mentioned at the end of the book as having won the lottery, marrying his childhood sweetheart, and having two well-adjusted children.