The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Like the first book in this series, this is chaotic, rambling, and short. However, along the way, it's quite entertaining, and it features a few memorable ideas that you may find referenced here and there in other places:

1. Arthur locking up the computer by demanding a cup of tea.2. The Total Perspective Vortex (and Zaphod's reaction to it).3. The spaceliner delaying takeoff for 900 years, waiting for supplies of damp napkins for the passengers (in suspended animation).4. Milliways, the restaurant at the end of the universe; and the Dish of the Day.5. The Golgafrincham B Ark.

It remains basically a radio comedy series rather than a novel (or novella).