"Life, the Universe, and Everything" is a humorous science fiction novel that tells the story of the accidental space traveler Arthur Dent, an Englishman who escapes the destruction of the Earth and ultimately saves the universe from complete destruction. “The Restaurant at the End of the Universe*, the second book in Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, picks up where the first book left off. Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Trillian, and Zaphod Beeblebrox are attacked by Vogons after leaving Magrathea, but are saved by Zaphod's ancestor. The group ends up at Milliways, a restaurant built on a ruined planet that depicts the universe's end. Guests dine while watching the universe explode.