The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe - Douglas Adams - Audio Book [some chapters missing]

The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe [1980] is the second book in the five volume sci-fi trilogy: The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, by Douglas Adams.
This is the unabridged edition, recorded by the author in 1990. Some chapters are missing. Thanks to Brandon Todd Cunningham and Andrew R for the timestamps.
0:00 Prologue
0:28 Chapter 1
3:33 Chapter 2
15:55 Chapter 3
37:05 Chapter 4
39:38 Chapter 5
Unofficial Chapter 6 - • Chapter 6 - The Restau...
Video skip to Ch. 7
Ch. 7 - 43:18
Ch. 8 - 49:50
Ch. 9 - 56:37
Ch. 10 - 1:09:08
Ch. 11 - 1:20:08
Ch. 12 - 1:23:40
Unofficial Chapter 13 - • Chapter 13 - The Resta...
Unofficial Chapter 14 - • Chapter 14 - The Resta...
Video skip to Ch. 15
Ch. 15 - 1:25:30
Ch. 16 - 1:29:47
Ch. 17 - 1:42:32
Unofficial Chapter 18 - • Chapter 18 - The Resta...
Unofficial Chapter 19 - • Chapter 19 - The Resta...
Video Skip to Ch. 20
Ch. 20 - 2:06:30
Ch. 21 - 2:15:28
Ch. 22 - 2:28:30
Ch. 23 - 2:35:46
Ch. 24 - 2:41:18
Ch. 25 - 2:59:12
Ch. 26 - 3:02:00
Ch. 27 - 3:08:00
Ch. 28 - 3:09:18
Ch. 29 - 3:10:16
Ch. 30 - 3:24:44
Ch. 31 - 3:36:04
Ch. 32 - 3:39:10
Ch. 33 - 3:58:06
Last Ch. 34 - 4:11:48
4:16:40 - ??? lol

[@spiritlevelstudios]

Some chapters are missing. Thanks to Brandon Todd Cunningham and Andrew R for the timestamps. 0:00 Prologue 0:28 Chapter 1 3:33 Chapter 2 15:55 Chapter 3 37:05 Chapter 4 39:38 Chapter 5 Unofficial Chapter 6 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHmqY6d-f7yJgZo Video skip to Ch. 7 Ch. 7 - 43:18 Ch. 8 - 49:50 Ch. 9 - 56:37 Ch. 10 - 1:09:08 Ch. 11 - 1:20:08 Ch. 12 - 1:23:40 Unofficial Chapter 13 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5jKnIyJbdWsd8k Unofficial Chapter 14 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXzInZSYlr2CgtU Video skip to Ch. 15 Ch. 15 - 1:25:30 Ch. 16 - 1:29:47 Ch. 17 - 1:42:32 Unofficial Chapter 18 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/mITOoHpsYpJ5nJo Unofficial Chapter 19 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4C4enqllrSinpY Video Skip to Ch. 20 Ch. 20 - 2:06:30 Ch. 21 - 2:15:28 Ch. 22 - 2:28:30 Ch. 23 - 2:35:46 Ch. 24 - 2:41:18 Ch. 25 - 2:59:12 Ch. 26 - 3:02:00 Ch. 27 - 3:08:00 Ch. 28 - 3:09:18 Ch. 29 - 3:10:16 Ch. 30 - 3:24:44 Ch. 31 - 3:36:04 Ch. 32 - 3:39:10 Ch. 33 - 3:58:06 Last Ch. 34 - 4:11:48 4:16:40 - ??? lol

[@nickacelvn]

You are a legend. Thank you.

[@irlanferreira3951]

oh yes. my favorite breaking bad sitcom episode.

[@RedYoshiGamer2]

Me too bro! So funny!

[@SC-bc6tz]

Damn.. I got about 7 hours in before realising this wasn’t a breaking bad sitcom

[@Valdaur]

Audience: “Hahahahaha”

[@buskingkarma2503]

I've only just discovered this guy,,,and I'm so happy and grateful that I have!

[@BaldingClamydia]

My uncle read these to me when I was little, and I've loved Adams ever since! This is the first I'm getting to hear it in his own voice

[@MrNickMulgrave]

Your uncle is a legend.

[@lonotiki]

That's absolutely beautiful and such a dear memory. I've listened to this version at bedtime for so long it's now a habit . Your comment warmed my heart

[@olmalone]

Comments below show people sad, folks delighted. I put it on by my pillow, listened, slept a bit, listened,… glad to have Mr Adams abiding by telling me an already familiar story. What do you want for nothing, rubber biscuit? Glad to have some and thank you.

[@djdrack4681]

Some authors are great at writing, but bad at reading their works; some are bad at writing but good at reading their works; then there are LEGENDS like D. Adams who is a master of both writing and reading. While the books themselves are decent: I think the audiobooks may be pure next level pieces of art: as Adams' manages to capture much of the feelings/aura of what is happening in the plot. It is pure magic.

[@213037]

0:00 Prologue 0:28 Chapter 1 3:33 Chapter 2 15:55 Chapter 3 37:05 Chapter 4 39:38 Chapter 5

[@vickirempel5529]

Well told!

[@greendog105]

what about the other chapters?

[@213037]

@@greendog105 this audiobook unfortunately skips to another section around this point, I recommend the channel “Now Read This” he has an excellent reading of the books and it’s what I went to after I found out this audiobook had some glitches in it

[@mystif1976]

😁

[@chuckdimuro4561]

Didn't get halfway through it and had to stop. The whispering and then suddenly hollering with no limiters is more than I could stand.

[@spiritlevelstudios]

Yeh his books are all similar like that, not great to fall asleep to. I would hazard a guess that it was recorded well and with functional limiters, but file quality deteriorates as it gets passed around. Sorry for any clipping and harshness, not much I could do in this instance.

[@c.s.7097]

Well it's nice to see you go, liver brain

[@pas9ify]

Thanks for this free & original DA presentation

[@joanfordham1305]

Love the work of Douglas Adamstown,love his reading Thank you for this upload

[@christopherapel1670]

Originally a B.B.C. radio series. 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 'spawned a transcript, recordings a trilogy of follow-up first radio then television series , novels and a movie. For those who followed the through the sequence, cause and effect were reversed maddingly from genre to genre. Complaining about chapter order inconsistencies shows a lack of familiarity with its history.

[@christopherapel1670]

Don't Panic

[@senditkevin]

Interesting. Didn't know it was a radio series first. Thought the books came first. I've listened to all 5 them (on Audible) 4 times through now.

[@rjonboy7608]

The chapters are a bit out of order and the quality is less than but... Hearing his voice again brings back teenage days when I just discovered books on cassette (lots of cassettes) and just enjoyed the voice. Reading the stunning things he said was one thing, hearing it in the proper dialect is a whole new level. One that still sticks with me is his nonfiction essay, The Fourth Age of Sand. I wonder if we would be in the Fifth Age now.

[@William.Shakespeare]

oh man , i used to go to used book stores and buy every set of cassette audio books i could find . plug them into my 1984 buick electra and drive from 5 am to 7 am to get to which ever job i was being sent to in the whole of pennsylvania . audiobooks make those drives seem to go in an instant .

[@Boogie_the_cat]

Oh, good (sort of). this is my second time trying to listen to this, and I thought that maybe I was missing something, or my brain was broken. I'm glad my brain is not broken, but it's a bummer about the recording.

[@chrisslagle6689]

This is awesome! Doesn't bother me too much, being out of order. I appreciate all your effort making things like this, and DTFH, available to the masses

[@NotLazySelectivelyMotivated]

Thanks to Douglas Adams I always know where my towel is. I’m pretty sure he’ll always have his.

[@almcdonald8676]

If not, I’m sure he knows a good detective who could locate it

[@NotLazySelectivelyMotivated]

@@almcdonald8676 Dirk Gently! Nice one.👏👏👍👍

[@almcdonald8676]

Haha👍😊

[@shelleypaterson6788]

He's a hoopy frood...he always knows where his towel is ❤️

[@kd1s]

I got introduced to the HIthchikers Guide to the Galaxy many year ago be a friend.. Enjoyed reading all and Mr.Adams' books. The trilogy of

[@almcdonald8676]

I was going to say 5 but of course it’s 6 now with Eoinn Colfers worthy addendum

[@mystiewolf]

This is brilliant!

[@dod-do-or-dont]

Let's sort this out together 5:31:44 chapter 15 6:12:36 jumps from chapter 16 to chapter 20

[@spiritlevelstudios]

So there are 4 chapters missing? I used to listen to it while going to sleep. I know it jumps around in many places and it bugs me but it is what it is for now.

[@dod-do-or-dont]

@@spiritlevelstudios Yup, or maybe they are in other places of recording (didn't found them but wasn't looking for them so much), you can check `Now Read This` channel, he reads other books from Ultimate edition of hitchhikers guide to the galaxy. Some editions have other phrases etc, but this is not a problem when you are only listening

[@William.Shakespeare]

@@spiritlevelstudios ive been finding it a common thread across many channels and authors here on yt , idk what it's about but yeah , we just kind of roll with it.

[@dougr.2398]

@@William.Shakespeare it probably is necessary to avoid copyright infringement. After all, the gaps and jumps and glitches are necessarily copy-wrong

[@darrelneidiffer6777]

Great story! Thanks!😊

[@stevenmillikin558]

"I thought this was an interesting book and I like listening to it at night. Great Story" my 10-year-old daughter.

[@Boogie_the_cat]

"What the photon" I like that.

[@bryandraughn9830]

It gives trolls a rash! I love that!

[@ickleshouse]

For me, it was the radio series on cassett ?. Then the UK tv show then a good friend lent me the books !

[@SubjectOR-dt2tx]

I'm crying thank you pain is less

[@dbijenhof]

There is a bit missing, a jump, a cut at 3:31:51 This is the missing bit: Hesitantly, Arthur picked up one of the things that looked like pears. "I always thought that about the Garden of Eden story," said Ford. "Eh?" "Garden of Eden. Tree. Apple. That bit, remember?" "Yes, of course I do." "Your God person puts an apple tree in the middle of a garden and says, do what you like guys, oh, but don't eat the apple. Surprise surprise, they eat it and he leaps out from behind a bush shouting 'Gotcha.' It wouldn't have made any difference if they hadn't eaten it."

[@frankfrance9513]

Well always looking for these audios but delighted to find spirit level studios and kayesem. Great tunes. Well produced.

[@spiritlevelstudios]

Thanks brother 😊

[@hunterharper6025]

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[@kannonkeanu4516]

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[@GalloPazzesco]

Absolutely fantastic. The first book I read as a ten year old in the early 60s. Still as thrilling and fascinating now as it was to me then.

[@GoldenOwlEvents]

Er, Hitchhikers was written in the late 1970s, no...?

[@GalloPazzesco]

@@GoldenOwlEvents this was a KZbin hiccup. I was leaving a comment for the audio book Robinson Crusoe and, apparently, as my app was autoplaying over to Hitchhikers the comment was left under Hitchhikers rather than Robinson Crusoe. Good gosh, the autoplay feature at the end of KZbin videos is worse than autocorrect ... so frustraiting and confusing at times and they both lead-to so many unforced errors.

[@olmalone]

Eddie’s in the space/time continuum. @@GalloPazzesco

[@jimb9063]

@@GalloPazzesco Heh, I once thanked someone at great length for uploading a book, only I wrote it on the wrong channel!

[@dermotmccorkell663]

lets face it we all have read the trilogy ect before. i can live with fandom editing for free audio done well.

[@sirkurtisjeffreyjayluethkl797]

THEY ARE VERY GRATFUL TO COMPLETE THE UNIVERSE MAPPING AND BE AT PEACE DOING THIS FROM THE REGISTERED ALIEN

[@bunchabubbles9990]

Hey. Around 4:17:00, it jumps back to a previous part of the story and continues that way. Is that supposed to happen?

[@spiritlevelstudios]

Yeh there are a few glitches like that I'm afraid. If I can get my hands on the original tapes I'll make proper recordings of them myself.

[@testosteronic]

That's because it's the end of the book, it's only 256 pages, that's enough for 4+ hours, but not 8+ hours

[@Dr.Appleboi]

Wait a minute, this isn’t my favorite sitcom Breaking Bad.

[@Zaphodbeeblebrox-vg4cx]

D Adams is the best

[@alexkinna9591]

Zaphod is just this guy, you know.

[@dennisparsons4656]

See Buncha Bubbles comment. I checked the text and that actually ends the story there with Arthur throwing his Guide into the river.

[@proudarmedreadytobugaloode6295]

Regarding the description, what exactly is a 5 volume trilogy?

[@spiritlevelstudios]

it's a joke.

[@paulsidwell7228]

Good

[@DemstarAus]

I would love a remastered and complete version of this reading! Surely it exists somewhere? Thanks for the upload!

[@luislast6113]

Have you tried Amazon?

[@rjonboy7608]

There is no update. This is the DNA of D. N. Adams read by himself. It is infinitely probable that if anyone tried to re-record this Marvin the Paranoid Android would appear in a reversed 'pop' and begin analyzing their faults.

[@kendracherrett8276]

Martin Freeman reading the series is available on audiobook if you haven't found that yet. Those versions don't stay up here very long. And i think these versions are better.

[@Vikanuck]

I honestly don’t understand, because like two weeks ago, they had the entire cast reading of this novel, and the final one on iTunes, and I was going to get it when I finished with Stephen Fry’s reading, then they just disappeared 🤷🏻‍♂️ I honestly can’t find them -anywhere- now?? The hell??

[@heyitsthisguy420]

@@Vikanuck look up the old BBC tv 6 part mini series, its soo good! Even just to listen to. ✌🏻😁🤙🏻

[@GFunk4YoTrunk88]

How in the hell did this end up on the breaking bad sitcom playlist 😂😂😂

[@RayW....]

Great place to eat. Just not much atmosphere...

[@kristinj3339]

can you imagine what it's like to have read all the books, including the collaborative books, and try to explain it to a phillistine? welcome to marriage

[@jeffnegron8845]

MB

[@blueflame9982]

Till death do you part..

[@dougr.2398]

Collaborative books? You mean the same ones in the related series ?

[@kristinj3339]

@@dougr.2398 my husband is named Doug. Are you punking me? (Sense of humor)

[@kristinj3339]

@@dougr.2398 Terry Pratchett. Get it together

[@alphaomega1089]

Not impossible. Reap the reward of trusting others to work for you with that penny investment. Plus, jumping forward in time is a breeze!

[@bustermccrab4376]

Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy

[@FirePhaux]

Why does the audio get quiet near the beginning?

[@spiritlevelstudios]

Just the way the cookie crumbled Mr Lincon. Thankfully it soon clears up.

[@frankfrance9513]

I like turning the volume control

[@mr.pumpkin1983]

Why is this at the end of the breaking bad sitcom playlist

[@spiritlevelstudios]

Not my playlist bro. Who knows these things.

[@olmalone]

Marvin.@@spiritlevelstudios

[@Zeotune]

Where can i buy this in full?

[@stewartlancaster6155]

a bookshop

[@Zeotune]

@@stewartlancaster6155 you can’t get this audiobook there smart arse.

[@Zeotune]

@@stewartlancaster6155 okay thanks

[@xmas1020]

What happened to chapter 6

[@suprhero1]

Wait so hold on. I've only seen the movie and I mean like the most recent movie and a lot of the lines on this audio are in the movie but I thought this was the second book so is that movie like all the books put together or is there more to the movie or is it like all six books into one movie with a bunch of stuff missing or were they at one point going to make it a trilogy

[@jpenneymrcoin6851]

you have to read the whole trilogy: "Life, the Universe and Everything", "So long and Thanks for All the Fish", "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe" that's out of order, and yes, it's a trilogy. that's the fun part. There's also a great one he wrote called, I think, "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency"

[@spanqueluv9er]

@@jpenneymrcoin6851 There’s more than that, it’s not a fuqqing trilogy (I think you need to go and revisit what the term ‘trilogy’ means, you seem to have a pretty loose grasp on it) and Dirk Gently has nothing to do with the Hitchhiker series.🙄🤡 It goes, IN PROPER ORDER(Jesus goddamned Christmas)… “The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy” 1979 “The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe” 1980 “Life, The Universe, And Everything” 1982 “So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish” 1984 “Mostly Harmless” 1992 There’s now a sixth book written by someone else with Adams’ widow’s permission called “And Another Thing” that came out in 2009. No, another movie will not happen.

[@dkolendo]

no, thats right, there are 5 books in the trilogy.

[@olmalone]

The Long, Dark Teatime of the Soul is so good for descriptive writing. Thor’s hammer has some jaunty attitude. @@jpenneymrcoin6851

[@AB-ue5pm]

@3:09:19 Wisdom

[@ericswain4177]

If one discovers what the Universe really truly is or for then the spirit that is the true you will be free of any of its constraints and free to create one's own Universe at will and be free to agree or disagree with any other's Universe whether materialistic or not.

[@mscarmen1925]

I wish he finished reading Chapter 5,, and where is chapter 6, please. Thank you. I think there are other chapters skipped /readings lost in the next hours...

[@spiritlevelstudios]

Yeh it's messed up. I used to fall asleep to it and I've read all the books, so it hasn't bothered me so much.

[@victoriasparks6511]

Its brillant especially for free

[@jbzrs]

The multiverse shows that when needed proof: everyone is their own communer. We commune with something called spirit or light to get out of the dark hollow shadow that abounds us or attempts to, anyways. There is another half of the world that no one has seen. You all will see it. When the sickle comes to reap, you will know my name as your lord thy god. And by then it will be too early because that loop was perfectly guided down to the see? the doodlebob is the one we needed the whole time. Doodlebob, the real homies will get the connection. Buc if you is and Bucc if you ain't.

[@michaelthomas6280]

B33R SAUC3 Just chill out. You're having an existential crisis and obsessively stretching reality. God exists and the real entities on "the other half" of the world are trying to constantly distract you from that. Good luck

[@celtwarrior7851]

Wish it really was the book

[@shawnburnham1]

2:35:00

[@pitterpatter7719]

5:29:45

[@warriorpoet44]

Ch. 1-5 someone already commented Video skip to Ch. 7 Ch. 7 - 43:30 Ch. 8 - 49:50 Ch. 9 - 56:37 Ch. 10 - 1:09:08 Ch. 11 - 1:20:08 Ch. 12 - 1:23:40 Video skip to Ch. 15 Ch. 15 - 1:25:30 Ch. 16 - 1:29:47 Ch. 17 - 1:42:32 Video Skip to Ch. 20 Ch. 20 - 2:06:30 Ch. 21 - 2:15:28 Ch. 22 - 2:28:30 Ch. 23 - 2:35:46 Ch. 24 - 2:41:18 Ch. 25 - 2:59:12 Ch. 26 - 3:02:00 Ch. 27 - 3:08:00 Ch. 28 - 3:09:18 Ch. 29 - 3:10:16 Ch. 30 - 3:24:44 Ch. 31 - 3:36:04 Ch. 32 - 3:39:10 Ch. 33 - 3:58:06 Ch. 34 - 4:11:48 For the chapters that are skipped, 'Now Read This' channel is good. All the best 🤙

[@spiritlevelstudios]

You're a legend, thanks heaps 🙏🏻🙂

[@sirkurtisjeffreyjayluethkl797]

SECURE AND CONTAIN

[@floridanews8786]

D's 🌰🌰

[@caraforte2956]

What is this book about?

[@William.Shakespeare]

42

[@randomscreenalias7737]

Life, the universe and everything...

[@almcdonald8676]

Yes indeedy

[@lourias]

It is part of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy...

[@mynamem36]

15:56

[@mynamem36]

37:05

[@agoogleuser4095]

who else is here from the Breaking Bad Sitcom playlist

[@stevix2887]

Me

[@lennykoss8777]

💗🌈💗🌈💗🌈💗🌈💗

[@pookiechowdhury883]

43:22

[@somedandy7694]

Adams' voice reminds me of Michael Palin at times.

[@Lark42]

44:20

[@LittleMew133]

14:00 27:00 38:00

[@maxphilpott9677]

?

[@captain_swole]

Pbm 37:08

[@michaelfreeman2056]

Oh.?

[@kingtkuehn]

I am the Universe... The Living God was here..

[@michaelthomas6280]

kingtkuehn Christ consciousness is a big deception. If not, I bet you get a ton of fulfillment ruling over the universe and all.

[@kingtkuehn]

@@michaelthomas6280 Enjoy your covid..

[@christopherapel1670]

For a more contemporary reference check out dash display on 'Starman'sTesla to Mars'.

[@MerryLeafField]

Why would this be uploaded if it's missing chapters?

[@spiritlevelstudios]

I used to fall asleep listening to it and didn't really care or notice much that it wasn't perfect.

[@dkf2402]

514

[@thewatchtowerhasbeenrobbed]

👨🏼‍🍳🍽️🥞

[@twt3716]

How did you manage to ruin the audio so badly ?

[@spiritlevelstudios]

It's just a reupload. If I get hold of the original tapes I'll do it properly.

[@twt3716]

@@spiritlevelstudios Bless ya

[@willysgoneagain]

........Why is this in the breaking bad sitcom playlist?

[@mattyg415]

Awful sound quality great story

[@Brian-gv4ff]

Great book, horrible volume

[@eveny119]

Too much of this is edited out.

[@athopi]

Useless posting this here with very poor sound quality and missing chapters... Please re-do...

[@dnomyarnostaw]

Thumbs down. Chapters all over the place. Utterly useless.

[@JonathanOsborn9444]

Not worth the listen, it’s completely out of order and doesn’t even finish

[@wilfredjurassicyes]

Oh my Gosh it sounds so terrible. I got so excited for a complete disappointment.

[@ascgazz7347]

No idea what order this is supposed to be in after FOUR HOURS. Seriously disappointing.

[@Hellguy76131]

Your chapters are out of order. Fix it.

[@donz6211]

Well I don't know, I find it rather fitting that they are out of order.

[@antisocial8480]

Don't listen do this audio book, its completly botched

[@elvirredzepovic6898]

Was this recorded in 1892 with first audio tech human kind made ? Remove this shit it's a waste of server space and get something from this century.

[@spiritlevelstudios]

Lol, righto.

[@CStoph1979]

This book takes two hours or less to read, how on earth could this be 8 hours with chapters missing. Lol wtf.