- B-Team Sequel: While Adams reportedly intended to write a sixth Hitchhiker's book before his untimely death, what few notes he left on the matter were not used in And Another Thing..., instead packaged together with a half-finished Dirk Gently manuscript and some other random scraps and published as The Salmon of Doubt.
- Creator's Favorite: Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged seems to be Eoin Colfer's.
- Outlived Its Creator: It's the first book in the series following Adams' passing, instead written by Eoin Colfer.
- Promoted Fanboy: Eoin Colfer said that being asked to write a Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy novel was like 'being offered the superpower of your choice'.
- Working Title: Douglas Adams wanted to write a sixth novel called The Salmon Of Doubt, but had also thought about using the title for a third Dirk Gently novel. They ended up using the name for an incomplete Dirk Gently book published after Adams died.
- Write Who You Know: Colfer, who is Irish, creates the first Irish character to appear in the Hitchhiker's series.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Trivia/AndAnotherThing
FollowingTrivia / And Another Thing...
Go To