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Without fully traversing the treacherous geography of the ubiquitous spoiler – for the benefit of any regular GeekDad readers who haven't yet completed the series – let me just state that Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy "trilogy" ended a little harshly. Adams himself noted the bleak conclusion of the final novel, Mostly Harmless, and expressed an interest in crafting a sixth book so as to end the journey of Arthur Dent and his intergalactic cadre of traveling companions "on a slightly more upbeat note." Unfortunately, due to Adams's death of a heart attack in 2001, the final installment of the tale was never told.

Until now.

It has recently been announced that Adams's widow Jane Belson has approached none other than author Eoin Colfer about penning book six of HHGTTG. A longtime fan of the series, the Artemis Fowl writer has agreed to pick up where Douglas left off in an installment entitled And Another Thing…, which is set to be published next October by Penguin Books. To his credit, Eoin seems to be taking this newfound responsibility as seriously as one could possibly expect.