So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish characters

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An Earthman returning from exile across the galaxy. He reaches an Earth that appears intact despite his knowledge of its destruction.

Appears from the start

A Guide writer who discovers that Earth is once again listed as an existing destination rather than a destroyed world. The unexpected revision prompts him to obtain passage on a spacecraft bound for Earth.

Also known as Fenny

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A woman who remains convinced that the vision of yellow spacecraft and Earth's destruction was real. Her unusual brain activity and a revelation she can no longer recall trouble her.

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A Vogon official responsible for the recorded demolition of Earth. When the planet proves to exist, he is summoned to account for the discrepancy and becomes the focus of a bureaucratic problem surrounding the failed order.

Appears from the start

Fenchurch's brother, a lorry driver who gives Arthur a lift on his return to Earth. Persistent rain clouds follow him wherever he travels because he unknowingly affects the weather as a rain god, though he does not recognize the cause.

First appears in chapter 2

A scientist devoted to studying dolphins. Arthur and Fenchurch visit him in California, where he inhabits an inside-out house that he calls an asylum and examines the engraved glass bowls they possess.