By Douglas Adams
"HYSTERICAL!"
--The Philadelphia Inquirer
The unsatisfied population of planet Krikkit are in poor health of the evening sky above their heads--so they plan to damage it. The universe, that's. Now merely 5 contributors stand among the white killer robots of Krikkit and their objective of overall annihilation.
They are Arthur Dent, a mild-mannered house and time visitor, who attempts to benefit the right way to fly via throwing himself on the floor and lacking; Ford Prefect, his ally, who comes to a decision to head insane to determine if he likes it; Slartibartfast, the indomitable vicepresident of the crusade for genuine Time, who travels in a boat powered via irrational habit; Zaphod Beeblebrox, the two-headed, three-armed ex-head honcho of the Universe; and Trillian, the horny area cadet who's torn among a power Thunder God and a truly depressed Beeblebrox.
How will all of it finish? Will it finish? simply this stalwart workforce is aware as they struggle to evade "universal" Armageddon and keep existence as we all know it--and have no idea it!
"ADAMS IS a kind of infrequent TREASURES: an writer who, one senses, has as a lot enjoyable writing as one has reading."
--The Arizona day-by-day big name
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Ford looked angrily at him. " he snapped. " Ford grasped him by the lapels of his dressing gown and spoke to him as slowly and distinctly and patiently as if he were somebody from a telephone company accounts department. "There seem…" he said, "to be some pools…" he said, "of instability…" he said, "in the fabric…" he said… Arthur looked foolishly at the cloth of his dressing gown where Ford was holding it. Ford swept on before Arthur could turn the foolish look into a foolish remark. "… in the fabric of space-time," he said.
Stop mumbling mantras and pay attention. " Arthur pushed himself up from his couch and shook his head. " he said. "To confront an ancient night-" "Can it," said Ford. "Arthur, we are going out into the Galaxy to have some fun. " said Arthur. "Nothing," said Ford. "Doom," said Slartibartfast. " He walked towards a green wrought-iron spiral staircase set incomprehensibly in the middle of the flight deck and started to ascend. Arthur, with a frown, followed. Ford slung the Guide sullenly back into his satchel.
They sat down and composed their thoughts. Ford got out his Sub-Etha Sens-O-Matic. It was making vague humming noises and a tiny light on it was flickering faintly. " said Arthur. " Ford moved the device in a slow lightly bobbing semi-circle. Suddenly the light flashed. " said Ford, shooting out his arm. " Arthur looked. Much to his surprise, there was a velvet paisley-covered Chesterfield sofa in the field in front of them. He boggled intelligently at it. Shrewd questions sprang into his mind.