The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams

If the question were discovered, psychiatrists would become irrelevant. He ordered the destruction of Earth in order to halt the search for the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything. Psychiatrist and sponsor for the Vogons, Gag Halfrunt, believes that all humans are dead. A bolt of light flashes from the ghost’s hands, and the Heart of Gold warps through time and space. His great-grandfather reminds Zaphod that his position as president of the galaxy is meaningless, telling him to find the true ruler of the Universe. Zaphod had things that he wanted to forget, but he left orders in his brain to fulfill a purpose. Zaphod and his great-grandfather discuss why Zaphod the First locked parts of his brain to hide information from himself. Zaphod impulsively holds a séance for his great-grandfather, Zaphod Beeblebrox the Fourth, whose ghost appears. Most of the group realizes they are under attack, but an unaware Arthur asks the Nutri-Matic Drinks Synthesizer for a cup of tea, which freezes up the computer and prevents the group from escaping. Trillian left Earth six months earlier to travel with Zaphod Beeblebrox, the president of the galaxy.Ĭurrently, a Vogon starship is pursuing the Heart of Gold, the ship occupied by Arthur, Trillian, Zaphod, Ford and Marvin the depressed robot.

Arthur escaped Earth’s destruction with the help of Ford Prefect, an interplanetary hitchhiker. Tricia McMillan, called Trillian, and Arthur Dent are the only human survivors. Just before the question was formulated, Earth was destroyed by the Vogons (stupid, violent, heartless extraterrestrials) to make way for a new hyperspace bypass. Humans were part of the computer matrix meant to devise the question. After 7.5 million years, Deep Thought concluded that the answer was 42 another more complicated computer, Earth, was created to determine the question itself. In the first book, an immensely powerful supercomputer, called Deep Thought, attempted to answer the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything. Another theory argues this has already happened. Some brilliantly smart people, but only a tiny handful would I class as geniuses.A theory states that if anyone discovers what the universe is and its purpose, it would immediately disappear and be replaced by something more bizarre and unexplainable.

A work of staggering geniusĬaitlin Moran I haven’t known many geniuses in my life. One of the greatest achievements in comedy.

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams