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(Quote) If memory serves, the characters in the book asked something similar: "If the ultimate answer to Life, The Universe, and Everything is '42', then what is the question?" After several million more years, Deep Thought responded: "What do you get when you multiply six by nine?" Hellraiser... the five-book Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe "trilogy" is pretty funny. But don't expect it to make sense! For example, the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Trall is incredibly dangerous. Luckily, it i…

(Quote) Great quote, Azadur! The part about the question was picked up again in a later book (resulting in the "multiplying six by nine" thing), but I'll be darned if I could find the reference. I am thinking that it was after dinner at Milliway's (The Restaurant at the End of the Universe), but I am not sure. Memory gets a bit fuzzy because, as mentioned earlier, the story was re-written each time for radio, TV, book, and movie... so there are many versions!

(Quote) We are not kidding, Hellraiser. The quotes above are from the books of the legendary Douglas Adams. Of course, Adams was kidding... about pretty much everything. He was the master of sci-fi-comedy. As for the 7.5 million years, time travel is routine in the Hitchhiker's galaxy. The main characters travel in a stolen star ship (the Heart of Gold) which has a prototype infinite improbability drive. The infinite improbability drive allows the characters to do some things that are not impos…