The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide, #1)

by Douglas Adams

you were there right up to the moment your planet got the finger, yeah?’

‘Hey,’ he said, ‘I thought you said you didn’t want to shoot us!’ and ducked again. They waited. After a moment a voice replied, ‘It isn’t easy being a cop!’

‘Why,’ said Ford squatting down beside him and shivering, ‘are you lying face down in the dust?’ ‘It’s a very effective way of being wretched,’ said Marvin. ‘Don’t pretend you want to talk to me, I know you hate me.’