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Sutapa Bhattacharya asked this question about The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1):
Why was the Guide written in English? There is no mention of a Babel fish equivalent that translates written text. Also, how did Ford Prefect come to know that the Earth was going to be demolished?
Nathan Because the author is English? I think you may be nitpicking a bit. Or maybe it displays in the language of the reader automatically.

As for Ford Prefe…moreBecause the author is English? I think you may be nitpicking a bit. Or maybe it displays in the language of the reader automatically.

As for Ford Prefect's prior knowledge, the plans to demolish the Earth had been at Alpha Centauri for 50 years. Prefect had only been trapped on it for 15 years if I remember that all correctly.
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