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The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

by Douglas Adams

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Jackie said: " The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, the sequel to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, is even funnier than the first book (I know this seems quite improbable, but it is).

Again, there’s a lot to be learned. Did you know that time traveling is The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, the sequel to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, is even funnier than the first book (I know this seems quite improbable, but it is).

Again, there’s a lot to be learned. Did you know that time traveling is uncomplicated, and there’s almost nothing to worry about? It’s not a problem to end up as your own parent. And worrying about changing the course of history is unnecessary. The only thing that causes a headache is the grammar. How do you speak about an event in the future of the past for example? It gets especially complicated to choose the right tense when you’re speaking while traveling through time.
Another interesting thing is the fact that 85% of all civilizations have (or will or will have) invented a drink with a very similar name, each of them doing so before ever having had any contact with another civilization. The drinks, however, are not necessarily similar. One example of one of these drinks is the jynnan tonnyx; Arthur and Ford notice that it resembles Whisky and Soda quite a lot.

In The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, there’s more of Zaphod, Arthur, Ford, Trillian and Marvin, and they end up at the most unlikely places (and times) and meet lots of interestingly strange characters. One of these places is, as the title suggests, the restaurant at the end of the universe, which is not only at the end of the universe, but also at the end of time. Guests at this restaurant (the Milliways) can watch the end of the universe (or the gnab gib, contrary to the big bang). Another place is a lonely shack in the middle of nowhere. While the shack is not interesting, its inhabitant is no one less than the ruler of the universe. Unfortunately, he doesn’t care about the universe at all… At least, he enjoys spending time with his cat, thinking about nothing, and staring at his table. The only one who doesn’t enjoy himself at all is the depressed robot Marvin. But who would blame him. After all, he had to wait millions of years for Zaphod and the others to return…

If you fancy a fun read, I can heartily recommend The Restaurant at the End of the Universe! ...more "

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by Bas Kast

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“Où sont les hommes?' reprit enfin le petit prince. 'On est un peu seul dans le désert.'
'On est seul aussi chez les hommes', dit le serpent.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

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“We never know we go,—when we are going
We jest and shut the door;
Fate following behind us bolts it,
And we accost no more.”
― Emily Dickinson, The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson

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“Es gibt eine Art von Zauberei, die man mühsam erlernen muß: Das ist die, wie sie im Koraktor steht, Zeichen für Zeichen und Formel um Formel. Und dann gibt es eine, die wächst einem aus der Tiefe des Herzens zu: aus der Sorge um jemanden, den man lieb hat. Ich weiß, daß das schwer zu begreifen ist - aber du solltest darauf vertrauen, Krabat.”
― Otfried Preußler

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“They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. In their grey visions they obtain glimpses of eternity, and thrill, in awaking, to find that they have been upon the verge of the great secret. In snatches, they learn something of the wisdom which i of good, and more of the mere knowledge which is of evil.”
― Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales

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