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Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

This is a collection of quotes from Douglas Adams' famous “Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy”.

To install these fortunes, copy the .dat file to your fortunes directory (possibly /usr/games/lib/fortunes). To use it, simply type: fortune hitchhiker

Download: fortune-hitchhiker.tgz (Last Update 2005-06-11)

Guillaume Rousse maintains a Mandrake package of this fortune collection at the Penguin Liberation Front.

"Arthur's consciousness approached his body as from a great
distance, and reluctantly. It had had some bad times in
there. Slowly, nervously, it entered and settled down into
its accustomed position.
Arthur sat up.
`Where am I?' he said.
`Lord's Cricket Ground,' said Ford.
`Fine,' said Arthur, and his consciousness stepped out
again for a quick breather. His body flopped back on the
grass."

-- Arthur coping with his return to Earth as best as he
could.