Introduction: A Guide To The Guide

           

           Someunhelpfulremarksfromtheauthor

           ThehistoryofTheHitchhiker’sGuidetotheGalaxyisnowsocomplicatedthateverytimeItellitIcontradictmyself,andwheneverIdogetitrightI’mmisquoted.Sothepublicationofthisomnibuseditionseemedlikeagoodopportunitytosettherecordstraight—oratleastfirmlycrooked.Anythingthatisputdownwronghereis,asfarasI’mconcerned,wrongforgood.

           TheideaforthetitlefirstcroppedupwhileIwaslyingdrunkinafieldinInnsbruck,Austria,in1971.Notparticularlydrunk,justthesortofdrunkyougetwhenyouhaveacoupleofstiffGössersafternothavingeatenfortwodaysstraight,onaccountofbeingapennilesshitchhiker.Wearetalkingofamildinabilitytostandup.

           IwastravelingwithacopyoftheHitchHiker’sGuidetoEuropebyKenWalsh,averybatteredcopythatIhadborrowedfromsomeone.Infact,sincethiswas1971andIstillhavethebook,itmustcountasstolenbynow.Ididn’thaveacopyofEuropeonFiveDollarsaDay(asitthenwas)becauseIwasn’tinthatfinancialleague.

           Nightwasbeginningtofallonmyfieldasitspunlazilyunderneathme.IwaswonderingwhereIcouldgothatwascheaperthanInnsbruck,revolvedlessanddidn’tdothesortofthingstomethatInnsbruckhaddonetomethatafternoon.Whathadhappenedwasthis.Ihadbeenwalkingthroughthetowntryingtofindaparticularaddress,andbeingthoroughlylostIstoppedtoaskfordirectionsfromamaninthestreet.

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