Автостопом по галактике

Chapter 15

           ThehomeofthisindustrywastheplanetMagrathea,wherehyperspatialengineerssuckedmatterthroughwhiteholesinspacetoformitintodreamplanets—goldplanets,platinumplanets,softrubberplanetswithlotsofearthquakes—alllovinglymadetomeettheexactingstandardsthattheGalaxy’srichestmennaturallycametoexpect.

           ButsosuccessfulwasthisventurethatMagratheaitselfsoonbecametherichestplanetofalltimeandtherestoftheGalaxywasreducedtoabjectpoverty.Andsothesystembrokedown,theEmpirecollapsed,andalongsullensilencesettledoverabillionworlds,disturbedonlybythepenscratchingsofscholarsastheylabouredintothenightoversmuglittletreatiesonthevalueofaplannedpoliticaleconomy.

           Magratheaitselfdisappearedanditsmemorysoonpassedintotheobscurityoflegend.

           Intheseenlighteneddaysofcourse,noonebelievesawordofit.

           

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