The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

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1Prologue: "There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for..." / Chapter 1: "The story so far."
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2:59
2Chapter 1 (continued): "Tricia McMillian — or Trillian — had skipped the planet six months earlier..." / Chapter 2: "Like all Vogon ships it looked as if it had been not so much designed as congealed."
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2:52
3Chapter 2 (continued): "It has been said that Vogons are not above a little bribery and corruption..."
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4Chapter 2 (continued): "He toyed with this thought a little before reluctantly dismissing it."
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5Chapter 2 (continued): "When put to the test, however, it invariably produced a plastic cup filled with a liquid that was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea."
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2:58
6Chapter 2 (continued): "'I'm going to need some help with this one,' said the machine tersely." / Chapter 3: "'Does anyone have a kettle?' Arthur asked..."
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3:03
7Chapter 3 (continued): "He started to speak, and stopped."
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8Chapter 3 (continued): "Quite how Zaphod Beeblebrox arrived at the idea of holding a seance at this point..."
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9Chapter 3 (continued): "On Zaphod's brow stood beads of sweat, first of concentration, then of frustration and finally of embarrassment."
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10Chapter 3 (continued): "The noise and the shaking had reached terrifying proportions."
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11Chapter 3 (continued): "Zaphod felt he was teetering on the edge of madness..."
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12Chapter 3 (continued): "'No, you listen to me, you see-through old bat,' said Zaphod..."
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13Chapter 3 (continued): "'It is trying,' said Zaphod with wonderful restraint, 'to make tea.'" / Chapter 4: "Ten light years away, Gag Halfrunt jacked up his smile by several notches."
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14Chapter 4 (continued): "They searched every corner of the ship in increasing bewilderment and alarm." / Chapter 5: "Ursa Minor Beta is, some say, one of the most appalling places in the known Universe."
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15Chapter 5 (continued): "The book is a guide book, a travel book."
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16Chapter 5 (continued): "If at that moment you had then looked at the next table but one you would have seen Zaphod Beeblebrox..."
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17Chapter 6: "'Hello? Yes? Megadodo Publications, home of the Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy...'"
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18Chapter 6 (continued): "Zaphod Beeblebrox entered the foyer."
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19Chapter 6 (continued): "'Mr Beeblebrox, sir,' said the insect in awed wonder, 'you're so weird you should be in movies.'"
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20Chapter 6 (continued): "'Oh, fine,' said Marvin, 'if you happen to like being me which personally I don't.'"
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21Chapter 6 (continued): "At that moment a commotion broke out in the reception hall behind them."
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22Chapter 6 (continued): "'You know something?' said Zaphod to Marvin."
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23Chapter 6 (continued): "From the opposite direction came a larger black spider-like object."
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