The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Marvin, the Paranoid Android, who, although 37 times older than the universe itself (what with time travel and all), has just enough power left in his failing body to read the message and feel better about it all before expiring. This was the first "Hitchhiker's" novel which was not an adaptation of any previously written story or script. In 2005 it was adapted for radio as the Quandary Phase of the radio series. Finally, in "Mostly Harmless" (published in 1992), Vogons take over "The Hitchhiker's Guide" (under the name of InfiniDim Enterprises), to finish, once and for all, the
Places in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy to be Zaphod Beeblebrox. Islington also was the location of the cave in which Arthur lived during Earth's prehistoric period, as described in the third novel. Two million years later, exactly the same spot was the location of Fenchurch's home as described in the fourth novel. Islington is a former home of Douglas Adams, in which he wrote much of the first novel, and drew inspiration from his surroundings; in particular a real estate agent called "Hotblack Desiato", a name he took for a rock musician in the series. A particular love of its creator, the Magrathean Slartibartfast, who eulogises