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1、DouglasAdamsTheHitchhiker’sGuidetotheGalaxyForJonnyBrockandClareGorstandallotherArlingtoniansfortea,sympathy,andasofaIntroduction:AGuidetotheGuideSomeUnhelpfulRemarksfromtheAuthorThehistoryofTheHitchhiker’sGuidetotheGalaxyisnowsocomplicatedthateverytimeIte
2、llitIcontradictmyself,andwheneverIdogetitrightI’mmisquoted.Sothepublicationofthisomnibuseditionseemedlikeagoodopportunitytosettherecordstraight—oratleastfirmlycrooked.Anythingthatisputdownwronghereis,asfarasI’mconcerned,wrongforgood.Theideaforthetitlefirst
3、croppedupwhileIwaslyingdrunkinafieldinInnsbruck,Austria,in1971.Notparticularlydrunk,justthesortofdrunkyougetwhenyouhaveacoupleofstiffGössersafternothavingeatenfortwodaysstraight,onaccountofbeingapennilesshitchhiker.Wearetalkingofamildinabilitytostandup.Iwa
4、stravelingwithacopyoftheHitchHiker’sGuidetoEuropebyKenWalsh,averybatteredcopythatIhadborrowedfromsomeone.Infact,sincethiswas1971andIstillhavethebook,itmustcountasstolenbynow.Ididn’thaveacopyofEuropeonFiveDollarsaDay(asitthenwas)becauseIwasn’tinthatfinancia
5、lleague.Nightwasbeginningtofallonmyfieldasitspunlazilyunderneathme.IwaswonderingwhereIcouldgothatwascheaperthanInnsbruck,revolvedlessanddidn’tdothesortofthingstomethatInnsbruckhaddonetomethatafternoon.Whathadhappenedwasthis.Ihadbeenwalkingthroughthetowntry
6、ingtofindaparticularaddress,andbeingthoroughlylostIstoppedtoaskfordirectionsfromamaninthestreet.Iknewthismightn’tbeeasybecauseIdon’tspeakGerman,butIwasstillsurprisedtodiscoverjusthowmuchdifficultyIwashavingcommunicatingwiththisparticularman.Graduallythetru
7、thdawnedonmeaswestruggledinvaintounderstandeachotherthatofallthepeopleinInnsbruckIcouldhavestoppedtoask,theoneIhadpickeddidnotspeakEnglish,didnotspeakFrenchandwasalsodeafanddumb.Withaseriesofsincerelyapologetichandmovements,Idisentangledmyself,andafewminut
8、eslater,onanotherstreet,Istoppedandaskedanothermanwhoalsoturnedouttobedeafanddumb,whichwaswhenIboughtthebeers.Iventuredbackontothestreet.Itriedagain.WhenthethirdmanIspoketoturnedouttobedeafanddumbandalsoblind
