After that it gets a bit complicated, and there's all sorts of stuff going on in dimensions 13 to 22 that you really wouldn't want to know about.

You move in a straight line in a fourth, which you call time, and stay rooted to one place in a fifth, which is the first fundamental of probability. If you'd like to know, I can tell you that in your universe you move freely in three dimensions that you call space.

1st edition, 8th printing:- Extract: 'Well I think we've sorted all that out now. © 1992: 5th in the 'Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy' series of books. He wondered what the new sounds were as he gazed at her openly wondering face and her eyes that smiled with a shared surprise.Hardback: 9½' x 6¼'. He felt on the sudden like a cramped and zoo-born animal who wakes one morning to find the door of his cage hanging quietly open and the savanna stretching gray and pink to the distant rising sun, while all around new sounds are waking. The moment became a longer moment, and suddenly it was a very long moment, so long one could hardly tell where all the time was coming from.įor Arthur, who could usually contrive to feel self-conscious if left alone long enough with a Swiss cheese plant, the moment was one of sustained revelation. “There was a sort of gallery structure in the roof space which held a bed and also a bathroom which, Fenchurch explained, you could actually swing a cat in, ‘But,' she added, ‘only if it was a reasonably patient cat and didn't mind a few nasty cracks about the head. Have a read for yourself below and you'll see why! So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams This week's reading suggestion is a little ditty called So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams and it's sure to put a smile on your face! This one is all about that wonderful feeling of unexpectedly falling head over heels for someone, a fun, quirky piece that will no doubt raise a few giggles from your guests. Ceremony readings don't have to be cheesy, in fact, they can be inspired by whatever like you - the lyrics to a song, your favourite poem or even an extract from a much-adored book.

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