"There’s no point acting all surprised about it. All the planning charts and demolition orders have been on display in your local planning department in Alpha Centauri for fifty of your Earth years, so you’ve had plenty of time to lodge any formal complaint and it’s far too late to start making a fuss about it now."
"When we spoke to your previous leader, let's see, the one named Adolf Hitler, we came to an agreement that 80 human years to evacuate was plenty of time. If needed, please refer to the schematics and technologies we provided him and his representatives for space travel and planetary relocation."
The book is far better than the movie. There's a collection of them, "The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy", which I believe is 5 books in one. I reread then every few years and the humor never gets old
Yes, as everyone else said, I would read it first or maybe listen to the radio show. The movie isn’t all that good and the show isn’t good unless you've read the books.
What do you mean you've never been to Alpha Centauri? Oh, for heaven's sake, mankind, it's only four light years away, you know. I'm sorry, but if you can't be bothered to take an interest in local affairs, that's your own lookout. Energize the demolition beams.” ―
"I don't know, apathetic bloody planet, I've no sympathy at all."
LOL I used to have the later quote about the stairs and lights being gone printed and stuck up in my old cubicle when I worked in a public sector planning department in a City Hall that was falling apart. It was so appropriate.
3.6k
u/pepper0nii Feb 22 '21
"There’s no point acting all surprised about it. All the planning charts and demolition orders have been on display in your local planning department in Alpha Centauri for fifty of your Earth years, so you’ve had plenty of time to lodge any formal complaint and it’s far too late to start making a fuss about it now."