Fenchurch
The woman Arthur falls in love with. She felt something strange the moment before Earth was destroyed. She knows what the dolphins were trying to tell us.
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A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Small Web
"In many of the more relaxed civilizations on the Outer Eastern Rim of the Galaxy,
the Hitchhiker's Guide has already supplanted the great Encyclopedia Galactica
as the standard repository of all knowledge and wisdom."
The key figures in this improbable saga:
Human, perpetually in his dressing gown. Likes tea. Dislikes Thursdays. Remarkably unremarkable, which makes him the perfect everyman.
Researcher for the Guide from Betelgeuse. Chose his name to blend in, thinking cars were the dominant life form. Carries a towel and knows where his towel is.
Ex-Galactic President with two heads and three arms. Invented the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster. His ego has its own moons.
Astrophysicist who left Earth with Zaphod from a party in Islington. The only other human survivor. Far more competent than the men around her.
A GPP (Genuine People Personality) robot afflicted with chronic depression. Brain the size of a planet. Has been waiting 576 billion years.
Magrathean planet designer. Won an award for Norway's fjords. Prefers coastlines to anything actually significant.
Supercomputer that calculated the Answer (42). Designed an even greater computer (Earth) to find the Question.
Third worst poets in the Universe. Their poetry is fatal. They demolish Earth for a hyperspace bypass. Bureaucracy incarnate.
The electronic book itself. 'DON'T PANIC' on the cover. More popular than the Encyclopedia Galactica because it's slightly cheaper.
The shipboard computer of the Heart of Gold. Relentlessly cheerful. Everyone hates Eddie.
The woman Arthur falls in love with. She felt something strange the moment before Earth was destroyed. She knows what the dolphins were trying to tell us.
Arthur's daughter, conceived via a sperm donation Arthur made for cash. Raised by Trillian. Very angry. Owns the Guide Mark II.
A creature Arthur has accidentally killed in various incarnations throughout history: a rabbit, a fly, a bowl of petunias. Very upset about this.
Lives in a shack with his cat. Doesn't believe in anything, including his own existence. This makes him ideal for the job.