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Article: Life, the universe and true science.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- May 13, 2005
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Byline: MICHAEL HANLON
AS ANSWERS went, it was the ultimate letdown; a preposterous response to the grandest question of all - the conundrum of life, the universe and everything.
Forty-two was the Ultimate Answer, given by Deep Thought, a supercomputer designed to find the meaning of life, which appeared in one of the most extraordinary publishing phenomena of recent decades.
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, by Douglas Adams, began life as a Radio 4 series and was later a quintet of books, which sold in their millions.
Finally, four years after the death of its creator, the Guide has been made into a movie - a blockbuster affair ...