This stack is dedicated to all the nice persons who kept saying to me I would wallow in self-pity and enjoy the role of a victim until my pseudonym Marvin was born. I would have preferred another one. But they wanted it, they got it!

Special greetings to my family, the former Apple II elite, the department of nature protection, my profs and all egomaniacs in the galaxy.

Beware of Vogons!


"You ... you ... have been in the Vortex?" stammered Gargravarr.
"You saw me, kid."

"And it was workin?"
"Sure was."

"And you saw the whole infinity of creation?"
"Sure. Really neat place, you know that?"

"And you saw yourself," said Gargravarr, "in relation to it all?"
"Oh, yeah, yeah."

"But ... what did you experience?"
Zaphod shrugged smugly.
"It just told me what I knew all the time. I'm a really terrific and great guy. Didn't I tell you, baby, I'm Zaphod Beeblebrox!"

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