Dont worry monkee searcher, the book is not really meant to be taken seriously
Basically, some race of people asked a super powerful computer what the meaning of life, the universe and everything was.
After 9 million years or something, it came back with the answer of 42
42???? everyone exclaimed, and the computer went on to say that really the answer is nothing without the question, and when asked if he could work out the question, the computer said he couldnt but that he'd make a new better super computer that could, and that super computer was called 'The Earth'
It would take 65 million years for 'The Earth' to work out what the question is, unfortunatly, it was destroyed to make way for an interstella highway, 5 minutes before it had completed the calculation.
booooooooooooooooo
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Im a shambles, but Im Gods shambles!!