FORD: They make a big thing out of the ship’s cybernetics. “A new generation of Sirius Cybernetics Corporation robots and computers, with the new GPP feature.”

ARTHUR: GPP? What’s that?

FORD: Er ………. It says Genuine People Personalities.

ARTHUR: Sounds ghastly.

F/X DOOR HUMS OPEN WITH A SORT OF OPTIMISTIC SOUND

MARVIN: It is.

Accurate script dialog brought to you by one of my most beloved childhood possessions.
@airspeedswift I had a different edition of this, found in a second-hand bookshop, and had it signed by Douglas in 1998 — except it was on a Starship Titanic promotional tour and he wasn’t much pleased. Plus he was VERY jetlagged (as is typical) and not a little annoyed at his agent for making him sit at an empty table for 2 hours at a Harvey Norman in suburban Newcastle (NSW).

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"With an introduction by Geoffrey Perkins.

With another introduction by Douglas Adams largely contradicting the one by Geoffrey Perkins." 😆 👍

@airspeedswift Including the genuine phone number and name that were changed in the other formats?