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Can't find it. Will look again later. It's basically the same as above, but for when hitchhiker writers' can charge things to their expense accounts (or maybe f
by 10ren 17y ago
Can't find it. Will look again later. It's basically the same as above, but for when hitchhiker writers' can charge things to their expense accounts (or maybe for granting a writeup, and journalistic integrity?), and the last line is "You really want to."
I think it's followed by "Ford tried to avoid that one, because it always involved giving the editors a cut."
Ah! Now I have those extra words, google helps:
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a powerful organ. Indeed, its influence is so prodigious that strict rules have had to be drawn up by its editorial staff to prevent its misuse. So none of its field researchers are allowed to accept any kind of services, discounts or preferential treatment of any kind in return for editorial favours unless:
a) they have made a bona fide attempt to pay for a service in the normal way;
b) their lives would be otherwise in danger;
c) they really want to.
Since invoking the third rule always involved giving the editor a cut, Ford always preferred to muck about with the first two.
http://flag.blackened.net/dinsdale/dna/book4.html http://flag.blackened.net/dinsdale/dna/book4.html (Chapter 5) - I fixed a typo when I copied it