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The aliens' plans were, if I remember right, posted for display in a nearby star system, with a similar 'it's your own fault if you didn't bother to go look' ju

The aliens' plans were, if I remember right, posted for display in a nearby star system, with a similar 'it's your own fault if you didn't bother to go look' justification. The indie book series Dungeon Crawler Carl, which is entirely unlike Adams' work in most ways but clearly takes some inspiration from the malevolent absurdity on display, uses a similar premise where the demolition-causing aliens let the pharaohs know 40,000 years ago and that serves as sufficient legal notice.

adhesive_wombat 4y ago
Further similar vibes: the DUST short film "Final Offer": https://youtube.com/watch?v=rv8kOzRZK8g https://youtube.com/watch?v=rv8kOzRZK8g
xapata 4y ago
... almost, but not quite, entirely unlike ...
- WithinReason 4y ago
  The best sentence in the entire book
  - poizan42 4y ago
    I think it's tied with "The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't."
    - staunton 4y ago
      I think both of those lose out to the discussion of "grammar in the context of time travel".
      - knodi123 4y ago
        this is the stupidest debate that I'd be willing to read an entire transcript of.