Sadly, he said himself that he picked this number with nothing else in mind that "a simple smallish number". ref: http://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/310/

Sadly, he said himself that he picked this number with nothing else in mind that "a simple smallish number". ref: http://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/310/why-did-douglas-adams-pick-42-as-the-ultimate-answer http://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/310/why-did-douglas...