Talk:Places in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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matresses needs to link to "matress" which has a hitchhiker's refrence.

The article said that Earth was located in Galactic Sector ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha. This is not true, since the Heart of Gold picked up Arthur and Ford after they had jumped six light-years through hyperspace to Barnard's Star.

But do you know how big one of these Sectors is? :) 141.35.9.132 15:43, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure there are two or three other mentions of the Sector that place Earth somewhere in it ... at least a couple in Mostly Harmless, for sure. Confusing Manifestation 13:30, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

I've always found this to be a bit of a contradiction. Assuming that the hyperspace jump was from one sector to another, there is a problem that the Earth is supposed to be in ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha, and they were also picked up in that sector. (I'm sure Earth is in this sector). Also Trillian says "that's the same sector where you picked me up", which is Earth. So I think that was always a bit of a problem - the film rectified this by having them picked up just near the remains of Earth, before the jump to hyperspace. —EatMyShortz 05:30, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

The radio version, in the Quintessential Phase, stated that Arthur was from ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha on his ticket when he was talking to the woman who was looking for a job for him after he leaves NowWhat. It also says that NowWhat was in Sector ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha (and I believe the book said that too). --Rory096 19:59, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Didn't the Starship Titanic have "Spontaneous Massive Existence Failure?" It says in this article that it has "Total Existence Failure." —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Rory096 (talk • contribs) .

In the game, yes, it's "Spontaneous Massive Existence Failure". In the book, it's "Total Existence Failure." I suppose this should be mentioned in either or both of these articles. Feezo (Talk) 23:07, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

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As a result, anyone who intends to split a section out of this page should be aware that, as of 22 July 2006, the following sections were linked to from the following pages:

• Brequinda: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, Races and species in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• Brontitall: List of fictional planets by medium, List of socially unusual fictional planets
• Lamuella: Minor characters from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• Golgafrincham: Number Two, Arthur Dent, Interstellar ark, List of fictional expletives, Rubber duck
• Magrathea: Simon Jones (actor), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (film), Jupiter Brain, Point-of-view gun, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series), List of fictional planets by medium, List of socially unusual fictional planets, Timeline of fictional historical events prior to the 20th century
• Frogstar: Zaphod Beeblebrox
• Squornshellous Beta: Minor characters from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• Milliways: Aldebaran, Minor characters from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• NowWhat: Earth in fiction
• Rupert: Rupert
• [[Places in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy#Sector ZZ⁹ Plural Z Alpha|Sector ZZ⁹ Plural Z Alpha]]: Young Zaphod Plays it Safe
• Krikkit: List of fictional computers, Minor characters from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Places in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Indefinite and fictitious large numbers, Cricket in fiction, List of The Fairly OddParents characters, List of fictional planets by medium
• Ursa Minor Beta : List of fictional planets by medium

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