Blood is a cleansing and sanctifying thing, and the nation that regards
it as the final horror has lost its manhood ... there are many things
more horrible than bloodshed, and slavery is one of them.
-- Padraic Pearse
Not only is "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" a wholly remarkable book
it is also a highly successful one - more popular than the "Celestial Home Care
Omnibus", better selling than "Fifty-three More Things to Do in Zero Gravity",
and more controversial than Oolon Colluphid's trilogy of philosophical
blockbusters, "Where God Went Wrong", "Some More of God's Greatest Mistakes"
and "Who Is This God Person Anyway?...