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(
Excerpt
from
The
Hitchhiker
's
Guide
to
the
Galaxy
,
Page
634784
,
Section
5a
,
Entry
:
Magrathea
)
Far
back
in
the
mists
of
ancient
time
,
in
the
great
and
glorious
days
of
the
former
Galactic
Empire
,
life
was
wild
,
rich
and
largely
tax
free
.
Mighty
starships
plied
their
way
between
exotic
suns
,
seeking
adventure
and
reward
amongst
the
furthest
reaches
of
Galactic
space
.
In
those
days
spirits
were
brave
,
the
stakes
were
high
,
men
were
real
men
,
women
were
real
women
,
and
small
furry
creatures
from
Alpha
Centauri
were
real
small
furry
creatures
from
Alpha
Centauri
.
And
all
dared
to
brave
unknown
terrors
,
to
do
mighty
deeds
,
to
boldly
split
infinitives
that
no
man
had
split
before
--
and
thus
was
the
Empire
forged
.
Many
men
of
course
became
extremely
rich
,
but
this
was
perfectly
natural
and
nothing
to
be
ashamed
of
because
no
one
was
really
poor
--
at
least
no
one
worth
speaking
of
.
And
for
all
the
richest
and
most
successful
merchants
life
inevitably
became
rather
dull
and
niggly
,
and
they
began
to
imagine
that
this
was
therefore
the
fault
of
the
worlds
they
'd
settled
on
--
none
of
them
was
entirely
satisfactory
:
either
the
climate
was
n't
quite
right
in
the
later
part
of
the
afternoon
,
or
the
day
was
half
an
hour
too
long
,
or
the
sea
was
exactly
the
wrong
shade
of
pink
.
And
thus
were
created
the
conditions
for
a
staggering
new
form
of
specialist
industry
:
custom-made
luxury
planet
building
The
home
of
this
industry
was
the
planet
Magrathea
,
where
hyperspatial
engineers
sucked
matter
through
white
holes
in
space
to
form
it
into
dream
planets
--
gold
planets
,
platinum
planets
,
soft
rubber
planets
with
lots
of
earthquakes
--
all
lovingly
made
to
meet
the
exacting
standards
that
the
Galaxy
's
richest
men
naturally
came
to
expect
.
But
so
successful
was
this
venture
that
Magrathea
itself
soon
became
the
richest
planet
of
all
time
and
the
rest
of
the
Galaxy
was
reduced
to
abject
poverty
.
And
so
the
system
broke
down
,
the
Empire
collapsed
,
and
a
long
sullen
silence
settled
over
a
billion
worlds
,
disturbed
only
by
the
pen
scratchings
of
scholars
as
they
laboured
into
the
night
over
smug
little
treaties
on
the
value
of
a
planned
political
economy
.
Magrathea
itself
disappeared
and
its
memory
soon
passed
into
the
obscurity
of
legend
.
In
these
enlightened
days
of
course
,
no
one
believes
a
word
of
it
.
Arthur
awoke
to
the
sound
of
argument
and
went
to
the
bridge
.
Ford
was
waving
his
arms
about
.
