THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY Literature 1978. Written by Douglas Adams.

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Total Records: 54 - Medium: LITERATURE / Group: BBB

#	Record Name	Category	Subcategory
1	Amalgamated Union of Philosophers, Sages...	Organizations	Professional Organizations
	Amalgamated Union of Philosophers, Sages, Luminaries and Other Professional Thinking Persons Also known as AUPSLOTP. Represented by Majikthise, protesting Deep Thought, the computer which is being asked to determine the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything. Majikthise: "We are quite definitely here as representatives of the Amalgamated Union of Philosophers, Sages, Luminaries and Other Thinking Persons, and we want this machine off, and we want it off now!"
2	The Amalgamated Union of Philosophers	Organizations	Professional Organizations
	The Amalgamated Union of Philosophers
3	Ancient Philology	Education	Academic Fields
	Ancient Philology Field of study. According to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Veet Voojagig pursued a brilliant academic career at the University of Maximegalon studying ancient philology, transformational ethics and the wave harmonic theory of historical perception.
4	Arcturan Mega-gin	Beverage Products	Alcohol
	Arcturan Mega-gin One of the many ingredients in a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster. "Allow three cubes of Arcturan Mega-gin to melt into the mixture. It must be properly iced or the benzine is lost."
5	Bambleweeny 57 Submeson Brain	Retail	Electronics Stores
	Bambleweeny 57 Submeson Brain Part of the Finite Improbability Generator, along with an atomic vector plotter and a strong Brownian Motion producer, usually a really fresh, hot cup of tea.
6	Brantisvogan Bank	Financial Companies	Banks
	Brantisvogan Bank Zaphod's bank. "There did, however, remain the question of both the mysterious 60,000 Altairan dollars paid yearly into his Brantisvogan bank account, and of course Zaphod Beeblebrox's highly profitable second-hand biro business."
7	Brockian Ultra Cricket	Sports	Sports
	Brockian Ultra Cricket Sport played many many millions of years ago a race of hyperintelligent pan-dimensional beings whose physical manifestation in their own pan-dimensional universe is not dissimilar to our own.
8	The Celestial Home Care Omnibus	Literature	Instructional Books
	The Celestial Home Care Omnibus Book the narrator mentions that's less popular than the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
9	Cruxwan University	Education	Universities
	Cruxwan University Narrator: "A sudden commotion destroyed the moment: the door flew open and two angry men wearing the coarse faded-blue robes and belts of the Cruxwan University burst into the room, thrusting aside the ineffectual flunkies who tried to bar their way."
10	Deep Thought	Computers	Supercomputers
	Deep Thought The computer asked to determine the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything.
11	Don't Give Me None More of that Old Janx...	Music	Songs
	Don't Give Me None More of that Old Janx Spirit Ancient Orion mining song about Old Janx Spirit.
12	Eddie	Computers	A.I.
	Eddie The Heart of Gold's shipboard computer.
13	Electronic Thumb	Goods	Miscellaneous Products
	Electronic Thumb An electronic sub-etha signalling device.
14	The Encyclopedia Galactica	Literature	Books
	The Encyclopedia Galactica Standard Repository of All Knowledge and Wisdom, Until It Was Replaced By The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy., The.
15	Fifty-Three More Things to Do in Zero Gr...	Literature	Books
	Fifty-Three More Things to Do in Zero Gravity Book the narrator mentions that's doesn't sell as well as the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
16	Gag Halfrunt	Healthcare	Doctors
	Gag Halfrunt Zaphod's private brain care specialist.
17	The Googleplex Star Thinker	Computers	Software
	The Googleplex Star Thinker One of the supercomputers that programmers Lunkwill and Fook mention when Deep Thought describes himself as the second greatest computer in the Universe of Time and Space. "Are you not a greater analyst than the Googleplex Star Thinker in the Seventh Galaxy of Light and Ingenuity which can calculate the trajectory of every single dust particle throughout a five-week Dangrabad Beta sand blizzard?"
18	Grated Arcturan Megadonkey	Menu	Menu Items
	Grated Arcturan Megadonkey Trillian: "Could you pass me that bowl of grated Arcturan Megadonkey?"
19	The Great Hyperlobic Omni-Cognate Neutro...	Computers	Software
	The Great Hyperlobic Omni-Cognate Neutron Wrangler One of the supercomputers that programmers Lunkwill and Fook mention when Deep Thought describes himself as the second greatest computer in the Universe of Time and Space. "But are you not a more fiendish disputant than the Great Hyperlobic Omni-Cognate Neutron Wrangler of Ciceronicus 12, the Magic and Indefatigable?"
20	The Heart of Gold	Vehicles	Spacecrafts
	The Heart of Gold A brand new state of the art spaceship, stolen at its unveiling on the planet Damogran by Galactic President Zaphod Beeblebrox. The Heart Of Gold is equipped with the new Infinite Improbability Drive.
21	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	Literature	Books
	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy A wholly remarkable electronic book.
22	The Horse and Groom	Nightlife	Nightclubs
	The Horse and Groom Pub where Arthur and Ford spend their last few minutes on Earth before it's destroyed.
23	Improbability Physics	Education	Academic Fields
	Improbability Physics Field of study that produced the Infinite Improbability Drive on the Heart of Gold.
24	Infinite Improbability Drive	Technology Products	Power Supplies
	Infinite Improbability Drive A wonderful new method of crossing vast interstellar distances in a mere nothingth of a second, without all that tedious mucking about in hyperspace.
25	Jodrell Bank	Financial Companies	Banks
	Jodrell Bank Bank on the planet Earth. "The planet beneath them was almost perfectly oblivious of their presence, which was just how they wanted it for the moment. The huge yellow somethings went unnoticed at Goonhilly, they passed over Cape Canaveral without a blip, Woomera and Jodrell Bank looked straight through them - which was a pity because it was exactly the sort of thing they'd been looking for all these years."
26	Kill-O-Zap Gun	Weapons	Guns
	Kill-O-Zap Gun "At the end of the gangway appeared a heavily armoured and space-suited figure waving a vicious Kill-O-Zap gun."
27	Matter Transference Beam	Transportation	Transportation Technology
	Matter Transference Beam Technology behind the Electronic Thumb. Ford: "If you've never been through a matter transference beam before you've probably lost some salt and protein. The beer you had should have cushioned your system a bit."
28	Mid-Galactic Arts Nobbling Council	Organizations	Professional Organizations
	Mid-Galactic Arts Nobbling Council A council governing the prevention of art.
29	The Milliard Gargantubrain	Computers	Software
	The Milliard Gargantubrain One of the supercomputers that programmers Lunkwill and Fook mention when Deep Thought describes himself as the second greatest computer in the Universe of Time and Space. "Are you not a greatest computer than the Milliard Gargantubrain which can count all the atoms in a star in a millisecond?"
30	Milliways	Dining	Restaurants
	Milliways "OK baby, hold tight," said Zaphod. "We'll take in a quick bite at the Restaurant at the End of the Universe."
31	The Multicorticoid Perspicutron Titan Mu...	Computers	Software
	The Multicorticoid Perspicutron Titan Muller One of the supercomputers that programmers Lunkwill and Fook mention when Deep Thought describes himself as the second greatest computer in the Universe of Time and Space. "You're surely not thinking of the Multicorticoid Perspicutron Titan Muller are you? Or the Pondermatic?"
32	My Favorite Bathtime Gurgles	Literature	Books
	My Favorite Bathtime Gurgles 12 book epic poem by the Azagoths of Kria's Poet Master Grunthos.
33	The Nutri-Matic	Home Furnishing	Kitchen Appliances
	The Nutri-Matic Appliance made by the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation.
34	Ode to a Small Lump of Green Putty I Fou...	Literature	Books
	Ode to a Small Lump of Green Putty I Found in My Armpit One Midsummer Morning A Vogon poem.
35	Old Janx Spirit	Beverage Products	Alcohol
	Old Janx Spirit One of the many ingredients in a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster, immortalized in an ancient Orion mining song.
36	Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster	Menu	Mixed Drinks
	Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster
37	Paralyso-Matic bomb	Weapons	Explosives
	Paralyso-Matic bomb Device that Zaphod uses to steal the Heart of Gold, which freezes the crowd.
38	Poetry Appreciation Chair	Home Furnishing	Furniture
	Poetry Appreciation Chair The Vogons strap Ford and Arthur into Poetry Appreciation Chairs. "The sweat stood out cold on Ford Prefect's brow, and slid round the electrodes strapped to his temples. These were attached to a battery of electronic equipment - imagery intensifiers, rhythmic modulators, alliterative residulators and simile dumpers - all designed to heighten the experience of the poem and make sure that not a single nuance of the poet's thought was lost."
39	The Pondermatic	Computers	Software
	The Pondermatic One of the supercomputers that programmers Lunkwill and Fook mention when Deep Thought describes himself as the second greatest computer in the Universe of Time and Space. "You're surely not thinking of the Multicorticoid Perspicutron Titan Muller are you? Or the Pondermatic?"
40	Qualactin Hypermint Extract	Beverage Products	Tea
	Qualactin Hypermint Extract Beverage mentioned in the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster recipe. "Over the back of a silver spoon float a measure of Qualactin Hypermint extract, redolent of all the heady odours of the dark Qualactin Zones, subtle sweet and mystic."
41	Sirius Cybernetics Corporation	Corporations	Robotics Companies
	Sirius Cybernetics Corporation Company that made the Heart of Gold spaceship.
42	Ski-boxing	Sports	Sports
	Ski-boxing Sport that Zaphod plays so much that he had himself fitted with an extra arm.
43	Some More of God's Greatest Mistakes	Literature	Books
	Some More of God's Greatest Mistakes Book in Oolon Colluphid's trilogy of philosophical blockbusters the narrator mentions that's not as controversial as the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
44	Sub-Etha Sens-O-Matic	Goods	Miscellaneous Products
	Sub-Etha Sens-O-Matic Small black device that alerts hitchhikers to passing spacecraft, by monitoring ships' Sub-Etha signals.
45	Transformational Ethics	Education	Academic Fields
	Transformational Ethics Field of study. According to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Veet Voojagig pursued a brilliant academic career at the University of Maximegalon studying ancient philology, transformational ethics and the wave harmonic theory of historical perception.
46	Tri D Camera	Technology Products	Audiovisual Devices
	Tri D Camera Type of camera filming Zaphod on Damogran.
47	Tri-jet	Vehicles	Spacecrafts
	Tri-jet Scooter designed for stratosphere work.
48	The University of Maximegalon	Education	Universities
	The University of Maximegalon University that Veet Voojagig attended, who pursued a brilliant academic career studying ancient philology, transformational ethics and the wave harmonic theory of historical perception, and then, after a night of drinking Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters with Zaphod Beeblebrox, became increasingly obsessed with the problem of what had happened to all the biros he'd bought over the past few years.
49	The Vogon Constructor Fleet	Construction	Construction Companies
	The Vogon Constructor Fleet Construction team in charge of destroying the planet Earth.
50	The Wave Harmonic Theory of Historical P...	Education	Classes
	The Wave Harmonic Theory of Historical Perception Field of study. According to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Veet Voojagig pursued a brilliant academic career at the University of Maximegalon studying ancient philology, transformational ethics and the wave harmonic theory of historical perception.
51	Well, that About Wraps It Up for God	Literature	Books
	Well, that About Wraps It Up for God The best selling book by Oolon Cooluphid.
52	Where God Went Wrong	Literature	Books
	Where God Went Wrong Book in Oolon Colluphid's trilogy of philosophical blockbusters the narrator mentions that's not as controversial as the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
53	Who Is This God Person Anyway?	Literature	Books
	Who Is This God Person Anyway? Book in Oolon Colluphid's trilogy of philosophical blockbusters the narrator mentions that's not as controversial as the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
54	Zamphuor	Beverage Products	Alcohol
	Zamphuor Beverage mentioned in the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster recipe. "Drop in the tooth of an Algolian Suntiger. Watch it dissolve, spreading the fires of the Algolian Suns deep into the heart of the drink. Sprinkle Zamphuor. Add an olive."

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