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Some notes for the unsophisticated reader
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Firstly, whenever I mention Douglas Adams I speak of John Lloyd, his
partly-co-author, as well, just to prevent any troubles. This also applies
to Steve Meretzky who seems to have co-authored the Guide as well (apart
from creating brilliant adventure games such as "Leather Goddesses of
Phobos", "Planetfall", "Stationfall", and, naturally, "The Hitchhiker's
Guide to the Galaxy").

Of course, this isn't a 'really proper' index (i.e. to the effect that
ALL important words and places are listed) but an attempt to help thousands
of Douglas Adams fans find a vitally important name/place/event buried
somewhere in the deep recesses of Adams' magnificent work (imagine that you
simply HAVE to know where to find the paragraph dealing with the Vl'hurgs
and the G'Gugvuntts). On the other hand this index does look professional
due to the sometimes rather obscure form of the entries, for example
"Asgard, deities from halls of". I tried to make the entries understandable
but obviously - some people had difficulties in finding certain things -
often didn't manage to do so very well. In other words, if you're searching
for a specific keyword, try to rearrange it until you've found it. However,
if the index does not contain the desired keyword, contact me immediately
(EMail preferred) and I will include it in the next release.

In general, names are sorted surname first, for example "Vranx, Yooden",
and more complex entries like "Ultra-Complete Maximegalon Dictionary of
Every Language Ever" are included in two or more variations to make
locating easier.

Titles ("Where God Went Wrong"), memorable quotes ("History is bunk") or
exclamations ("Weeeelaaaaah!") are included in the index in single quotes.
One could argue endlessly whether this or that quote can be considered
'memorable', and I was very tempted to include at least half of the
complete text as 'memorable quote' but came to my senses when I realized
that this could lead to some minor problems for all those people who want
to download the index. Of course, the selection sometimes is rather
subjective, but I'm always open to suggestions.

It seems that Douglas Adams changed the spelling of some words from time to
time. For example, 'Eroticon Six' is spelled 'Eroticon 6' as well as
'Eroticon VI'. In such cases I took down the variation which came first, or
I liked better, or both.


As there are many, many names and places in the Guide I only have
included the ones that seemed likely to be of use and omitted the names
which only appeared in insignificant-looking subclauses or quotations and
didn't appear to have any obvious reason to be mentioned in this very place
where they were. That is - I did so in the first three releases but
realized that this decision was complete rubbish. However, the index still