beyond the shadow you settle for

What's wrong? You look like you've seen a ghost...

I cheered out loud okay I have to pace myself so you both get three

Trillian Astra Songs (to me)

Take Me To Heaven — Dent May

Let Her Dance — Bobby Fuller Four

Stargazer — Golden Dawn Arkestra

Arthur Dent Songs (very much so)

Hello Cruel World — Dent May

Why On Fire? — Matt Berry (YES that one)

Fly Me To The Earth — Wallace Collection

There’s a great throughline theme of preservation in the later books, especially in So Long And Thanks (coinciding with Douglas Adams being a huge advocate for preserving endangered species later in his career/procrastination), and when Random asks Arthur about the Earth, he’s more than happy to share because this is the life he wants nothing more than to talk about. He wants to share the things he loves and the things he took for granted. Something as infinitesimal and mundane as a digital watch is still a complicated piece of technology, and it’s what inspires Random to learn more about this entire planetary culture she never got the chance to grow up in.