h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I can tell, but my favourite moment is the flying-as-metaphor-for-sex bit with Fenchurch and Arthur. Probably cos I was 13 when I first read it, in a hotel room in Russia.

I seem to remember the typically thing about that bit is that DNA prefaced it with about half a page of meta-narrative about how we were all probably wondering when Arthur would see some action, or something of the kind. I kind of get the feeling that the longer he worked on it, the more his ideas came *from* the story, rather than him putting them there. But in a good way, not a run-out-of-ideas way. If you see what I mean. Which *I* certainly don't You must forgive me - it's 5 in the morning here...

metaphor?! more like flying as a 'place' to have sex!