Some of Slartibartfast’s handiwork…

January 30, 2008

and for which he received awards.

Preikestolen Norway
Photo: Paul Hallik

“In The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (published in 1979), the characters visit the legendary planet Magrathea, home to the now-collapsed planet building industry, and meet Slartibartfast, a planetary coastline designer who was responsible for the fjords of Norway.” - Wikipedia.

I would have liked to embedded a Google map/satellite of the site, but sadly this magnificent site has not been catered for despite being one of the world’s most spectacular sites… I guess you’ll have to visit there.

Not to distract from the awesome Norwegian fjords there’s a rather funny side note in that the name Slartibartfast seems to have been deemed rude initially by the stuffshirts at BBC, and though it isn’t actually rude, it’s apparently a banned word by Hotmail… how totally pathetic, I mean really, which brain dead religious zealot or lackey thought that one up.

Douglas Adams… gone but not forgotten.

Website: Norway



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