經典科幻文學:《銀河系漫遊指南》第9章 Part 7

"No no Marvin," lilted Trillian, "that's just fine, really ... just part of life."
"Marvin flashed him an electronic look.
"Life," said Marvin, "don't talk to me about life."
He turned hopelessly on his heel and lugged himself out of the cabin. With a satisfied hum and a click the door closed behind him
"I don't think I can stand that robot much longer Zaphod," growled Trillian.
The Encyclopaedia Galactica defines a robot as a mechanical apparatus designed to do the work of a man. The marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation defines a robot as "Your Plastic Pal Who's Fun To Be With."
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy defines the marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation as "a bunch of mindless jerks who'll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes," with a footnote to the effect that the editors would welcome applications from anyone interested in taking over the post of robotics correspondent.
Curiously enough, an edition of the Encyclopaedia Galactica that had the good fortune to fall through a time warp from a thousand years in the future defined the marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation as "a bunch of mindless jerks who were the first against the wall when the revolution came."
The pink cubicle had winked out of existence, the monkeys had sunk away to a better dimension. Ford and Arthur found themselves in the embarkation area of the ship. It was rather smart.
"I think the ship's brand new," said Ford.

“是的，當然不會，馬文。”崔莉恩說，“一切都好，真的……這只是生活的一部分。”
馬文的電子眼衝她閃了一下。
“生活，”馬文說，“別跟我提什麼生活。”
他絕望地轉身離開控制艙，哼了一聲，順手在背後關上艙門。
“我簡直快受不了這個機器人了，贊福德。”崔莉恩抱怨說。
《銀河系百科全書》將機器人定義爲用來代替人工作的機械裝置。天狼星控制系統公司市場部則將機器人定義爲“你的塑料秋伴，和它在一起你會非常開心”。
《銀河樂漫遊指南》將天狼星控制系統公司市場部定義爲“一夥不長腦子的龜孫，一旦革命來臨，他們將是第一批被處決者”。還帶了一個腳註，大意是說，編輯們熱忱歡迎願意從事機器人學方面編輯工作的求職者。
一本《銀河系百科全書》很幸運地穿過時間隧道，從一千年後的未採落入現在。有意思的是，這本書中對天狼星控制系統公司市場部的定義是“一夥不長腦子的龜孫，革命來臨時第一批被處決者”。
粉紅色的小臥室閃爍着消失了，猴子們也沉入了另一個空間。福特和阿瑟發現自己置身於飛船的登船區域。這地方看上去很不錯。
“我想這是一艘全新的飛船。”福特說。