Marvin or Althea?
Life. Loathe it or ignore it. You can’t like it.
Marvin
Apple user before it was cool
Both!
It’s like happiness, but less pleasant and more stressful.
Rob Brownell
Features a character described as "the worst-dressed sentient being in the known universe."
HHGTTG
Why don’t you swallow this dismal planet and put us all out of our misery?
Althea
Created an early version of Wikipedia
Douglas Adams
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
Douglas Adams
Features a character who spends the entirety of the story dressed in a bathrobe
Both!
I could calculate your chance of survival, but you won’t like it.
Marvin
Named on a patent for a basketball passing machine
Rob Brownell
He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream, and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.
Douglas Adams
Features a line of household goods crafted from the wood of trees that have killed people
IIaM
It was a world-changing experience, but mainly it was unfulfilling.
Althea
Said once in an interview that he was a fan of the other's work
Douglas Adams (Apple Newton)
If all the technologists died in a galactic cataclysm, people think that they could re-create mechanical stuff from scratch just because they can identify the pointy end of a screwdriver. Not true!
Rob Brownell
Features a substance that is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea.
HHGTTG
I’m amazed you can find your way through space-time with your sense of direction.
Althea
Dreamed up futuristic technologies that we totally take for granted today
Both!
Ideas can encourage an unhealthy monogamy. Single-mindedness is an ingredient of failure.
Rob Brownell
Features a personality franchise known as "Marcia," the hypercompetent office worker
IIaM