Mostly Harmless

Adams, Douglas. Mostly Harmless. New York: Harmony Books, 1992.

Specifically handles the literal clockwork of a Swiss-made watch and its problems on planets many light-years from Earth (173), plus a godlike (and birdlike) version of the new Hitchhikers's Guide to the Galaxy Mark II (140; see also chs. 17-18). (RDE, 29/01/93)