Question 781

This is a very poorly formed question, but interesting nonetheless:

"A" is described as resembling "a small, thin, flexible lap computer" encased in a "sturdy plastic cover". It is presumably of robust construction, able to withstand falling through time/space wormholes and being thrown into swamps, being rescued, and still operating. Its entries are arranged alphabetically on the screen and accessed via typing entry codes on a keyboard.

The entry for X in "A" describes X in the words "E".

A group of hyper-intelligent pan-dimensional beings demand to learn the Answer to the Question of "C" from a supercomputer specially built for this purpose. It takes the supercomputer 7½ million years to compute and check the answer. Being unsatisfied with the Answer, they set about finding the Question which would give the Answer meaning, whereupon the supercomputer designed X, to calculate it. However, ten million years later, and just five minutes before the completion of the program X was designed to execute, X is demolished. When you enter "B"(a place), they announce:
"Ladies and gentlemen," he said, "The Universe as we know it has now been in existence for over one hundred and seventy thousand million billion years and will be ending in a little over half an hour. So, welcome one and all to _________, the "B"!"

A group of hyper-intelligent pan-dimensional beings demand to learn the Answer to the Question of "C" from a supercomputer specially built for this purpose. It takes the supercomputer 7½ million years to compute and check the answer. Being unsatisfied with the Answer, they set about finding the Question which would give the Answer meaning, whereupon the supercomputer designed X, to calculate it. However, ten million years later, and just five minutes before the completion of the program X was designed to execute, X is demolished.

"D" is the message left by the dolphins when they departed X just before it was demolished to make way for a hyperspatial express route.

Identify A, B, C, D and E.

Answer: X is Earth. A, B, C, D, E and F are "The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy", "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe", "Life, the Universe and Everything", "So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish" and "Mostly Harmless" respectively. They are the 6 books of the Hitchhikers' series written by Douglas Adams.