Magrathean planet-building industry
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The Magrathean planet-building industry is a legendary, highly advanced business enterprise in Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series that custom-designs luxury planets for wealthy clients.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Magrathean planet-building complex | 1 |
| Magrathean planet-building industry canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
advanced technology
ⓘ
business enterprise ⓘ fictional industry ⓘ |
| activity |
designing planets
ⓘ
manufacturing planets ⓘ selling custom planets ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
ⓘ
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series) ⓘ The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005 film) ⓘ
surface form:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (film)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ⓘ
surface form:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series) ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Magrathean
ⓘ
surface form:
Magrathean economy
custom planetary engineering ⓘ |
| basedOnPlanet | Magrathea ⓘ |
| businessModel | long periods of hibernation between economic booms ⓘ |
| businessScale | galactic ⓘ |
| businessType |
interstellar construction
ⓘ
luxury goods ⓘ |
| clientele |
ultra-rich of the galaxy
ⓘ
wealthy clients ⓘ |
| creator | Douglas Adams ⓘ |
| economicModel | bespoke planet construction ⓘ |
| employs |
Magrathean planet designers
ⓘ
planet engineers ⓘ |
| feature |
ability to control climate and geography
ⓘ
ability to design continents and coastlines ⓘ ability to fine-tune every aspect of a planet ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| genre | comic science fiction concept ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| marketPosition | exclusive ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
example of absurd scale of wealth in the series
ⓘ
satire of luxury markets ⓘ |
| notableEmployee | Slartibartfast ⓘ |
| notableProduct |
planet Earth (Magrathean version)
ⓘ
planet for mice to run their experiment on the Question to Life, the Universe and Everything ⓘ |
| partOf | Magrathea ⓘ |
| product |
custom-designed planets
ⓘ
luxury planets ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Life, the Universe and Everything
ⓘ
surface form:
Deep Thought
The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything ⓘ |
| relatedWork | The Restaurant at the End of the Universe ⓘ |
| reputation | mythical among ordinary galactic citizens ⓘ |
| setting |
Milky Way Galaxy (fictional setting)
ⓘ
surface form:
Milky Way galaxy (fictional)
|
| specialization | coastline design ⓘ |
| statusInFiction | legendary ⓘ |
| technologyLevel | highly advanced ⓘ |
| universe |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
ⓘ
surface form:
Hitchhiker's Guide universe
|
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Magrathean planet-building complex