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Nestling quietly on top of the towel in Ford Prefect's satchel, the Sub-Etha Sens-O-Matic began to wink more quickly.

The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy Adams, Douglas 1996

Besides the Sub-Etha Sens-O-Matic and the scripts he had an Electronic Thumb - a short squat black rod, smooth and matt with a couple of flat switches and dials at one end; he also had a device which looked rather like a largish electronic calculator.

The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy Adams, Douglas 1996

The only place they registered at all was on a small black device called a Sub-Etha Sens-O-Matic which winked away quietly to itself.

The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy Adams, Douglas 1996

He knew exactly what was happening and had known ever since his Sub-Etha Sens-O -

The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy Adams, Douglas 1996

To get you through the game are your copy of The Hitchhiker's Guide, your Sub-Etha Sensomatic Thumb, and your towel - not to mention your native wit, luck, and a sense of humour.

Don't Panic Gaiman, Neil 1993

Etha-Net from field researchers in every corner of the Galaxy, fed straight up into the network of sub-editor's offices where they had all the good bits cut out by secretaries because the sub-editors were out having lunch.

Mostly Harmless Adams, Douglas, 1952- 1992

He touched an area on the screen marked ENTER and the message vanished into the Sub-Etha.

Mostly Harmless Adams, Douglas, 1952- 1992

So the edited copy would go for one last slash and burn through the legal department, and then be sent back down here where it would be broadcast out over the Sub-Etha-Net for instantaneous retrieval anywhere in the Galaxy.

Mostly Harmless Adams, Douglas, 1952- 1992

She could pick up Sub-Etha TV on a small Flex-O-Panel which had been surgically implanted in her wrist, but that didn't cheer her up at all because it was full of news of insanely exciting things happening in every other part of the Galaxy than here.

Mostly Harmless Adams, Douglas, 1952- 1992