After lengthy research Ford Prefect expanded the entry, though his editor trimmed the new description to "mostly harmless", but it was later reinstated in "So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish".
After lengthy research over fifteen years (intended only to be a week), Ford Prefect expanded the entry immensely, though his editor trimmed the new description to "mostly harmless". The original entry authored by Ford was later reinstated in "So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish".