經典科幻文學:《銀河系漫遊指南》第9章 Part 1

"Arthur!" he said, "this is fantastic! We've been picked up by a ship powered by the Infinite Improbability Drive! This is incredible! I heard rumors about it before! They were all officially denied, but they must have done it! They've built the Improbability Drive! Arthur, this is ... Arthur? What's happening?"
Arthur had jammed himself against the door to the cubicle, trying to hold it closed, but it was ill fitting. Tiny furry little hands were squeezing themselves through the cracks, their fingers were inkstained; tiny voices chattered insanely.
Arthur looked up.
"Ford!" he said, "there's an infinite number of monkeys outside who want to talk to us about this script for Hamlet they've worked out."
The Infinite Improbability Drive is a wonderful new method of crossing vast interstellar distances in a mere nothingth of a second, without all that tedious mucking about in hyperspace.
It was discovered by a lucky chance, and then developed into a governable form of propulsion by the Galactic Government's research team on Damogran.
This, briefly, is the story of its discovery.

“阿瑟！”他說，“這太神奇了！我們居然被一艘無限非概率驅動的飛船救了起來！真是不可思議！我以前聽說過這樣的傳聞！但所有傳聞都遭到了官方否認，現在他們肯定是完成了！他們實現了非概率驅動！阿瑟，這是……阿瑟？發生什麼了？”
阿瑟正全力頂在臥室的艙門上，試圖把它關嚴，但總是做不到。一大堆細長的小手從門縫中拼命擠進來，手指都沾着墨水；細微的聲音在外面瘋狂地喋喋不休。
阿瑟擡起頭。
“福特！”他說，“外面有無數只猴子想要進來和咱們討論他們創作的劇本《哈姆雷特》。”
無限非概率驅動是一種驚人的新方法，可以在幾乎不到一秒鐘的時間內穿越星際間廣闊的距離，不再需要在超空間中單調乏味地東碰西撞。
這種方法是在一次幸運的偶然中被發現的，然後由銀河政府在達蒙葛蘭上的研究小組發展爲一項可控動力推進技術。
下面就是關於這項發現的簡短故事。