Reply #5: Kilgore Trout wrote of the most ancient and wise [View All]

[Martin Eden]

sentient being in Venus on the Half Shell. The protagonist of the story roams the galaxy searching for the answer to the question that obsesses him:

Why were we created only to suffer and die?

He finally gains an audience with the most ancient and wise creature, who resembled a giant cockroach and personally knew The Creator. This creature's answer to the question were the last two words of the book (scroll down):

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Why Not?