User blog comment:Lancer1289/Gamespot Releases Reader's Choices/@comment-1886172-20110113040720/@comment-217683-20110113171416

Speaking from personal experience, I can say the people I know who do, far outweigh the people I know who don't. And it's not that obvious which is which, either. Lots of people I know who totally don't seem like the sci-fi type get it, and will actually be the ones to bring it up first. But yeah, speaking from personal experience, 42 isn't really some inside thing or anything. Plenty of people know about it. I mean, we're talking about a book that's been around since 1979, sold millions upon millions of copies, and been made into radio shows, tv shows, audiobook adaptions, and a major motion picture with big-name stars like Alan Rickman and Zooey Deschanel. It's not like it's exactly an obscure reference anymore, is it?