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Douglas Noel Adams, né le 11 mars 1952 à Cambridge et mort le 11 mai 2001 à Santa Barbara, est un écrivain et scénariste britannique.

Il est surtout connu pour son œuvre Le Guide du voyageur galactique , une saga de science-fiction humoristique dont il scénarisa le feuilleton radio original puis écrivit la « trilogie en cinq volumes » de romans. Wikipedia  

✵ 11. mars 1952 – 11. mai 2001   •   Autres noms Дуглас Адамс
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“conventional photon drive.”

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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“Glapitonner: profondément ému par le récit d'une tragédie personnelle.”

Life, the Universe and Everything

Cette traduction est en attente de révision. Est-ce correct?

Douglas Adams: Citations en anglais

“Radio did not kill books and television did not kill radio or movies — what television did kill was cinema newsreel. TV does it much better because it can deliver it instantly. Who wants last week's news?”

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Future (2001)
Contexte: It's important to remember that the relationship between different media tends to be complementary. When new media arrive they don't necessarily replace or eradicate previous types. Though we should perhaps observe a half second silence for the eight-track. — There that's done. What usually happens is that older media have to shuffle about a bit to make space for the new one and its particular advantages. Radio did not kill books and television did not kill radio or movies — what television did kill was cinema newsreel. TV does it much better because it can deliver it instantly. Who wants last week's news?

“Dirk was unused to making such a minuscule impact on anybody.”

Douglas Adams The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

Source: The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988), Ch. 6
Contexte: Dirk was unused to making such a minuscule impact on anybody. He checked to be sure that he did have his huge leather coat and his absurd red hat on and that he was properly and dramatically silhouetted by the light of the doorway.
He felt momentarily deflated and said, "Er..." by way of self-introduction, but it didn't get the boy's attention. He didn't like this. The kid was deliberately and maliciously watching television at him.

“I am fascinated by religion. (That's a completely different thing from believing in it!)”

Douglas Adams livre The Salmon of Doubt

The Salmon of Doubt (2002)
Contexte: I am fascinated by religion. (That's a completely different thing from believing in it!) It has had such an incalculably huge effect on human affairs. What is it? What does it represent? Why have we invented it? How does it keep going? What will become of it? I love to keep poking and prodding at it. I've thought about it so much over the years that that fascination is bound to spill over into my writing.

“Generally, old media don't die.”

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Future (2001)
Contexte: Generally, old media don't die. They just have to grow old gracefully. Guess what, we still have stone masons. They haven't been the primary purveyors of the written word for a while now of course, but they still have a role because you wouldn't want a TV screen on your headstone.

“This was the evening of the last day of Gordon Way's life”

Douglas Adams livre Un cheval dans la salle de bains

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (1987)
Contexte: This was the evening of the last day of Gordon Way's life … The weather forecast hadn't mentioned that, of course, that wasn't the job of the weather forecast, but then his horoscope had been pretty misleading as well. It had mentioned an unusual amount of planetary activity in his sign and had urged him to differentiate between what he thought he wanted and what he actually needed, and suggested that he should tackle emotional or work problems with determination and complete honesty, but had inexplicably failed to mention that he would be dead before the day was out.

“What's so unpleasant about being drunk?"
"Ask a glass of water!”

Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pentalogy

Variante: It's unpleasantly like being drunk."
"What's so unpleasant about being drunk?"
"You ask a glass of water.
Source: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

“Life,” said Marvin dolefully, “loathe it or ignore it, you can’t like it.”

Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pentalogy

Source: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

“and then I decided I was a lemon for a couple of weeks.”

Douglas Adams Life, the Universe and Everything

Source: Life, the Universe and Everything

“The quality of any advice anybody has to offer has to be judged against the quality of life they actually lead.”

Variante: You see, the quality of any advice anybody has to offer has to be judged against the quality of life they actually lead.
Source: The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide: Five Complete Novels and One Story

“What I need… is a strong drink and a peer group.”

Douglas Adams Life, the Universe and Everything

Source: Life, the Universe and Everything

“Exactly!" said Deep Thought. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means.”

Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pentalogy

Source: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

“The Ultimate Answer to Life, The Universe and Everything is…42!”

Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pentalogy

Source: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

“There was a point to this story, but it has temporarily escaped the chronicler's mind.”

Douglas Adams livre So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

Source: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

“How can I tell," said the man, "that the past isn't a fiction designed to account for the discrepancy between my immediate physical sensations and my state of mind?”

Douglas Adams livre The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

The Salmon of Doubt (2002)
Source: Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2)

“It is folly to say you know what is happening to other people. Only they know, if they exist. They have their own Universes of their own eyes and ears.”

Douglas Adams livre The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Source: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

“Don't blame you," said Marvin and counted five hundred and ninety-seven thousand million sheep before falling asleep again a second later.”

Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pentalogy

Source: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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