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H2G2 Tome 1 ; le guide du voyageur galactique
Douglas Adams
- Folio
- Folio Science-Fiction
- 11 March 2010
- 9782070437436
Nouvelle édition en 2010
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H2G2 Tome 2 ; le dernier restaurant avant la fin du monde
Douglas Adams
- Folio
- Folio Science-Fiction
- 11 March 2010
- 9782070438617
Nouvelle édition en 2010
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H2G2 Tome 3 ; la vie, l'Univers et le reste
Douglas Adams
- Folio
- Folio Science-Fiction
- 11 March 2010
- 9782070438624
Nouvelle édition en 2010
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H2G2 Tome 4 ; salut, et encore merci pour le poisson
Douglas Adams
- Folio
- Folio Science-Fiction
- 11 March 2010
- 9782070438631
Nouvelle édition en 2010
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Pauvre Arthur Dent!Apprendre qu'on est devenu père sans avoir... enfin rien fait pour ça, voilà de quoi ébranler le flegme le plus involontaire de toute la Galaxie! Suffisamment, en tout cas, pour aller se saouler sur une lointaine planète, dans un modeste bar tenu par une légende - toujours! - vivante du rock'n roll...Pas de panique!Car l'imprévisible Guide du voyageur galactique, décidément irremplaçable, dévoilera enfin tous les mystères d'une odyssée digne des plus belles pages de Marx - Groucho Marx -; entre autres, les raisons de la destruction approximative de la Terre, cette petite planète honteusement qualifiée de globalement inoffensive.
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Comment garder tout son flegme quand on apprend dans la même journée : que sa maison va être abattue dans la minute pour laisser place à une déviation d'autoroute ; que la Terre va être détruite d'ici deux minutes, se trouvant, coïncidence malheureuse, sur le tracé d'une future voie express intergalactique ; que son meilleur ami, certes délicieusement décalé, est en fait un astrostoppeur natif de Bételgeuse et s'apprête à vous entraîner aux confins de la galaxie ? Pas de panique ! Car Arthur Dent, un Anglais extraordinairement moyen, pourra compter sur le fabuleux Guide du voyageur galactique pour l'accompagner dans ses extraordinaires dérapages spatiaux moyennement contrôlés. Avant d'être la série de SF humoristique la plus vendue au monde, H2G2 était un feuilleton radiophonique, douze épisodes de trente minutes, diffusé à la BBC en 1978 et 1980.
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Dirk Gently, détective holistique Tome 1 : un cheval dans la salle de bains
Douglas Adams
- Folio
- Folio Science-Fiction
- 13 February 2003
- 9782070426829
De Sherlock Holmes à Philip Marlowe, il existe une longue tradition de détectives privés brillants, astucieux, à qui on ne la fait pas. Malheureusement, Dirk Gently n'en fait pas partie.Plus intéressé par la télékinésie, la physique quantique et les pizzas froides que par la chasse minutieuse aux indices, Dirk Gently emploie pour ses enquêtes des méthodes, disons... particulières, avec des résultats, disons... inattendus. Dirk Gently est un détective holistique.Chargé - sans fierté excessive - de retrouver un chat disparu, Gently va être confronté à un fantôme ahuri, un voyageur temporel, un secret dévastateur plus ancien que l'humanité et qui menace de la mener à une fin prématurée... et à un cheval, qui trône nonchalamment dans une salle de bains.En plus, le petit chat est mort.
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Dirk Gently, détective holistique Tome 2 : beau comme un aéroport
Douglas Adams
- Folio
- Folio Science-Fiction
- 13 February 2003
- 9782070426836
Lorsqu'un comptoir d'embarquement au terminal 2 de l'aéroport de Londres, un si joli petit aéroport pourtant, saute à travers le toit dans une boule de flammes orange, ce sont toujours les mêmes qui veulent revendiquer la responsabilité de l'événement.D'abord l'IRA, puis l'OLP, puis la Compagnie du gaz. Même le Commissariat à l'Énergie atomique s'empresse de publier un communiqué affirmant que la situation est parfaitement maîtrisée, qu'un pareil accident a une chance sur un million de se produire, qu'il n'y a pratiquement aucune fuite radioactive, que le site même de l'explosion ferait un charmant lieu de pique-nique pour les enfants des écoles, etc. avant d'être obligé de convenir qu'il n'y est pour rien.On ne peut trouver à la catastrophe aucune explication rationnelle : on y voit simplement la main de Dieu. Mais quel dieu ? se demande Dirk Gently, le détective holistique. Et pourquoi ? Que ferait donc un dieu au terminal 2 de l'aéroport de Londres à attendre le vol de 15 h 37 pour Oslo ?
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'One of the greatest achievements in comedy. A work of staggering genius' - David Walliams An international phenomenon and pop-culture classic, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has been a radio show, TV series, novel, stage play, comic book and film. Following the galactic (mis)adventures of Arthur Dent, Hitchhiker's in its various incarnations has captured the imaginations of curious minds around the world . . . It's an ordinary Thursday lunchtime for Arthur Dent until his house gets demolished. The Earth follows shortly afterwards to make way for a new hyperspace express route, and his best friend has just announced that he's an alien. At this moment, they're hurtling through space with nothing but their towels and an innocuous-looking book inscribed, in large friendly letters, with the words: DON'T PANIC. The weekend has only just begun . . . With exclusive bonus material from the Douglas Adams archives, and an introduction by former Doctor Who showrunner, Russell T Davies. The intergalactic adventures of Arthur Dent begin in the first volume of the 'trilogy of five', Douglas Adams' comedy sci-fi classic The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy .
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Following the smash-hit sci-fi comedy The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy , The Restaurant at the End of the Universe is the second part in Douglas Adams' multi-media phenomenon and cult classic series. This edition includes exclusive bonus material from the Douglas Adams archives, and an introduction by Monty Python star, Terry Jones. If you've done six impossible things this morning, why not round it off with breakfast at Milliways, the Restaurant at the end of the Universe? Which is exactly what Arthur Dent and the crew of the Heart of Gold plan to do. There's just the small matter of escaping the Vogons, avoiding being taken to the most totally evil world in the Galaxy and teaching a space ship how to make a proper cup of tea. And did anyone actually make a reservation? Follow Arthur Dent's galactic (mis)adventures in the rest of the trilogy with five parts: Life, the Universe and Everything, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, and Mostly Harmless .
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So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish is the fourth installment in Douglas Adams' bestselling cult classic, the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 'trilogy'. This edition includes exclusive bonus material from the Douglas Adams archives, and an introduction by Neil Gaiman. There is a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. It's not an easy thing to do and Arthur Dent thinks he's the only human who's been able to master this nifty little trick - until he meets Fenchurch, the girl of his dreams. Fenchurch knows how the world could be made a good and happy place. Unfortunately, she's forgotten. Convinced that the secret lies within God's Final Message to His Creation they go in search of it. And, in a dramatic break with tradition, actually find it . . . Follow Arthur Dent's galactic (mis)adventures in the last of the 'trilogy of five', Mostly Harmless .
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In Life, the Universe and Everything , the third title in Douglas Adams' blockbusting sci-fi comedy series, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy , Arthur Dent finds himself enlisted to prevent a galactic war. This edition includes exclusive bonus material from the Douglas Adams archives, and an introduction by Simon Brett, producer of the original radio broadcast. Following a number of stunning catastrophes, which have involved him being alternately blown up and insulted in ever stranger regions of the Galaxy, Arthur Dent is surprised to find himself living in a cave on prehistoric Earth. However, just as he thinks that things cannot get possibly worse, they suddenly do. An eddy in the space-time continuum lands him, Ford Prefect, and their flying sofa in the middle of the cricket ground at Lord's, just two days before the world is due to be destroyed by the Vogons. Escaping the end of the world for a second time, Arthur, Ford, and their old friend Slartibartfast embark (reluctantly) on a mission to save the whole galaxy from fanatical robots. Not bad for a man in his dressing gown . . . Follow Arthur Dent's galactic (mis)adventures in the rest of the trilogy with five parts: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, and Mostly Harmless .
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Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last fifteen years, has
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DIRK GENTLY''S HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY - DIRK GENTLY
Douglas Adams
- Pan Books
- 29 April 2021
- 9781529034585
Dirk Gently''s Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker''s Guide to the Galaxy , is a much-loved cult classic, that has spawned radio dramas, television, theatre and comic book adaptations across the globe. What do a dead cat, a computer whiz-kid, an Electric Monk who believes the world is pink, quantum mechanics, a Chronologist over two hundred years old, Samuel Taylor Coleridge (poet), and pizza have in common? Apparently not much; until Dirk Gently, self-styled private investigator, sets out to prove the fundamental interconnectedness of all things by solving a mysterious murder, assisting a mysterious professor, unravelling a mysterious mystery, and eating a lot of pizza - not to mention saving the entire human race from extinction along the way (at no extra charge). To find out more, read this book (better still, buy it then read it) - or contact Dirk Gently''s Holistic Detective Agency. ''A thumping good detective-ghost-horror-who dunnit-time travel-romantic-musical-comedy-epic'' - Douglas Adams. Continue this surreal series with The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul and the unfinished The Salmon of Doubt .
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B>Mostly Harmless is the fifth and final part in Douglas Adams' much-loved cult classic series, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy./b>b>This edition includes exclusive bonus material from the Douglas Adams archives, and an introduction by Dirk Maggs./b>Arthur Dent hadn't had a day as bad as this since the Earth had been blown up.After years of galactic wanderings, Arthur finally settles on the small planet Lamuella and becomes a sandwich maker. Looking forward to a quiet life, his plans are thrown awry by the unexpected arrival of his daughter.There's nothing worse than a frustrated teenager with a copy of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in their hands. When she runs away, Arthur goes after her determined to save her from the horrors of the universe.After all - he's encountered most of them before . . .
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Dans la grande tradition des littératures de l'imaginaire, « Folio SF », laboratoire des possibles, propose des textes de science-fiction, de fantasy et de fantastique. Douglas Adams, Isaac Asimov, Serge Brussolo, Orson Scott Card, David Gemmell, Robert Heinlein, M. John Harrisson, Robert Holdstock, Lovecraft, Christopher Priest, Norman Spinrad, Bruce Sterling, Jack Vance, Stefan Wul, Roger Zelazny y sont parmi les auteurs les plus représentés. La mythique collection « Présence du futur » (600 titres depuis 1954), cèdant son fonds et laissant place en 2000 à « Folio SF », a largement contribué à la constitution de son catalogue (récemment le Guide du voyageur galactique, H2G2, de Douglas Adams) ; la collection d'inédits « Lunes d'encre », chez Denoël, également (récemment avec Michael Moorcock, par exemple, publié dans les deux collections).
Mais « Folio SF » a également publié plus de quinze inédits (Le Travail du furet de Jean-Pierre Andrevon, La Voie du sabre de Thomas Day, La Fontaine pétrifiante de Christopher Priest ; traduction inédite de Psychohistoire en péril de Donald Kingsbury, l'un des auteurs de hard science les plus ambitieux du genre ; premières traductions françaises de Franck M. Robinson, avec Le Pouvoir, ou de L'Appel de Mordant de Stephen R. Donaldson), des éditions révisées et augmentées (Jardin virtuel de Sylvie Denis.) et des textes d'éditeurs tiers, comme l'Atalante, les Editions du Bélial' (Thierry Di Rollo, Pour Anderson), Mnemos, Rivages, A.M. Metailié... A noter également, la publication d'un essai inédit sur les Transfictions, dû à Francis Berthelot : Bibliothèque de l'Entre-Mondes.
La SF dans « Folio » ? Façon d'affirmer que le « genre » n'est ni marginal ni mineur.
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The Salmon of Doubt is Douglas Adams''s indispensable guide to life, the universe and everything. It includes short stories and eleven chapters of a Dirk Gently novel that Douglas Adams was working on at the time of his death, and features an introduction by Stephen Fry. This sublime collection dips into the wit and wisdom of the man behind The Hitchhiker''s Guide to the Galaxy , uncovering his unique comic musings on everything from his school-trousers to malt whisky and from the letter Y through to his own nose, via atheism, hangovers and fried eggs. These hilarious collected writings reveal the warmth, enthusiasm and ferocious intelligence behind this most English of comic writers; a man who was virtually an unofficial member of the Monty Python team. Douglas Adams on his passion for P. G. Wodehouse, The Beatles and the perfect cup of tea alone make this a must-have collection and a remarkable sign-off from one of the best loved writers of all time. Start from the beginning of the surreal Dirk Gently series with Dirk Gently''s Holistic Detective Agency .
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The second Dirk Gently book by Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul is a witty detective story perfect for fans of his phenomenally successful The Hitchhiker''s Guide to the Galaxy . When a passenger check-in desk at Terminal Two, Heathrow Airport, shot up through the roof engulfed in a ball of orange flame, the usual people tried to claim responsibility. First the IRA, then the PLO and the Gas Board. Even British Nuclear Fuels rushed out a statement to the effect that the situation was completely under control, that it was a one in a million chance, that there was hardly any radioactive leakage at all and that the site of the explosion would make a nice location for a day out with the kids and a picnic, before finally having to admit that it wasn''t actually anything to do with them at all. No rational cause could be found for the explosion - it was simply designated an act of God. But, thinks Dirk Gently, which God? And why? What God would be hanging around Terminal Two of Heathrow Airport trying to catch the 15:37 to Oslo? ''A thumping good detective-ghost-horror-who dunnit-time travel-romantic-musical-comedy-epic'' - Douglas Adams , on Dirk Gently''s Holistic Detective Agency. Continue this surreal series with the unfinished The Salmon of Doubt.
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THE COMPLETE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY BOXSET
Douglas Adams
- Pan Books
- 3 September 2020
- 9781529044195
First a legendary radio series, then a bestselling book, then a blockbuster movie, the immensely successful Hitchhiker''s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams needs no introduction. A phenomenon across the galaxy, this paperback omnibus contains the complete Hitchhiker''s in five parts, charting the whole of Arthur Dent''s odyssey through space and time. Share and enjoy! ''One of the greatest achievements in comedy'' - David Walliams This boxset collection includes: The Hitchhiker''s Guide to the Galaxy One Thursday lunchtime the Earth gets unexpectedly demolished to make way for a new hyperspace express route. For Arthur Dent, who has only just had his house demolished that morning, this seems already to be rather a lot to cope with. Sadly, however, the weekend has only just begun. The Galaxy may offer a mind-boggling variety of ways to be blown up and/or insulted, but it''s very hard to get a cup of tea. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe When all questions of space, time, matter and the nature of being have been resolved, only one question remains - ''Where shall we have dinner?'' The Restaurant at the End of the Universe provides the ultimate gastronomic experience, and for once there is no morning after to worry about. Life, the Universe and Everything Following a number of stunning catastrophes, Arthur Dent is surprised to find himself living in a hideously miserable cave on prehistoric Earth. However, just as he thinks that things cannot get possibly worse, they suddenly do. An eddy in the space-time continuum lands him, Ford Prefect, and their flying sofa in the middle of the cricket ground at Lord''s, just two days before the world is due to be destroyed by the Vogons. Escaping the end of the world for a second time, Arthur, Ford, and their old friend Slartibartfast embark (reluctantly) on a mission to save the whole galaxy from fanatical robots. Not bad for a man in his dressing gown. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish There is a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. It''s not an easy thing to do, and Arthur Dent thinks he''s the only human who''s been able to master this nifty little trick - until he meets Fenchurch, the woman of his dreams. Fenchurch once realized how the world could be made a good and happy place. Unfortunately, she''s forgotten. Convinced that the secret lies within God''s Final Message to His Creation, they go in search of it. And, in a dramatic break with tradition, actually find it . . . Mostly Harmless Arthur Dent has settled down on the small planet Lamuella and has embraced his role as a Sandwich Maker. However, his plans for a quiet life are thrown awry by the unexpected arrival of his daughter. There''s nothing worse than a frustrated teenager with a copy of the Hitchhiker''s Guide to the Galaxy in their hands. When she runs away, Arthur goes after her determined to save her from the horrors of the universe. After all - he''s encountered most of them before.
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THE RESTAURANT AT THE END OF THE UNIVERSE ; ILLUSTRATED EDITION
Douglas Adams, Chris Riddell
- Macmillan Children's Books
- 6 April 2023
- 9781529099133
Hitchhiker''s is packed with that unique energy, all barmy and bristling and bold. This book can be witty, iconoclastic, godless, savage, sweet, surreal, but above all, it dares to be silly. Fiercely, beautifully silly>
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Welcome on board the Starship Titanic.
The Ship that Cannot Possibly Go Wrong.
At the centre of the galaxy, a vast, unknown civilization is preparing for an event of epic proportions: the launch of the greatest, most gorgeous, most technologically advanced spaceship ever built - the Starship Titanic.
An Earthling would see the ship as something really, really big, but rather less provincial onlookers would recognize it as the design of Leovinus, the galaxy''s most renowned architect. Before the launch Leovinus is having one last little look round and begins to find that things just aren''t right: poor workmanship, cybersystems out of control, robots walking into doors. How could this have happened?
While the galaxy''s media looks on the following morning, the fabulous ship eases away from the construction dock, picks up speed, sways a little, wobbles a bit, veers wildly and, just before it can do untold damage to everything around it, appears to undergo SMEF (Spontaneous Massive Existence Failure). In just ten seconds, the whole stupendous enterprise is over. And our story has just begun . . .
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H2G2 ; le guide du voyageur galactique
Douglas Adams
Read by PIERRE POIROT- Libellus
- 15 November 2007
- 9782916768021
Arthur Dent se lève un beau matin pour, tout simplement, vivre la pire journée de sa vie. Alors qu'il se brosse les dents, il aperçoit des bulldozers qui s'apprêtent à démolir sa petite maison. Prêt à défendre son bien corps et âme, il est soulagé quand son ami, Ford Prefect, arrive. Pourtant ce dernier ne manifeste aucune compassion, et invite Arthur à vider quelques bières avant que la planète Terre ne soit détruite. Déboussolé, le malheureux engloutit les pintes tout en écoutant les histoires farfelues de Ford, qui se présente comme un extra-terrestre ! Mais " pas de panique ", Arthur ! Ford a tout ce qu'il faut dans sa besace, depuis la serviette de bain jusqu'au Guide du Voyageur Galactique. Il ne reste plus qu'à faire du stop ! Commence alors la plus grande, la plus incroyable, la plus farfelue des histoires spatiales.
Douglas Noël Adams (1952-2001) : surnommé le 5ème Monty Python pour l'humour burlesque dont il pimente ses histoires, il connût un succès foudroyant lors de la sortie d'une émission radiotélévisée racontant les déboires d'un jeune héros échappant de justesse à l'explosion de la planète Terre et parcourant l'univers en robe de chambre... La première trilogie en 5 volumes était née.
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