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Contemporary British Literature
Genres and Authors

• Joanne K. Rowling Fantasy
• Terry Pratchett Fantasy
• S.C. Lewis Fantasy
• Douglas Adams Sci-fi
• Harold Pinter Poetry
• Neal Ascherson (Scotland) History and
  political cogitations
• Emyr Humphreys (Wales) Novels
• Brian Keenan (Northern Ireland) Autobiography,
  Historical stories

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My choice
The HITCHHIKERS GUIDE to the GALAXY
by Douglas Adams
Why we have chosen it?
We have chosen this book because our friend lent
it us and said that it was very nice book. He
said that it could be quite difficult for us.
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Douglas Adams
Douglas Adams was born in Cambridge in March
1952, educated at Brentwood School, Essex and St
John's College, Cambridge where, in 1974 he
gained a BA (and later an MA) in English
literature.
Books The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy,
The restaurant at the End of Universe, Life, the
Universe and Everything, So Long, and Thanks for
All the Fish , Mostly Harmless , Young Zaphod
Plays It Safe , Dirk Gently's Holistic detective
agency , The long dark tea-time of the Soul ,
Last chance to see ,
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Key words and phrases

• Don't knock it, it worked. Nech bejt, funguje
  to.
• decided to make a run rozhodnout se zdrhnout
• none at all vubec ádný
• We hitched a lift. chytli jsme stopa
• Shade your eyes! Zakryj si oci!
• Come off it. Ale jdi.
• I hadn't made myself fully clear. Nevyjádril
  jsem se dost jasne.
• Would you please tell me what the hell is going
  on? Rekl bys mi laskave, co se to ksakru deje?
• They made him feel very nervous. Velmi ho
  znervóznovali.
• The Earth just boiled away into space. Zeme se
  proste vyparila do vesmíru.
• I beg your pardon? Prosím?
• I'm sure we can come to some arrangement.
  Urcite to nejak vyreíme.
• Ford stared fixedly into the sky like rabbit
  trying to get run over by a car. Ford uprene
  zíral do nebe jako králík, který si koleduje, aby
  ho prejelo auto.

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Quotation
p. 140/141
Part of chapter 34
We chose this part, because expression of
Marvins depression was very funny.
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What we did not know
before reading the book is that
We found out how we could travelling in the
space. We met many cosmic creatures. Now we know
that the Earth is very small planet for cosmic
creatures. They wrote into the Hitchhiker's Guide
to the Galaxy that the Earth is harmless.
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Arthur Dent
Arthur is a solitary but we both are sociable
people. But on the other hand everybody has time
when they want to be alone.
Next Arthurs feature is the same as our. We are
infirm.
Arthur is very big alarmist, this feature is
absolutely different from us.
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If I were Arthur, I would
If we were Arthur we would behave exactly like
he. If we were carry away by a spaceship we would
be very confused and we would be panic as Arthur.
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Conclusion
We would recommend this interesting book to
everybody who has a good fantasy and who likes
Sci-fi. You will travel into the space and
getting to know new cosmic creatures. We think
that Hitchhiker isn't only for people likes
Sci-fi. This book is for everybody who likes
crazy story.
Thank you for your attention