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New hardback omnibus to tie-in with the repeat on BBC of The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy
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Dirk Gently is a detective - well, a sort of detective. There is a long and honourable tradition of great detectives and Dirk Gently does not belong to it. Sherlock Holmes observed that once you have eliminated the impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. Dirk Gently, however, does not like to eliminate the impossible.In Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency a simple search for a missing cat reveals two ghosts, a dodo, an Electric Monk, the devastating secret that lies behind the whole of human history and threatens to bring it to a premature close, and, finally, the utterly terrifying reason why Richard MacDuff has had a sofa stuck on his stairs for three weeks.As The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul opens a passenger check-in desk at Terminal Two, Heathrow Airport, shoots up through the roof engulfed in a ball of orange flame. The usual people try to claim responsibility. However, no rational cause can 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? (20010730)
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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
After Douglas Adams exhausted what he could of the Hitchhhiker's Guide "Trilogy", he set off on a new ramp with the Dirk Gently character. He ended up only writing two books: "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" and "The Dark Tea-time Of The Soul". These are both as hysterical as could be expected from the Hitchhiker author and good friend of Monty Python. Dirk Gently is the British Columbo (TV's Peter Falk) and I only wish Douglas Adams had set out to write more about this fun schlepp of a character.
The stories are not as bizarre as Hitchhiker and feel a bit more "restrained" (for lack of a better word). Great reads both of them!
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Any fan of Hitchhiker will love these books. Great themes and ideas are explored with the same acute oberservation skills that identify Douglas Adams' as one of the most enjoyable reads around.
Explore the concepts of time travel and earthbound Gods with a detective twist. I have read both many, many times and each time it is a joy and a laugh out loud experience.
41 of 45 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Reading the two books (now combined into one) for about the third time in 7 years still makes me laugh! Dirk Gently has got to be one of Douglas Adams most loved charachters - simply because the guy is odd - no other way of describing him!
This time around I am able to relate to some of the locations mentioned - having recently moved to the UK. Douglas Adams will be sorely missed - for those of us that enjoy a slightly off beat read.
Having started off with The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy as an introduction to Douglas Adams - I must admit that I much prefer Dirk Gently - so anyone who enjoyed reading about Ford and Arthur - try reading about Dirk, the electric monk and good old Thor!
Wonderful read - great escapism from the mundane and norm!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Moderately good, but dissapointing for Douglas Adams
"Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" is okay, which is massively disappointing if you have read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Volume One in the Trilogy of Five... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Bill
Rather disapointing
I hate to say this but although I loved the Hitchhikers Guide, (the first two or three books anyway - after that I thought they rather ran out of steam) I was a little disappointed... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Slyboots
terrific
Douglas Adam's output was tiny which is a real shame because he was one of the most imaginative and funny science fiction writers ever. Read more
Published 20 months ago by bart4books
The Dirk Gently Omnibus
I have read all Douglas Adams's books and every one has provided endless laughter... and astonishing imagination. One of the best authors EVER!
Published on 18 Dec 2009 by S B DEMPSTER
Excellent books
Both of the Dirk Gently books are absolutely brilliant. I would recommend trying to find them in their audiobook versions if possible as Adams' reading only makes them more... Read more
Published on 16 April 2007 by N. Mollat
A big favorite
The humor is less "silly" than in Hitch-hiker's, and it does not dominate the story as much.
The writing is amazing, and complex, and full of startling and funny similes and... Read more
The writing is amazing, and complex, and full of startling and funny similes and... Read more
Published on 31 Oct 2004 by Eolake
A Summary of Tea-Times and Souls
I shall summarise all the other reviews below mine for you. This is a book (or rather two books) that someone who has enjoyed another of Adams' works should enjoy. Read more
Published on 25 Jun 2004 by Oymaprat
Comedy?
Having adored the Hitchhiker 'trilogy' I bought this with no doubts whatsoever. I've only read the first book so far, and crawled through that. Read more
Published on 20 Nov 2003 by Rich
Ineffable delight
It is hard to express how good these books are.
Try this. These are cleverer than Hitchiker. Dirk Gently is the funniest character the great man ever created. Read more
Published on 11 Aug 2003 by Phil Fish
Nice try, pity we won't be getting any more..........
From ANOTHER reader in Hitchin....... I was a big fan of Hitchhikers, and have read the first 4 of the series. Read more
Published on 21 Jan 2002
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