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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
by Douglas Adams
I read this as a teenager and was surprised to find I didn't own it. Then I was surprised that it was so hard to find in a library. I had to settle for an EBOOK. Sheesh.
The book runs on for quite some time and every so often you stop and remind yourself that you are reading a mystery, probably. By the time you get to the end of it, you are satisfied that Something Has Happened, but you'll be damned if you can remember what. That's okay, though, because that was probably the author's intent.
A nice, peaceful distraction. I'd watched the TV series, which caused the craving for the reread, and while you can find certain, ah, broad thematic overlap, they are very different experiences. But then, that's normal for Adams. Greg watched approximately ten minutes of the show and declared that it was Doctor Who and later Wikipedia told me that Adams used to write for Who and turned some unused ideas into Dirk, so score another one for Greg's perceptiveness. Good job, Greg!
Okay, goodnight!
The book runs on for quite some time and every so often you stop and remind yourself that you are reading a mystery, probably. By the time you get to the end of it, you are satisfied that Something Has Happened, but you'll be damned if you can remember what. That's okay, though, because that was probably the author's intent.
A nice, peaceful distraction. I'd watched the TV series, which caused the craving for the reread, and while you can find certain, ah, broad thematic overlap, they are very different experiences. But then, that's normal for Adams. Greg watched approximately ten minutes of the show and declared that it was Doctor Who and later Wikipedia told me that Adams used to write for Who and turned some unused ideas into Dirk, so score another one for Greg's perceptiveness. Good job, Greg!
Okay, goodnight!