“Lost ClassicThis books doesn't get nearly as much attention as Adam's other pieces, but I think it's as enjoyable as anything but the first Hitchhiker's.”
“I've got to tell you that on three different occasions I have been lost, followed someone who looked like they knew where they were going and got to where I wanted to be.”
“Actually, its the second in the series, after "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detecitve Agency." The first was a little more raw--it seemed like Adams was just kind of riffing on different ideas, like Shroedinger's (sp?) cat. If you didn't like Tea Time, you probably won't like Dirk gently's, tho.”
“This book made me laugh out loud many times. I love the sense of humor, such as the scene in the book where Dirk's car won't start and the repairman is giving him the run around so he steals the repairman's van. brilliant! It's amazing how quickly the repairman caught up with Dirk in Dirk's very own car that presumably wouldn't start due to such misuse and the death of a family of birds.”
“Not with me in the car!”
“Perhaps that was where he needed to be?”
“i think the humor is much subtler, and thats why people aren't as enamored. However, I did have an ex who tried the trick of following cars to see if got him where he needed to be. He just wound up lost.”
“I bought "The Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul" because I enjoyed THHGTTG so muchand the great title.I was a bit disappointed when I read it.I don't know what it was exactly, but the story didn't grip me.I never read anything else of Douglas Adams.Are all Dirk Gently books like this one or are there others you can recommend?”
“I agree, the Dirk Gently books are, to my mind, his best.The importance of THHGTTG is that it was such a new concept, rather than the quality of the initial work.”
