Re: And just how in the hell did that couch get stuck there?
Camilla Send a noteboard - 02/07/2010 02:30:36 PM
It's Adams so you know it is fun, smart and well written. Long, Dark Teatime of the Soul is fantastic as well.
It is. Although I remember it as beeing less good than Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. That was 12 years ago, though. I'm rereading it now, and my copy has the most TEPID review on the back:
Funnier than Psycho, more chilling than Jeveves Takes Charge and shorter than War and Peace.... The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul is another semiprecious gem in Adams' glittering diadem of humour.
In case you were wondering, that one was from "The Birmingham News".
Oh, and another work of Adams that isn't as well known as it should be is Last Chance to See with Mark Cawardine (zoologist). It's an amazing and hilarious look at the voyage the two men took in the late 80's trying to find and study species on the verge of extinction. Apparently it was a BBC radio documentary first but one doesn't need to know that to enjoy the book.
I think Stephen Fry did a television series based on it recently. A kind of "10 years later" thing.
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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams
- 02/07/2010 12:07:18 PM
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And just how in the hell did that couch get stuck there?
- 02/07/2010 02:16:11 PM
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Re: And just how in the hell did that couch get stuck there?
- 02/07/2010 02:30:36 PM
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I expect to see a review of The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul in short order. *NM*
- 02/07/2010 03:41:38 PM
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I have to do Dunsany and Byatt first, or Rebekah will hurt me. *NM*
- 03/07/2010 09:12:46 AM
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Bah, of course you have to do the Byatt right when I'm not there.
- 06/07/2010 05:03:21 PM
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Going somewhere? *NM*
- 06/07/2010 05:07:06 PM
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Yes, Spain, for a few weeks. *NM*
- 06/07/2010 05:12:20 PM
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I have appropriated Mr Gently's holisitic approach to detective work as a study aid. *NM*
- 06/07/2010 03:24:35 PM
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I still use his holistic navigation method and amazing it works sometimes
- 11/07/2010 03:37:01 PM
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