"A thumping good detectiveghosthorrorwho dunnittime travelromanticmusicalcomedyepic." Douglas Adams, on Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.Continue this surreal series with the unfinished The Salmon of Doubt.
Author: Douglas Adams
Publisher: Pan
ISBN: 1529034590
Category: Detective and mystery stories
Page: 288
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Funnier than Psycho . . . more chilling than Jeeves Takes Charge . . . shorter than War and Peace . . . the second Dirk Gently novel, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul.Sequel to Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. A passenger check-in desk at London's Heathrow Airport goes up in a ball of flame and Dirk Gently becomes very inquisitive. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Author: Douglas Adams
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: STANFORD:36105009056909
Category: Fiction
Page: 322
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When a passenger check-in desk shoots through the roof of a terminal at Heathrow Airport in flames, Dirk Gently investigates the cosmic forces at playDirk Gently is a detective - well, a sort of detective.
Author: Douglas Adams
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 9780434009190
Category: Detective and mystery stories, English
Page: 518
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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, howevThe investigations of Dirk Gently, a private detective who is more interested in telekinesis, quantum mechanics and lunch than fiddling around with fingerprint powders, produce startling and unexpected results.
Author: Douglas Adams
Publisher:
ISBN: 0671692674
Category:
Page: 320
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There is a long tradition of Great Detectives, and Dirk Gently does not belong to it. But his search for a missing cat uncovers a ghost, a time traveler, AND the devastating secret of humankind! Detective Gently's bill for saving the human race from extinction: NO CHARGE.London: Pan Books, 1979. Hitch-Hiker Series # 1 . . Life, the Universe, and Everything. London: Pan Books, 1982. Hitch- Hiker Series #3 . . The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul. London: Heinemann, 1988. Dirk Gently #2.
Author: Brian M. Stableford
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 9780893702830
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Page: 128
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Seven lucid and entertaining essays on masters of science fiction and fantasy literature, including Bob Shaw, M.P. Shiel, Douglas Adams, Stephen R. Donaldson, and more.douglas adams / henry brooks adams 3 www—takes three times longer to say than what it's short for). The Salmon of Doubt (2002) ... Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency ch. 2 (1987) 9 It can ... The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul ch.
Author: Fred R. Shapiro
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300262780
Category: Reference
Page: 1164
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A revised, enlarged, and updated edition of this authoritative and entertaining reference book —named the #2 essential home library reference book by the Wall Street Journal “Shapiro does original research, earning [this] volume a place on the quotation shelf next to Bartlett's and Oxford's.”—William Safire, New York Times Magazine (on the original edition) “A quotations book with footnotes that are as fascinating to read as the quotes themselves.”—Arthur Spiegelman, Washington Post Book World (on the original edition) Updated to include more than a thousand new quotations, this reader-friendly volume contains over twelve thousand famous quotations, arranged alphabetically by author and sourced from literature, history, popular culture, sports, digital culture, science, politics, law, the social sciences, and all other aspects of human activity. Contemporaries added to this edition include Beyoncé, Sandra Cisneros, James Comey, Drake, Louise Glück, LeBron James, Brett Kavanaugh, Lady Gaga, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Barack Obama, John Oliver, Nancy Pelosi, Vladimir Putin, Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, and David Foster Wallace. The volume also reflects path-breaking recent research resulting in the updating of quotations from the first edition with more accurate wording or attribution. It has also incorporated noncontemporary quotations that have become relevant to the present day. In addition, The New Yale Book of Quotations reveals the striking fact that women originated many familiar quotations, yet their roles have been forgotten and their verbal inventions have often been credited to prominent men instead. This book’s quotations, annotations, extensive cross-references, and large keyword index will satisfy both the reader who seeks specific information and the curious browser who appreciates an amble through entertaining pages.Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul Douglas Adams. Gallery Books A Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 1230 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 This book is a work of fiction.
Author: Douglas Adams
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 9781501164125
Category: Fiction
Page: 640
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Discover the hilarious and beloved Dirk Gently novels from legendary science fiction author Douglas Adams—now the basis for the all-new TV series on BBC America! Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency Douglas Adams, the “master of wacky words and even wackier tales” (Entertainment Weekly), once again boggles the mind with a completely unbelievable story of ghosts, time travel, eccentric computer geniuses, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the end of the world, and—of course—missing cats. The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul When a check-in desk at London’s Heathrow Airport disappears in a ball of orange flame, the event is said to be an act of God. But which god, wonders holistic detective Dirk Gently. And how is this connected to Dirk’s battle with his cleaning lady over his filthy refrigerator…or to the murder of his latest client? Or are these events just another stretch of coincidences in the life of the world’s most off-kilter private investigator?2. The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul. Simon & Schuster, 1988. Unlike most scientific detectives, Dirk Gently ... a travel book being revised by incognito alien Ford Prefect, who is on a visit to Earth just as the planet is about to be ...
Author: Merle Jacob
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group
ISBN: 9781573561556
Category: Prose literature
Page: 481
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Main entries by author, then series. Title and subject index also included.The Hitchhiker books (in chronological order) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy vii, 1, 4, 18, 20 n.1 & n.2, ... 249 The Dirk Gently novels Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency 66, 267 n.29 The Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul 67, ...
Author: N. Joll
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9780230392656
Category: Performing Arts
Page: 308
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy provides an excellent way of looking at some intriguing issues in philosophy, from vegetarianism and Artificial Intelligence to God, space and time. This is an entertaining yet thought provoking volume for students, philosophers and fans of The Hitchhiker's series.I've got two books by Douglas, The Long Dark Tea-Time ofthe Soul and Dirk Gently, and they both have the same dedication: Fuck offJon, Douglas! There is a reason for this. Douglas and I used to say ifyou knew an author, the only way you ...
Author: Andrew McGibbon
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 9780571253197
Category: Humor
Page: 288
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Beginning life as a series on Radio 4, I Was Douglas Adams's Flatmate is a series of interviews that examine a great artist, politician or innovator from the perspective of an assistant, lover, muse, flatmate or editor who was indispensable to them at a key moment in their career. We hear from Douglas Adams's flatmate who reveals how the writer got hooked on listening to Kate Bush's Wuthering Heights while writing Hitchhikers' Guide; Ernest Hemingway's La Secretaria, Sam Peckinpah's Girl Friday, Les Dawson's Gag-writer, Billie Holliday's Stand in, Will Carling's Physiotherapist, Johnny Cash's Tailor and David Beckham's Stylist, among others. McGibbon, who was Morrissey's drummer, engages the reader with the human behind the artist, providing a revealing insight into well known personalities.