Reddit mentions of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Sounds similar to events in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams. http://amzn.com/0671746723

Adams also wrote Dirk Gentley's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul.

The first book there has aliens, robots and time-travellers, but it's low-key. The story's not dripping with sci-fi elements the way the Hitchhiker books are.

By the way, have you tried Terry Prattchet? Most Douglas Adams fans I know like his writing too.

obvious choice if you haven't already read them:

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

The Long, Dark Tea-Time of the Soul


The biggest difference between his style in the Dirk Gently books vs. HHGTG is that the Dirk Gently books were written and concieved as novels, whereas the HHGTG was adapted from myriad radio plays, notes, short stories and comedy sketches. This results in a bit less zaniness and a bit more continuity, but it's still Douglas Adams.

I cannot recommend these books highly enough.

But what did you think about the second, stranger part of the Coleridge poem?

Thanks! Have you ever read Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, also by Douglas Adams? It's lesser know than the Guide, but just as funny and creative (and the BBC audio production featuring Billy Boyd is just fantastic). There's also a sequel called the Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul.

I'm still waiting for someone to invent an electric monk IRL.

If you enjoyed the first three, I would wager that you will enjoy the remaining books. I would agree that they are not as amazing as the first few but they are still very funny.


You can grab the complete edition for under $15 on Amazon. I would also recommend Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and the Salmon of Doubt. It's a half completed Dirk Gently book with additional writings of Adams what was put together after he passed away.

Many people will probably recommend "Hitchhiker's Guide" to you, but I'd like to suggest another series by Adams: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. It is somewhat of a science fiction/murder mystery with plenty of British humor thrown in.

My favorite book of all time is Apathy and Other Small Victories

Entertainment via escapism! Make me smile, Rasta!

Here ya go http://www.amazon.com/Dirk-Gentlys-Holistic-Detective-Agency/dp/0671746723

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Ordinarily, I'd conclude with something like

• Congratulations to /u/lurking_quietly for this successful nomination of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency as /r/S01E01's latest Weekly Watch!
  
  but that's a bit unseemly. First, it would be insufferably self-congratulatory. And more to the point, this week's nomination was unopposed. Who am I, Homer Simpson?

You weren't wrong to think that - I think this is the only time I've ever heard someone use it in its not-bullshit sense, outside of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (sort of).

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Now that is a wonderful idea!

Dirk Gently IRL.