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Posted By: Lamont Cranston Jun 16, 1999 - 07:49 am

I'm pretty sure some people here have read the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy books, and I'd like do discuss those. I'm also looking for someone who has read another book by him called "The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul"

Posted By: Lisseut Jun 20, 1999 - 09:04 pm

Hitchhiker was good, I didn't really like the Dirk Gently ones as much. The best Hitchhiker ones were the first one and So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish. The fifth one didn't really work all that well.

Posted By: The Master Jun 21, 1999 - 09:32 pm

I just love the Hitchiker books. I even have a pin I picked up at Federal Express years ago sitting on my desk at work...the message: DON'T PANIC!

I was disappointed with Dirk Gentley's Holistic Detective Agency though. I haven't read Long Dark Teatime.

Posted By: Canex SUPREME Sep 19, 1999 - 04:55 pm

I think the the Dirk Gentley books just need to be developed more...I mean there is a whole source of different things with five books, radio transcripts, and mini-television series. Eventually, if he does more books (like Salmon of a Doubt, which is supposedly his next book), I think he can develop it a bit more. The other aspect to take into consideration is that the Dirk books deal with on main character as a focus point rather than several like the Guide series.


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Posted By: julian donovan Oct 05, 1999 - 03:41 am

The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul was the first Adams book I read and still is my favourite. I like Adams writing because it seems disconnected (especially in the Hitchhikers series) although that appeals to my need sometimes to read discontinuous and somehow disconnected books. Salmon of Doubt is no doubt put out into the ether to assure the public of adam's flailing desire to write another book any time soon and if another book does come it won't be called above said title (personal opinion).

Posted By: rockslam Oct 05, 1999 - 02:36 pm

I love them all. I usually laugh at least once on every page. I foundt the Dirk Gently books very good, also, as they were a little bit more subtle.

Any good Monty Python fan must read these books. I have the Leatherbound Special Edition of the Hitchhiker series- I read it to my kids when they look glum.

kgb

Posted By: Anonymous Oct 19, 1999 - 10:52 pm

I also liked the Dirk Gently books. A series of seemingly inconsequential events, coincidences, and a some out of the ordinary phenomenon all add up to something of vast cosmic significance (at least as far as we Earthlings are concerned). I didn't find them disconnected at all, rather, I found that everything came together nicely -- and surprisingly as well, I might add.

Posted By: Bmat May 12, 2001 - 05:40 am

Douglas Adams died Friday, May 11, 2001, of a heart attack at age 49.

I was sorry to hear of his death. I enjoyed his "Hitchhiker's" and sequels, the TV series, and the computer game SS Titanic based on the "Hitchhiker" universe.

Posted By: Gablety May 12, 2001 - 12:23 pm

Posted By: kahlan May 28, 2001 - 12:06 pm

I absolutely loved all of the books in the hitchikers series but was dissapointed with the tv adaptation though. I never could get into the Dirk Gently, but really enjoyed the Lon Dark Tea-Time of the Soul. Its very sad to hear that he has died.