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Dirk Gently
Nov. 1st, 2007 08:59 pmI have heard, more than once, that while it is less well-known, some people like Douglas Adams' Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency better than The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
I DO!
My goodness I do. Oh yes.
I might never have read it, because I'm very bad at making a point to hunt down something someone might have mentioned to me once, but luckily Radio 4 is airing a radio play of it* which I have been enjoying immensely – helped, probably, by my not having read the book and therefore not having a mental movie to compare it to. Helped too, doubtless, by listening excessively to Shada, so I know Professor Chronotis' secret and can revel in crossover geekery, subtext, and dramatic irony. Hee! And it's very Pratchetty. Almost suspiciously so, sometimes. Makes me wonder how much of that was in the book and how much has been brought to it by the production... Not that finding influences is a bad thing, necessarily. Just ... interesting.
This is where I would post a link, but we're on Episode 5 now; if you hadn't been listening, you'd have no idea what's going on, and if you had, you'd know where to find it. Nevertheless, feel free to have a poke around the serial's Official Site.
*What other kind of play would they air, I wonder?
I DO!
My goodness I do. Oh yes.
I might never have read it, because I'm very bad at making a point to hunt down something someone might have mentioned to me once, but luckily Radio 4 is airing a radio play of it* which I have been enjoying immensely – helped, probably, by my not having read the book and therefore not having a mental movie to compare it to. Helped too, doubtless, by listening excessively to Shada, so I know Professor Chronotis' secret and can revel in crossover geekery, subtext, and dramatic irony. Hee! And it's very Pratchetty. Almost suspiciously so, sometimes. Makes me wonder how much of that was in the book and how much has been brought to it by the production... Not that finding influences is a bad thing, necessarily. Just ... interesting.
This is where I would post a link, but we're on Episode 5 now; if you hadn't been listening, you'd have no idea what's going on, and if you had, you'd know where to find it. Nevertheless, feel free to have a poke around the serial's Official Site.
*What other kind of play would they air, I wonder?
