I remember something about a couch lodged in a hallway that changed the space time fabric in one of the DG books and that's really stuck with me. And while there's some wordplay and silly non sequiturs, Dirk isn't quite weird enough, the story isn't wacky enough. What you have to ask yourself is, how much do I love Douglas Adams? Because this is all about characters, and you really need to like Dirk Gently and detectives to like this book. But I can't say I haven't seen this before. Don't get me wrong, the events are fairly interesting if not entirely original: Egyptian gods sucking out the souls of the living after traveling through time, wacky things happening at a natural history museum, and a ragtag band of assistants helping to solve the mystery. There's less a mystery than a random (read: holistic) unfolding of events that don't surprise as much as just happen. And that's the biggest thing this volume is so severely lacking and in dire need of, more comedy. Douglas Adams is dear to my heart, and the man knew intelligent comedy like very few others. Much like the new Star Wars, whether you love it or hate it, it's more Star Wars.ĭirk Gently Volume 1 plays to our love of nostalgia. Dirk Gently Volume 1 plays to our love of nostalgia. Much like the new Star Wars, whether you love it or hate it, it's more Star Wars.

All this in a new town seemingly incapable of making even a single proper cup of tea.more In his first-ever comic series, Dirk has been forced to leave his beloved England behind, coming to the too-sunny, too-cheery, and altogether too-bizarre-even-for-Dirk city of San Diego, California, where he gets embroiled in three separate (or are they?) cases involving reincarnated Egyptians, golden cell phones, and copycat killers. In his first-ever comic series, Dirk has been After writing all the many and conflicting versions of the legendary 'Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy,' beloved author Douglas Adams created Dirk Gently: a detective with a belief in the fundamental interconnectedness of all things, a unique relationship with the laws of probability and physics, and a love of cats and pizza. After writing all the many and conflicting versions of the legendary 'Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy,' beloved author Douglas Adams created Dirk Gently: a detective with a belief in the fundamental interconnectedness of all things, a unique relationship with the laws of probability and physics, and a love of cats and pizza.

Holistic detective agency