The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
3 journalers for this copy...
Blurb:
When a passenger check-in desk at London's Heathrow Airport disappears in a ball of orange flame, the explosion is deemed an act of God. But which god, wonders holistic detective Dirk gently? What god would be hanging around Heathrow trying to catch the 3:37 to Oslo? And what has this to do with Dirk's latest - and late - client, found only this morning with his head revolving atop the hit record "Hot Potatoe"?
Amid the hostile attentions of a stray eagle and the trauma of a very dirty refrigerator, super-sleuth Dirk Gently will once again solve the mysteries of the universe...
I read this book for the Bergabbau Challenge 2011 in November.
Well, I really like Douglas Adams, but this book just didn't get me. I had a few really, really funny pages, but the rest... Cool story, yes, but just not as funny as other books of him I know.
When a passenger check-in desk at London's Heathrow Airport disappears in a ball of orange flame, the explosion is deemed an act of God. But which god, wonders holistic detective Dirk gently? What god would be hanging around Heathrow trying to catch the 3:37 to Oslo? And what has this to do with Dirk's latest - and late - client, found only this morning with his head revolving atop the hit record "Hot Potatoe"?
Amid the hostile attentions of a stray eagle and the trauma of a very dirty refrigerator, super-sleuth Dirk Gently will once again solve the mysteries of the universe...
I read this book for the Bergabbau Challenge 2011 in November.
Well, I really like Douglas Adams, but this book just didn't get me. I had a few really, really funny pages, but the rest... Cool story, yes, but just not as funny as other books of him I know.
Released 12 yrs ago (3/4/2012 UTC) at BookBox, BoxRay -- Controlled Releases
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
This book wil now travel in the BookBox [Eskapismus-Box].
I got this book at the Berlin UnConvention.
When I couldn't find it when I unpacked my haul, I thought I had left it on one of the tables, but it appears that this book was intent on travelling with me to London. At least I found it in my travel bag (which I'd used to haul my own books to the UnCon) when I was preparing to pack for my London trip. I'm not entirely sure how I managed to overlook it when I searched the bag for it after the UnCon. But how could I refuse the plea?
Unfortunately it got bent a bit out of shape when squeezed into the farthest corner of its hiding place, so one of the first things I had to buy on arriving in London was some sticky tape to repair it. Still very much readable and I've already started reading. Should I manage to finish it during my holiday, I might leave it at one of the many OBCZ around here.
When I couldn't find it when I unpacked my haul, I thought I had left it on one of the tables, but it appears that this book was intent on travelling with me to London. At least I found it in my travel bag (which I'd used to haul my own books to the UnCon) when I was preparing to pack for my London trip. I'm not entirely sure how I managed to overlook it when I searched the bag for it after the UnCon. But how could I refuse the plea?
Unfortunately it got bent a bit out of shape when squeezed into the farthest corner of its hiding place, so one of the first things I had to buy on arriving in London was some sticky tape to repair it. Still very much readable and I've already started reading. Should I manage to finish it during my holiday, I might leave it at one of the many OBCZ around here.
Hmm... somehow I thought I'd already wrote a JE. Seems I put it off for so long I forgot about it.
Anyway, I did not finish it in London (though I only had a few pages left on touchdown back in Berlin) because another book I had originally only taken with me as release material demanded to be read after all and took precedence because I was aiming for a themed release and because it was fatter.
Months have passed by, and I don't remember much. I just skimmed the last couple of pages, but that didn't jolt my memory. I remember the characters, but the whole story seemed so random and jumbled, I'm not even sure there was an overarching plot. The whole story seemed a bit ridiculous without being really funny. Oh, there probably were a few scenes that made me laugh or at least smile, but I'm fairly sure it was more the "normal" kind of stuff (such as Dirk's behavior of trailing other cars when lost) rather than the supernatural.
I think this is the book from which the community loaned the term "Ballycumber", but I didn't stumble over it (wasn't on the look-out either, though).
I'll take this along to tomorrow's meet-up.
Anyway, I did not finish it in London (though I only had a few pages left on touchdown back in Berlin) because another book I had originally only taken with me as release material demanded to be read after all and took precedence because I was aiming for a themed release and because it was fatter.
Months have passed by, and I don't remember much. I just skimmed the last couple of pages, but that didn't jolt my memory. I remember the characters, but the whole story seemed so random and jumbled, I'm not even sure there was an overarching plot. The whole story seemed a bit ridiculous without being really funny. Oh, there probably were a few scenes that made me laugh or at least smile, but I'm fairly sure it was more the "normal" kind of stuff (such as Dirk's behavior of trailing other cars when lost) rather than the supernatural.
I think this is the book from which the community loaned the term "Ballycumber", but I didn't stumble over it (wasn't on the look-out either, though).
I'll take this along to tomorrow's meet-up.
Dieses Buch liegt jetzt hier im öffentlich zugänglichen Regal bereit, um mitgenommen zu werden. Dem Finder wünsche ich viel Spaß beim Lesen.
Ich freue mich, wenn Du es anschließend wieder weitergibst.
Essenszeiten sind wochentags von 11:00-14:30 Uhr, danach ist der Raum noch bis 17:30 Uhr offen, man muß dann allerdings die hintere Treppe nehmen. Es handelt sich um eine OBCZ - eine offizielle Bookcrossing-Zone mit vielen weiteren rgistrierten und unregistrierten Büchern, Link: http://bookcrossing.com/myshelf/OBCZ-Mensa-TU-B .
Liebe/r Finderin/Finder,
wenn wir Bookcrosser Bücher freilassen, dann tun wir das, um anderen eine Freude zu machen!
Und das allerschönste am Bookcrossing ist, wenn eine Finderin/ein Finder einen Eintrag zu dem Buch macht und wir so eine Rückmeldung bekommen: wo das Buch gefunden wurde, wie es der Leserin/dem Leser gefiel und wie die Reise des Buches anschließend weitergeht.
Die Finderin/der Finder kann dabei völlig anonym bleiben!!
Wenn Ihr Euch anmeldet und so auch direkt mit uns in Kontakt treten, gezielt nach Büchern fragen könnt, bekommt dabei niemand die E-Mail-Adresse. Sie ist nur zum Anmelden. Angeschrieben werden kann man nur über ein Kontaktformular auf dieser Internetseite über den Nick-Namen (auch das kann man "ausstellen")
Doch nun wünsche ich dem Buch eine gute Reise und Dir eine schöne Zeit beim Lesen!
Ich freue mich, wenn Du es anschließend wieder weitergibst.
Essenszeiten sind wochentags von 11:00-14:30 Uhr, danach ist der Raum noch bis 17:30 Uhr offen, man muß dann allerdings die hintere Treppe nehmen. Es handelt sich um eine OBCZ - eine offizielle Bookcrossing-Zone mit vielen weiteren rgistrierten und unregistrierten Büchern, Link: http://bookcrossing.com/myshelf/OBCZ-Mensa-TU-B .
Liebe/r Finderin/Finder,
wenn wir Bookcrosser Bücher freilassen, dann tun wir das, um anderen eine Freude zu machen!
Und das allerschönste am Bookcrossing ist, wenn eine Finderin/ein Finder einen Eintrag zu dem Buch macht und wir so eine Rückmeldung bekommen: wo das Buch gefunden wurde, wie es der Leserin/dem Leser gefiel und wie die Reise des Buches anschließend weitergeht.
Die Finderin/der Finder kann dabei völlig anonym bleiben!!
Wenn Ihr Euch anmeldet und so auch direkt mit uns in Kontakt treten, gezielt nach Büchern fragen könnt, bekommt dabei niemand die E-Mail-Adresse. Sie ist nur zum Anmelden. Angeschrieben werden kann man nur über ein Kontaktformular auf dieser Internetseite über den Nick-Namen (auch das kann man "ausstellen")
Doch nun wünsche ich dem Buch eine gute Reise und Dir eine schöne Zeit beim Lesen!
