Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780330301626
Edition: New edition
ISBN: 0330301624
Label: Pan Macmillan
Manufacturer: Pan Macmillan
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: June 24, 1988
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Studio: Pan Macmillan

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Rating: - Do not go Gently into that good night...
I have to admit to being a little disappointed by this long-awaited audio version of Adams' peerless (unless you count the sequel 'The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul') late 80s sci-fi/fantasy/drama/comedy novel. I have to be honest and say that Harry Enfield was miscast in the title role - his smug tones are not at all how I envisaged the underhand but essentially likeable Dirk - I also found the constant contemporary references that the audio version has added to the original novel ('Asbo'), rather ... Read More

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Rating: - Loved it
Like many others I was less than convinced about the casting of Harry Enfield, but with persistence I grew to love him. I liked Dirk Gently as a character because, like Ford Prefect, he had an infuriating habit of appearing to know everything without ever having gone through a learning process - despite knowing that Dirk went to Cambridge too my mind seemed to brush it aside almost as a formality!

Something about the way Harry Enfield delivered complex lines in an almost simplistic way ... Read More

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Rating: - This was always going to be difficult ...
While H2G2 III-V had it's key characters and central cast for continuity, Dirk (both of them) had to work from the ground up for this outing. And they do. To be honest, I wouldn't have had Harry Enfield (wonderful though he is) at the top of my list, but as it turns out, he does a rather splendid job. And yes, there are a few touches missing - the odd line I was listening out for - but I'm more than happy to be happy with this, and embrace it as part of Adams' Radio 4 canon. Billy Boyd, Andrew Sachs, ... Read More

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Rating: - "Shada" does the better job
It's fairly common knowledge that some parts of the storyline and some characters were first used by Adams for his Doctor Who script of "Shada", which is available both from the BBC online as a webcast and from BigFinish on CD. Comparing those two productions where possible and taking into account the impact of the humor of certain dialogues I must say, that the BigFinish/Doctor Who incarnation beats Dirk Maggs/Gently by far. Dirk Gently by itself is a wonderful book. There are parts of the radio play ... Read More

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Rating: - The sleevenotes say it all
"A thumping good detective-ghost-horror-whodunnit-time-travel-romantic-musical-comedy-epic".

This just about does it justice becasue, possibly even more than anything else that DNA wrote, this defied any kind of meaningful categorisation.

For those aware of DNA's time at Doctor Who, there are two obvious ideas which are blended together to form the ocre of the story, but further than that the non-linear and sometimes confusing narrative create sometihng altogether new. The inital ... Read More

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