r/DirkGently

Thanks to your encouragement, I resumed rereading "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" and just finished it. Wow!

I think I need to reread the last two chapters; I don't quite have an understanding of what actually happened and who did what when, or at least make some educated guesses. There's a lot of actions by characters that aren't described, where you have to make assumptions based on resulting reality.

I'm really looking forward to read our copy of "The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul", my wife is reading it now.

Douglas Adams, author of Dirk Gently, also created the character Slartibartfast. The planetary designer who specialized in creating coastlines and famously won an award for designing Norway and its "lovely crinkly edges" (fjords).

In the late 1980's I read the two original novels. I kept dragging them around with me through multiple house moves, but never re-read them, so the storylines disappeared from my memory.

Come 2026, and I finally watched the two seasons of "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" (2016/2017), and I love the show so much! Especially Bart!

So, I dug out my copies of the novels and started re-reading them. I've only gotten as far as Chapter 16 of the first novel, where Richard McDuff is in Dirk Gently's detective office, and they're talking about Schrodinger's Cat.

I'm stalled because I just don't like the original Dirk Gently SO FAR. There's a big difference between the tv series Dirk and the novel Dirk, and not in a way that I like.

So, please encourage me to continue reading! Does Dirk get better as a person? And I'm actually looking forward to the Electric Monk reappearing in the story line.

And please, try to avoid spoilers, but I don't mind some weighted hints.

Really enjoyed doing this interview with Aaron, we talked in-depth about a lot of aspects of the character of Gordon and his experience working on the show. A big thanks to Aaron and Michelle for helping to make this happen.