An edition of Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency (1987)

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

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An edition of Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency (1987)

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

First Pocket Books Printing (1)

by

  • ★★★★ 4.0 (36 ratings) ·
  • 198 Want to read
  • 8 Currently reading
  • 65 Have read

There is a long tradition of Great Detectives and Dirk Gently does not belong to it. But his search for a missing cat uncovers a ghost, a time-traveller, AND the devastating secret of humankind!
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Pocket Books
Language
English
Pages
306

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Subjects

Fantasy, Krimi, abiogenesis, laudanum, Kubla Khan, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, detective fiction, Mystery & Detective fiction, time travel, Modern & Contemporary Fiction, humour, Private investigators, Fiction, Science fiction, fantasy fiction, Detective and mystery fiction, Humorous fiction, Mystery fiction, Dirk Gently (Fictitious character), English Fantasy fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, crime, Gently, dirk (fictitious character), fiction, Private investigators, fiction, University of Cambridge, English literature, Fiction, fantasy, general

People

Dirk Gently, Johann Sebastian Bach, Richard MacDuff, Urban Chronotis, Gordon Way, Susan Way, Electric Monk, Michael Wenton-Weakes, Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Places

Cambridge (England), University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, St Cedd's College, London, Earth, Porlock

Times

Four billion years in Earth's past, 19th century, 20th century

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Edition Notes

Published in
New York, USA
Series
Dirk Gently, #1
Copyright Date
1987

The Physical Object

Format
Mass Market Paperback
Pagination
306 p. ;
Number of pages
306

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL17575324M
ISBN 10
0671660632
ISBN 13
9780671660635
OCLC/WorldCat
17971362, 894825812
Alibris ID
0671660632
Google
oc3xQwAACAAJ
Hathi Trust
009423926
Amazon ID (ASIN)
0671660632
LibraryThing
5321435
Goodreads
998001

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL2163628W

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Work Description

Zitat Klappentext: Eine mordsmäßige Detektiv-Gespenster-Horror-Kriminal-Zeitreisen-Romanzen-Musikkomödien-Geschichte von Douglas Adams, dem Autor des Bestsellers »Per Anhalter durch die Galaxis«.

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Durch die Fähigkeit der Nacht, alles in die Länge zu ziehen, hatte sich der Alptraum über Matsch und Einsamkeit scheinbar über angsterregende, unvorstellbare Zeiten erstreckt und war erst mit dem Auftauchen schleimiger Wesen mit Beinen zu Ende gegangen, die aus dem schleimigen Meer gekrochen waren.
Page 175, added anonymously.
»Die Schwerkraft«, sagte Dirk mit einem leicht herablassenden Schulterzucken, »ja, die gab´s sicherlich auch noch. Obwohl das natürlich bloß eine Entdekcung war. Sie war schon da und mußte nur entdeckt werden.«
Er nahm einen Penny aus seiner Tasche warf ihn nachlässig zu den Kieselsteinen hinüber, die an dem gepflasterten Weg lagen. »Siehst du?« sagter er. »Sie schalten sie auch am Wochenende nicht ab.[«]
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Dem Elektrischen Mönch war ungeheuer wohl zumute, und er fiel in einen schwungvollen Galopp. Das heißt, er spornte sein Pferd schwungvoll zu einem Galopp an, und sein Pferd feil schwunglos in denselben.
Page 218, added anonymously.
This time there would be no witnesses.
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August 15, 2024 Edited by dccain //covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/14656532-S.jpg
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