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In the End, it Was the Sunday Afternoons He Couldn’t Cope With

March 11, 2014 by Walking Widdershins Leave a Comment

Dirk Gently returns, only this time he’s not dealing with aliens and the possible end of the world. No, this time it’s the record industry. Sort of. Dirk’s hired by a guy to save his life from a giant with a scythe. Unfortunately, Dirk oversleeps his first day on the job, and his client’s head ends up on a record turntable. That’s not good. Dirk traces a signed contract he found in his client’s house through a number of people connected to “Hot Potato” – […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Science Fiction Tagged With: #CBR6, brilliant, douglas adams, SciFi

Walking Widdershins's CBR6 Review No:4 · Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction · Tags: #CBR6, brilliant, douglas adams, SciFi ·
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All Things are Fundamentally Interconnected

March 11, 2014 by Walking Widdershins 3 Comments

Did you know that today (March 11th) is (was) Douglas Adams’ birthday? He would have been 62 today. I wonder what sort of books he’d be writing. Adams is (was) mostly known for the Hitchhiker’s trilogy (yeah, I know), but the Dirk Gently books (I’m assuming there would have been more had he lived longer) were an entertaining series themselves. To attempt to describe the plot of this book would take more brain power than I currently have (stupid daylight savings whatever thing). So – […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Science Fiction Tagged With: #CBR6, brilliant, douglas adams, SciFi

Walking Widdershins's CBR6 Review No:3 · Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction · Tags: #CBR6, brilliant, douglas adams, SciFi ·
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