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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 Potato"? 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...
Customer Reviews:
Do not buy the CD set!.......2007-10-01
I love Douglas Adams, and I love to hear his recordings of his books.
I like The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul well enough to have worn out my audio tapes.
I bought the CD version, but disk 6 is a messed up recording. It starts repeating parts and pieces of the same chapter over and over and never gets to the end of the book. The end of the story is not included on the last disk. I am not the only one to have found it so. You will be left hanging.
Not Free SF Reader.......2007-09-03
Still odd, this private investigator.
This is much of a muchness with the last book, but the act wears thing after having it done the first time around. Dirk still has dodgy fridge hygiene. The plot if you want to call it that this time has to do with a possible deity, some blowing up of stuff including people, and an annoying album also features.
The Not Long Enough, Not Dark Enough Decaf Tea Time of the Soul.......2007-08-13
The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul is a mostly enjoyable book in Douglas Adams typical style, but it is uncharacteristically soul-less. The book begins, as books are wont to do, by introducing us to a cast of seemingly unconnected characters living seemingly unconnected lives filled with seemingly unconnected events. As the book progresses, these characters, their aforementioned lives, and the aforementioned events come together in strange and mostly interesting ways. The story moves along well enough until near the end. As I read, I eventually reached a point where there were very few pages left to read, and there was still a great deal of explaining left to do. At this point I suspected that the book would end with either; A) A less than adequate explanation for the plot points, or; B) A great deal of explanation jammed into the remaining few pages. Sadly, it turned out to be both. I would like to be able to recommend this work based on the first 7/8ths of the book. But, the final 1/8th of the book goes a long way toward overwhelming the preceeding pages with a hurried, splotchy, and unsatisfying climax. I rarely feel that any book could benefit from actually being longer, but that is indeed the case with Adams' TLDTTOTS. It seems as if the author reached a certain point in the writing process, then lost interest in the project, and wrapped it up as quickly as possible, throwing quality to the wind. If you like Douglas Adams other works, you will probably like this one. If you're not an Adams fan, the ending will leave you feeling decaffinated.
typical wit, but ending lacks steam.......2007-07-25
About the first 75% of this book was full of typical Adams' unpredictable wit, peculiar characters and the most unusual situations ever drempt of. This is why I read Adams' - refreshing to read something which isn't so cold and lacking subplots, which are typically hilarious.
However, the last 25% seemed to be lacking everything one expects from an Adams' novel. The first Holisitc Detective Agency book was much better in regards to cover to cover wit. Long Dark Tea-time just lost all of its steam once it came to the three-quarters point. It was too descriptive and at the same time lacking any humor in the description. It would have been easy to hack out a few of the ending chapters.
Disappointed.
Adams typical wit.......2007-06-10
A good yarn with a sprinkling of wit and attention to detail in linking everyone together and tying up loose ends by the end of the book. Not his best but a good read as long as you like a spot of fantasy and intrigue.
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- One Amazing Book, Another Pretty Boring
- Not the Hitchhiker's Guide Series,.. but still good
- Adams reads some of his best work
- The long dark rambling of the boredom&dirk gentlys confusing
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The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul & Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
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One Amazing Book, Another Pretty Boring.......2005-12-27
Dirk Gently is probably Douglas Adam's best written book and has an extremely well defined plot. The humor as good as ever, I laughed out loud on many occassions. The notion of "fundamental interconnectedness of things" that Adams introduces in this book is quite powerful and yet quite humorous. The problem of the stuck couch in an impossible position, missing cats, ancient professors in universities, an electric monk - a multiple set of oddities all fall into place into a great pattern.
I found Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul a bit boring. It is interesting in parts but on the whole there's much new stuff in what Adams says.
On the whole the book is a great buy - if you liked Hitchhiker's series at all, you would most certainly love Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. Guaranteed.
Not the Hitchhiker's Guide Series,.. but still good.......2005-02-09
A previous reviewer has noticed that this work is really nothing like the Hitchhiker's Guide books. While this is true, this does not make this a bad book. It is just that it is almost in a different genre.
If you were expecting the hilarity that is the HGTTG series, you may be surprised. But if you enjoy detective stories that make you think, you'll love these books. Just realize that Adams often doesn't expressly tie up all the loose ends: he expects the reader to be able to reason well enough to figure it out.
Adams reads some of his best work.......2001-08-24
After reading the five (!) books in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy, I turned to his two books featuring Dirk Gently, Holistic Detective. Although it took me a bit of time to warm to these stories, I wound up liking them even better than the HhGttG trilogy, much to my surprise. This audiobook version of these two excellent books is everything you would want in such a thing - unabridged and read by the author. On the downside, it is slightly pricey, and on the way far downside, it is out of print, and therefore a little hard to find. (Here's hoping that is remedied soon.) The late and much lamented (by me in any case) Douglas Adams was a writer of rare talent. He could write books about great subjects such as the origin of life and the meaning of existence, and make them riotously funny and entertaining. I believe that the only thing that will keep him from being recognized as a major writer is that he wrote science fiction. Too bad, because science fiction or not, his stuff was superb.
The long dark rambling of the boredom&dirk gentlys confusing.......2001-01-17
... agency.
Well,I love his other books, you know. hhgttg (hithchikers guide to the galaxy) trilogy, In fact it's my favorite book. But this one SUUUCKS!! I can't remember how many times I fell asleep while tring to read this monstrosity. I still haven't figured out why the horse was upstairs to begin with, and now,I really don't care.
The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul and Dirk Gently.......2000-03-26
Being a long-time fan of Douglas Adams and his "Hitchhiker Series" doesn't automatically mean you will fall in love with Dirk Gently, but...
If you have any love of Norse Mythology, and enjoy a great Detective story...you will love these stories immensely.
Lurking refrigerators, redheaded housekeepers, Odin, Thor, jets, the birth of new Gods, Valhalla, cripsy linen sheets, exploding desks at airports, missing passports, pregnant cats, Coke machines, time warps, hot potatoes, rock groups, soothsayers, strange horoscopes, greed, history, mythology, and of course at the center of it all is the humor of Douglas Adams.
These are two of the most thoroughly enjoyable stories to be found on tape, and I give it 5 stars, it never flags, it holds your attention to the last paragraph of the last page. And it is especially nice to hear them read in the author's own voice, unabridged. Every little jewel is included, nothing is lost in the transition from print to spoken story.
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The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
Douglas Adams
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- Adam's Best Work Yet
- Duff, duff, duff.
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The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
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Adam's Best Work Yet.......1998-04-24
This novel marked the beginning of Douglas Adam's career as a Serious Writer - but I mean that in a good way. Unfortunately, it was also the end of his career - at least of books that he personally approved.
This is the story of the Norse gods among us, one trying to cope with the ambitious mediocrity of the modern world while the other seems to be the cause of it.
Read this if only because your lit profs have probably never heard of it, but wouldn't like it if they had.
Duff, duff, duff........1998-01-23
After the appalling "Dirk Gentlys Holistic Detective Agency", (mostly recycled from an unfinished Dr. Who script Adams wrote), we have the Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul. Possibly the worst novel Adams has written, (although the last two HitchHikers books are pretty bad), it has no redeemming features whatsoever. Duff, duff, duff.
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3 Hardbacks, The More Than Complete Hitchhiker's Guide includes Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Life the Universe and Everything, So Long and Thanks for the Fish, Young Zaphod Plays it Safe.
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The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
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Samurai detective Sano Ichiro, the hero of Laura Joh Rowland's beautifully written mysteries set in Shogun-era Japan, (The Samurai's Wife, The Concubine's Tattoo), investigates an arson murder at the Black Lotus temple, in which the only witness--a young girl who swears she doesn't remember what happened--is also the only suspect. But Sano's wife, Reiko, believes that Haru is innocent and that the real culprits are hiding behind the barred gates of the temple, home to a mysterious sect that is rumored to be responsible for a number of criminal acts. Under pressure to solve the crime, Sano agrees to let Reiko help, but when she takes matters into her own hands, it puts his career in jeopardy and nearly destroys their marriage. Who is the mysterious Abbess of the Black Lotus, and what is the sect's real goal? Is Haru the innocent youngster Reiko believes her to be, or does the evidence Sano uncovers reveal her deceitful nature and complicity in the murders of a child, a young woman, and a high-ranking police commander? As usual, Rowland turns in a brilliant re-creation of a time and place unfamiliar to most readers: the imperial court of 17th-century Japan, whose intrigues and excesses provide a fascinating backdrop for the most charming husband and wife detective team since Nick and Nora Charles. If you haven't discovered Rowland yet, Black Lotus is your opportunity; this is a series with real staying power. --Jane Adams
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In September of 1693, the Black Lotus Temple, spiritual center for hundreds of Buddhist nuns, monks, priests, and orphans, is burned to the ground leaving three dead and one orphan running for cover. Veteran samurai-detective Sano Ichiro, the Most Honorable Investigator of Events, Situations and People, is called on to investigate the incident. He quickly discovers that despite appearances, the victims did not die in the fire: they were brutally murdered before the fire even began.With a triple homicide on his hands, Sano's search for a killer leads him to Haru, the orphan girl found at the scene of the crime. But Sano's wife Reiko, investigating the case against Sano's wishes, is convinced of Haru's innocence. Reiko's investigation leads her behind the walls of the Black Lotus Temple. It is within these walls that she discovers a sect involved in extortion, prostitution, and hedonistic rituals. Could one of the sect's members be the killer? Will Reiko risk her marriage to Sano in order to prove Haru's innocence? Set in the luscious finery of the samurai court of medieval Japan, this latest installment in the best-selling series by Laura Joh Rowland, is filled with shocking surprises and suspense as readers are once again allowed access into the world of Sano Ichiro.AUTHORBIO: Laura Joh Rowland is the granddaughter of Chinese and Korean immigrants. She grew up in Michigan and was educated at the University of Michigan, where she graduated with a B.S. in microbiology and a Master of Public Health. She lives in New Orleans with her husband, Marty, and their three cats. She is the author of Shinju, Bundori, The Way of the Traitor, The Concubine's Tattoo, and The Samurai's Wife, all of which feature the samurai detective Sano Ichiro.
Customer Reviews:
Gorgeous Writing, but Flawed Characters.......2006-06-17
Intriguingly, although this is the 6th book in Rowland's Sano Ichiro series, it was the first one I had heard of or seen. I was thrilled when I spotted it in a bookstore, because it involved two of my passions - mystery stories and feudal Japan. Set in the late 1600s, Sano is a detective working for the Shogun. He's got a young wife, a toddler, and murders to solve. I read it through and had certain thoughts about the book. I then got the previous books, read them up to this point, and read the book again. The books are finish-in-a-rainy-afternoon quickies so it wasn't hard to do, and it let me see this story in its context. I'll try to write my review to suit both jump-in-the-middle-of-the-series readers as well as those who have read the previous 5 books.
As far as Sano and wife Reiko goes, you really don't need much back story. She appears in book 4 as a completely unknown woman he marries in an arranged setup. In book 5 they've been married a year and she acts almost exactly as she does in this book - and their relationship is primarily contentious. So what you see in this book is what you get. He married her expecting a "normal wife". She, brought up to learn martial arts and philosophy, SHOULD have been a wise, intelligent, skilled woman who found healthy ways to help her husband make huge progress in his career while having a fulfilling life of her own. There are certainly many such women all through Japanese history - as well as most other cultures that have a wife-stays-at-home mentality. Heck, even in the 1950s, this was expected of women.
Instead, Reiko acts like a spoiled 2 year old, REPEATEDLY. It's one thing to be intelligent and capable. I've read many biographies of intelligent, capable women who achieved incredible goals. It's quite another thing to be rude, pig-headed and deliberately cause the near destruction of your beloved child numerous times because of your poorly thought out actions. Even if we say she doesn't really love Sano for whatever reason, she is shown to adore her child. And yet she puts her child at risk of death - if not at least being orphaned - repeatedly. It makes no sense that a woman that intelligent would act the way she does.
I'm not saying Sano is a model of intelligence, either. He leaps on clues as if they were the only one he'd ever seen. He has wild panic attacks with every new mission that THIS will be the one that finally gets him and his entire family slain. He has been brought up in this culture - he should be very aware of its nuances and how politics work. But when sending a letter off to ask for help, he words it in a way that was pretty outrageous. Nobody would ever commit words to paper like he did that involved his superiors.
OK, so back to the story. There's a cult in town with a charismatic, almost psychic leader. His force of will borders on supernatural. I say borders on because the previous book was WILDLY supernatural with death-causing-shouts, so it was good in this one that it at least tried to be more realistic. The cult is of course bad news, and Haru, a wild teen girl, gets caught up in 3 murders. Reiko believes in Haru despite her numerous lies. Sano thinks she's guilty and wants to get the case closed up quickly. You also have a sideline story with Sano's helper acting like a royal jerk - and Reiko's friend acting extremely immaturely. So while normally Sano and Reiko would have annoyed me greatly, in this one they actually paled in comparison with how irrationally their two friends were acting.
I do want to point out that I keep buying these books and reading them, so I'm not saying they are awful. The texture of the descriptions is marvelous. I have studied feudal Japan for many years, and yes there are numerous errors. You have to sort of ignore those. I really enjoy the descriptions of the architecture, the gardens, even the scenes in nature.
The reason Reiko in particular annoys me so much is that in general this is EXACTLY the character I wanted to read about in books. A Japanese heroine, skilled in sword, intelligent and educated, living in this feudal world. I'd been dreaming of a series like this for many years. To see that character act in such an outrageously inept manner, foolishly causing great risks to herself and her family when a wiser course of action would have found success, bugs me to no end.
It also bugs me a bit that, as far as a mystery story goes, there really isn't one. It's sort of obvious pretty quickly what has happened. Reiko and Sano don't find clues as much as have clues dropped into their laps. The wrap-up scene is a bit too much, as well. I always love it when bad guys explain all of their motives and stories in immense detail to someone they're about to kill.
I don't get bothered by sex much, so the fact that all of these books involve guys having sex with guys, girls having sex with girls, people in authority having sex with youngsters, etc. mostly for the 'shock factor' doesn't overly concern me. If that sort of storytelling bugs you, be aware it's in here.
On the other hand, I do notice that in pretty much every book in the series (including this one) there are numerous comments made about only teenagers being beautiful - and anyone older than say 25 is a has-been who can only dream of their "lost beauty". In some cases it's written that it's shocking that someone over 25 could still be thought of as attractive. This certainly was NOT an attitude held at the time, and it's not one that's true in modern times, either. I would really like to see this kind of age-bashing toned down in future books.
To summarize, I keep buying and supporting the series hoping that as Reiko gets older, she'll start to actually exhibit some wisdom and maturity. I don't want her to become a "boring housewife" - that's not my point. If she really IS an intelligent, skilled woman, it's about time she begun to act like it, and to achieve her goals in a mature manner. I also really hope that somewhere along the way, Sano and Reiko begin to learn what detecting is all about.
Medieval Japan, suspense and murder!.......2005-10-24
In fact, three murders, but two of them don't really count. Still, a triple homicide in a Temple, the bodies found in a remains of a burnt cottage (which is a serious crime all by itself in 17th Century Edo) demands that somebody investigate. So Sano, with his huge title, is sent to find blame, kill that person and make everybody happy before the evening meal. But of course nothing is so easy.
The characters were lively and the plot seemed to flow well but, and you saw that but coming, for me the weak background spoiled the mood.
James Clavell's Shogun was a whole world - I felt that waves of action and major events and real history was being made outside the character's own stories. Outside the castles and towns the massive armies formed, silent spies ran down the dark streets and Lords hatched plots against each other.
In Black Lotus I feel like the buildings are all false fronts and if the characters took a wrong turn they might find the stage hands having a coffee break. The book feels like it could be used to make a soap opera for bored housewives (including the tossed in sex scenes) - there is no feeling of history or depth.
Get used, if at all.
Gender roles and "time feeling".......2005-08-31
I must agree with several of the earlier (male) reviewers. To me, the gender roles in this book fit perfectly in American suburbia of the fifties and sixties, not in 17th century Japan. The behavior of Sano's wife is unrealistic and ridiculous for the time period in question.
In general, the book doesn't feel very "Japanese" at all. Change Sano's horse for a car, the samurais' swords for guns and the tatami mats for wall to wall carpeting and you'll have an off the shelf modern mystery.
Some reviewers claim that Rowland's other books are better, and I'll give her books one more try before I give up on them. After all, there aren't that many authors out there for a "japanophile" like myself.
Black Lotus.......2005-08-29
A great read, easy to understand and because I lived in Japan for 6.5 years I understood many of the ideas and places they were speaking about. I purchased four other books of this series and will review each as I read them. The author Ms Rowland chose a great venue to write about. ED
Brilliant and Exciting.......2005-05-29
One of the best of the Sano Ichiro mysteries. Really riveting, and fascinating. The spiritual, sexual, combative and emotional undercurrents combine to make a great book.
One note on other Amazon customers' reviews of this book: I've noticed a lot of people (men) who are blaming Reiko and getting annoyed with her for her determination to side with Haru. This is sexist on the Amazon customers' behalf. Reiko is trapped in a male-dominated society that represses and oppresses women; that Reiko defies this should be viewed in admiration, not in annoyance. Reiko should not just submissively follow her husband, which is what some of the Amazon customers have been implying.
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- Outstanding...a breath of fresh poetic air
- A celebration of Black men who are everyday heroes.
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Adam of Ife: Black Women in Praise of Black Men (Lotus Poetry)
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The insightful and informative foreword by the editor explains the historical background to the plight of many of today's African American males. This is an anthology to which 55 black women contributed positive poems about ordinary black men with only a few famous men mentioned. A ground-breaking book regarding the positive relationships between men and women.
Each of the eight sections is illustrated by Carl Owens. The cover is from a painting by Paul Goodnight.
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Outstanding...a breath of fresh poetic air.......1999-09-02
I stumbled upon this book while searching for another anthology. This book is outstanding! It's like a breath of fresh air on a topic that has received more heat than light. I'm tempted to buy another copy!
A celebration of Black men who are everyday heroes........1999-04-22
This collection fills a void in literature by placing in one volume praisesongs to the many Black men who rarely make the evening news: fathers, brothers, husbands, lovers--heroes who never stopped and who never will abandon their commitment to their women, families and communities. Without hypberole, these sister- poets celebrate the Black men who have graced their lives; in so doing, they provide a welcome opportunity for the rest of us to do the same. Whether I share Adam of Ife' with students or "celebrants" at a funeral, people are genuinely thrilled that such an anthology exists. Naomi Long Madgett is to be commended for editing such a powerful volume.
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Black Lotus
Steven J Rosen
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biography/Spiritual The book explores the life and mission of his holiness Bhakti Tirtha Swami, an African-American seeker who rose from an impoverished condition in a a Cleveland ghetto to become a dynamic worldwide spiritual leader
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Black Lotus
Laura Joh Rowland
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Forever Afternoon: Poems (Lotus Poetry)
Adam David Miller
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V1:Tintin Pays Soviets, Tintin Congo; V2:Tintin Amerique, Cigares Pharaon, Lotus Bleu; V3:Oreille Cassee, Ile Noire, Sceptre d'Ottokar; V4: Crabe Pinces d'Or, Etoile Mysterieuse, Secret Licorne; V5: Tresor Rackham le Rouge, Sept Boules Cristal, Temple Soleil; V6:Tintin Pays Or Noir, Objectif Lune, On a Marches ur la Lune; V7: Affaire Tournesol, Coke en Stock, Tintin Tibet; V8:Bijoux Castafiore, Vol 714 Sydney, Tintin Picaros
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- finely crafted, thoughtful poems
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Reading the Earth: Poems (Lotus Poetry Series)
Claude Wilkinson
Manufacturer: Michigan State University Press
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Customer Reviews:
finely crafted, thoughtful poems.......2001-06-27
As a relatively new resident of Mississippi and an avid reader of "nature" literature, I was delighted to pick up this book of poems at my local library. Wilkinson is a native Mississippian. His work is deeply rooted in the land and spirit of this State. He focuses on the small details of the natural world. Through his poems he shows a keen awareness and sensitivity to the changing seasons. A common theme throughout this work is how to reconcile the two educations he received as a child: the empiricistic knowledge about the land and its inhabitants versus the spiritual knowledge taught to him by his family and his Church. What does nature teach us about God? What do God and the Bible teach us about ourselves? How does it all fit together?
The poems are finely crafted. The voice is solid, thoughtful, gentle and reflective. A good read for anyone.
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A Threefold Narrative: 1. The story of black magic in ancient Egypt. 2. The initiations of an Egyptian Heirophant. 3. The tragedy and apotheosis of the human soul.
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