Douglas Adams beyond the galaxy

Most if us know Douglas Adams as the genius who told us the adventures of Arthur Dent in Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy. But you have not explores him fully until you have read Dirk Gently. I read the Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency recently - thoroughly enjoyed it. A pity Dirk's adventures have not come out in a single volume yet - you will have to buy them separately, but it is totally worth it!! Amazon link.

I am yet to read the next volume, The Long Dark Tea-time of the soul. If the first Dirk Adventure is anything of a clue, second must desereve much more than a tea-time glance. Amazon link.

Inventing Wodehouse

P G Wodehouse - The name brings memories of peerless comic writing, of Jeeves, and Bertie Wooster - and paperback prints not worth a second look by the poor souls who do not know Wodehouse. Before the Overlook Press started to come out with their beautiful hardbound volumes, I had a real hard time buying wodehouse prints that also looked good on my shelf. But the new hardbound Overlook Press books are a real gem - they call their collection 'Collector's Wodehouse', prepare their editions from the first British printing, and use a nice typeface designed in 1740.

For those of you who care to buy books that can also last long in your bookshelves - here is your chance to preserve Wodehouse.

And oh yeah, I found Amazon prices to be lower than store prices for many of these books :)