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The Long dark tea time of the soul

What an awesome read. I decided to listen to this one, since one of the recordings had Olivia Colman in the cast.
Dirk's own profession is reflective of this too, a holistic detective, he refuses to discard any possible scenario that could've led to a crime. His attitude towards how everyone perceives him is oddly positive and he seems to remain calm whenever he encounters someone who questions his job. Like the cyberpunk pieces, we get thrown into the world without experiencing much exposition of worldbuilding in the introductory chapters. 
I was also left wondering where this fits in the sci fi genre, there's fantastical characters like Thor and Odin, yet nobody believes they're real. I guess this is the aspect where the time period is less important than the present moment that’s occurring in the piece. They’re present in the modern world, there are gods in the Heathrow airport, goblins chasing down executives. I really enjoyed this aspect of this piece, I kept laughing all the way through whenever they mentioned the fact that the clinic Thor was taken to is not on the internet. 
So far this is the funniest piece I've read so far, it has some great lessons in it but the delivery is just wonderful. It is so bizarre to think that Thor and Odin have to adapt to modern times, and Thor trying to go into advertising. It's just one of those things that shouldn't work at all but it is so well written that it's wonderful. Why isn't there a film about this piece?!!! I need it.


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