Welcome to the first episode of Electric Monks, A podcast devoted to Douglas Adams' novels about the adventures of the Holistic Detective Dirk Gently, hosted by 3 fans of Douglas Adams' work: Ed from the UK, Nemothorx from Australia and Dalekcraft from the USA. This first episode covers Douglas Adams' life as Ed, Nemo and Dalek comment upon his body of work: From his brief cameo appearances in Monty Python, to the huge success of The Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, to his time as the Script Editor and writer for Doctor Who, and of course his later books including the Dirk Gently novels. If you're new to the world of the Adamsverse and want to know more about his work (But especially Dirk Gently) then this podcast should be ideal for you; don't panic if you can't tell the difference between an infinite improbability drive from a Pan galactic gargle blaster! At the same time we've done enough research to unearth some interesting lesser-known material, such as Douglas' original pitch for Hitchhikers Guide, which has some surprising differences to the final product... Look out for our next podcast when we will be doing an in depth analysis of the first Dirk Gently novel, and feel free to get in contact with us via our website: www.dirkgentlypodcast.wordpress.com