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Nightside Omnibus #3
The Dark Heart of the Nightside
528 pages, Paperback
First published October 6, 2008
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About the author
Simon R. Green
311 books3,222 followersSimon Richard Green is a British science fiction and fantasy-author. He holds a degree in Modern English and American Literature from the University of Leicester. His first publication was in 1979.
His Deathstalker series is partly a parody of the usual space-opera of the 1950s, told with sovereign disregard of the rules of probability, while being at the same time extremely bloodthirsty.
Excerpted from Wikipedia.
His Deathstalker series is partly a parody of the usual space-opera of the 1950s, told with sovereign disregard of the rules of probability, while being at the same time extremely bloodthirsty.
Excerpted from Wikipedia.
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
December 30, 2017
Quite violent for me but I enjoyed the story otherwise.
February 24, 2020
Too boring story, Fake way of speaking and time wasting
August 11, 2014
Ah the last of the nightside omnibus's read up (ok I know there is another one but the rest of the series I have as single titles and to be honest I am pleased that I have) the book is rather tricky to read when you have two books in one and the introduction sort of feels irrelevant at the start of the second book since I had only just finished reading the previous book a few pages earlier.
Anyway I do love the reference to not only a twisted version of our own reality but also the references to London itself - ok some of them do come think and fast, so much so that it feels like Mr Green is simply throwing them because he had such a great idea and was determined to use them come hell or high water. And for that I think it lost a star - however there is a truly fascinating set of character, almost a parade of the bizarre and the grotesque however all of them are fascinating and appealing in their own way -if Nightside is their home then then ARE the nightside - and in this volume you find out that is closer to the truth than you realise.
The whole concept is a great Idea and I like that even though there are truly catastrophic events approaching the series goes on - it does make you ask the question, if they got through that what else can they have thrown at them. Well I guess I will be finding out shortly.
Anyway I do love the reference to not only a twisted version of our own reality but also the references to London itself - ok some of them do come think and fast, so much so that it feels like Mr Green is simply throwing them because he had such a great idea and was determined to use them come hell or high water. And for that I think it lost a star - however there is a truly fascinating set of character, almost a parade of the bizarre and the grotesque however all of them are fascinating and appealing in their own way -if Nightside is their home then then ARE the nightside - and in this volume you find out that is closer to the truth than you realise.
The whole concept is a great Idea and I like that even though there are truly catastrophic events approaching the series goes on - it does make you ask the question, if they got through that what else can they have thrown at them. Well I guess I will be finding out shortly.
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March 2, 2009ok didn't really like it
Want to Read
August 8, 2009Omnibus of books 5 & 6 of "Nightside" series.
Paths Not Taken (Book 5)
Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth (Book 6)
Paths Not Taken (Book 5)
Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth (Book 6)
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July 27, 2011like a darker and more dangerous version of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere.
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