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The Diogenes Club #2
The Secret Files of the Diogenes Club
From the 1860s to the present, these are the accounts of the Diogenes Club, whose agents solve crimes too strange for Britain's police, protecting the realm and this entire plane of existence from occult menaces, threats born in other dimensions, magical perfidy and the Deep Dark Deadly Ones. Kim Newman continues the series began in The Man From the Diogenes Club, revealing more of the secrets of the British Empire's most secret service.
400 pages, Paperback
First published November 25, 2007
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About the author
Kim Newman
288 books950 followersNote: This author also writes under the pseudonym of Jack Yeovil.
An expert on horror and sci-fi cinema (his books of film criticism include Nightmare Movies and Millennium Movies), Kim Newman's novels draw promiscuously on the tropes of horror, sci-fi and fantasy. He is complexly and irreverently referential; the Dracula sequence--Anno Dracula, The Bloody Red Baron and Dracula,Cha Cha Cha--not only portrays an alternate world in which the Count conquers Victorian Britain for a while, is the mastermind behind Germany's air aces in World War One and survives into a jetset 1950s of paparazzi and La Dolce Vita, but does so with endless throwaway references that range from Kipling to James Bond, from Edgar Allen Poe to Patricia Highsmith.
In horror novels such as Bad Dreams and Jago, reality turns out to be endlessly subverted by the powerfully malign. His pseudonymous novels, as Jack Yeovil, play elegant games with genre cliche--perhaps the best of these is the sword-and-sorcery novel Drachenfels which takes the prescribed formulae of the games company to whose bible it was written and make them over entirely into a Kim Newman novel.
Life's Lottery, his most mainstream novel, consists of multiple choice fragments which enable readers to choose the hero's fate and take him into horror, crime and sf storylines or into mundane reality.
An expert on horror and sci-fi cinema (his books of film criticism include Nightmare Movies and Millennium Movies), Kim Newman's novels draw promiscuously on the tropes of horror, sci-fi and fantasy. He is complexly and irreverently referential; the Dracula sequence--Anno Dracula, The Bloody Red Baron and Dracula,Cha Cha Cha--not only portrays an alternate world in which the Count conquers Victorian Britain for a while, is the mastermind behind Germany's air aces in World War One and survives into a jetset 1950s of paparazzi and La Dolce Vita, but does so with endless throwaway references that range from Kipling to James Bond, from Edgar Allen Poe to Patricia Highsmith.
In horror novels such as Bad Dreams and Jago, reality turns out to be endlessly subverted by the powerfully malign. His pseudonymous novels, as Jack Yeovil, play elegant games with genre cliche--perhaps the best of these is the sword-and-sorcery novel Drachenfels which takes the prescribed formulae of the games company to whose bible it was written and make them over entirely into a Kim Newman novel.
Life's Lottery, his most mainstream novel, consists of multiple choice fragments which enable readers to choose the hero's fate and take him into horror, crime and sf storylines or into mundane reality.
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September 23, 2010
3 1/2 overall
A collection of Secret History stories by Kim Newman, the author of one of my favorite vampire novels ever (which is also an historical fiction): Anno Dracula.
This story takes us through the files of the Diogenes Club, the club founded by Sherlock's cleverer brother Mycroft. In the Sherlock Holmes stories, Mycroft is clever, but lazy. In these stories, Mycroft merely wishes to remain out of the public spotlight, since his Club deals with mysteries of a more occult nature - thus, the secret histories.
The first story is 'The Gypsies in the Wood'. This was a reread for me, and the reason why I, ultimately, wanted to get my hands on this book. It follows Charles Beauregard and reporter Kate Reed as they investigate a girl who was, apparently, returned by the faeries several years after her disappearance. I enjoyed this story just as much on the second read, mostly because I really like the characters of Charles and Kate, and it is my favorite of the collection. 4 stars.
Unfortunately, after this story we never really see Kate again, and Charles takes a more peripheral role, as he becomes the head of the Club instead of an investigator.
Richard Riddle, Boy Detective in "The Case of the French Spy"
This story was ok, and the characters were fine, but I didn't click with this one nearly as much. That said, I did like the depiction of the fundamental crazy dude being, well, crazy.
3 stars
With Angel Down, Sussex we find ourselves with another changeling case, and with the introduction of a recurring character who is truly interesting. I can't really say how or why without giving too much away, so I'll just say dear Rose is more than meets the eye.
We also miss Edwin Winthrop and Catriona Kaye, who pretty much take over the roles of Charles and Kate, though I don't like Edwin nearly as much. I like Catriona, being a rather willful and independent woman, risking the wrath and ire of her family by living with a man but not being married to him. Quite shocking, in the time period of the story.
The best part about this story, though, is having Sir Arthur Conan Coyle and Aleister Crowley as characters at odds with each other. Also, we get some glimpses of Charles in his role as the head honcho.
3 1/2 stars
In Clubland Heroes Catriona is mostly on her own, since she is not, at the time, an official member of the Club and can act as an independent entity. In this world, aside from occult monsters and threats, there are also super-heroes - though generally of a sort of scientific bend and less magical (though there's a bit of that, too.)
In 'Clubland Heroes', Catriona is called on the investigate the murder of a misanthropic and unloved man, who is also the neighbor to a group of six of these heroes. I quite like the disdain that Catriona has for these people, all ego and flash, and the story is interesting, though somewhat sad.
3 stars
The Big Fish is probably my least favorite of the lot. Not that it was bad, per se - it just didn't do much for me.
In this story, Edwin Winthrop is once again in evidence, though Catriona is not. Instead we are introduced to the enigmatic French agent, Genevieve Dieudonne - but both are peripheral to the story, since this one is from the perspective of a hired private eye investigating the disappearance of a crime lord and a baby, and stumbles into the Water War (hidden within WWII), involving The Deep Ones via Janice Marsh and the Esoteric Order of Dagon.
It's an ok story, but for a story concerning the Deep Ones, there's not much in the way of terror.
2 1/2 stars
Another Fish Story also involves Miss Marsh and her plots to flood the Earth, but we're also introduced to the character of Derek Leech - a man who prefers a quieter, long-term apocolypse, and a man of quiet, unpresuming terror.
Oh, yes, we also meet some strang people in the desert called the Family, headed by a dude named Charlie, going on about bringing an end to the world and Helter Skelter. They're not called Secret Histories for nothing.
But the real thing that makes this story is the character of Leech, and the terror his inspires even in someone as depraved as Charlie boy.
3 1/2 stars
Cold Snap is the last of the stories, and gathers some old familiar faces, such as Catriona, now heading up the Club, and little Rose, and Gene - but also introduces as to some new, young faces - the apparent future of the Diogenes Club. And we run across Clever Dick, from the Clubland Heroes story, again - which kind of sucks, because he was annoying then and he's more annoying now.
We also have an interesting partnership, as Leech and his group join with the Club to try and stop the Cold from destroying the world. (Once again, we have Leech averting an apocolypse not because he's opposed to all the death, but because he prefers his version - pairing with the goodies of the Club.)
Not a bad story, but a lot of the "old timers" don't really end up doing anything, so it's almost like "were those parts even necessary?" I did quite like Adriane - the Elder of the Kind - and the part with Rose was chuckle worthy. And I liked the development of Shade.
Leech, on the other hand, wasn't nearly as interesting as he was in the other story.
3 stars
***
I think my overall 'problem' with the collection is that they are very much plot-based. Even though it introduces these new and interesting characters, most of the stories are more about the goings on than the characters. Even seeing characters from story to story produces more of "oh, I recognize that name" and less any sort of real insight into the characters.
There are a few exceptions to this, and those stories are generally the ones I rated higher.
Again, this is purely a matter of personal preference. None of the stories are bad, and its a good collection - one I wouldn't mind recommending, though with, perhaps, a caveat or two as mentioned above. :>
A collection of Secret History stories by Kim Newman, the author of one of my favorite vampire novels ever (which is also an historical fiction): Anno Dracula.
This story takes us through the files of the Diogenes Club, the club founded by Sherlock's cleverer brother Mycroft. In the Sherlock Holmes stories, Mycroft is clever, but lazy. In these stories, Mycroft merely wishes to remain out of the public spotlight, since his Club deals with mysteries of a more occult nature - thus, the secret histories.
The first story is 'The Gypsies in the Wood'. This was a reread for me, and the reason why I, ultimately, wanted to get my hands on this book. It follows Charles Beauregard and reporter Kate Reed as they investigate a girl who was, apparently, returned by the faeries several years after her disappearance. I enjoyed this story just as much on the second read, mostly because I really like the characters of Charles and Kate, and it is my favorite of the collection. 4 stars.
Unfortunately, after this story we never really see Kate again, and Charles takes a more peripheral role, as he becomes the head of the Club instead of an investigator.
Richard Riddle, Boy Detective in "The Case of the French Spy"
This story was ok, and the characters were fine, but I didn't click with this one nearly as much. That said, I did like the depiction of the fundamental crazy dude being, well, crazy.
3 stars
With Angel Down, Sussex we find ourselves with another changeling case, and with the introduction of a recurring character who is truly interesting. I can't really say how or why without giving too much away, so I'll just say dear Rose is more than meets the eye.
We also miss Edwin Winthrop and Catriona Kaye, who pretty much take over the roles of Charles and Kate, though I don't like Edwin nearly as much. I like Catriona, being a rather willful and independent woman, risking the wrath and ire of her family by living with a man but not being married to him. Quite shocking, in the time period of the story.
The best part about this story, though, is having Sir Arthur Conan Coyle and Aleister Crowley as characters at odds with each other. Also, we get some glimpses of Charles in his role as the head honcho.
3 1/2 stars
In Clubland Heroes Catriona is mostly on her own, since she is not, at the time, an official member of the Club and can act as an independent entity. In this world, aside from occult monsters and threats, there are also super-heroes - though generally of a sort of scientific bend and less magical (though there's a bit of that, too.)
In 'Clubland Heroes', Catriona is called on the investigate the murder of a misanthropic and unloved man, who is also the neighbor to a group of six of these heroes. I quite like the disdain that Catriona has for these people, all ego and flash, and the story is interesting, though somewhat sad.
3 stars
The Big Fish is probably my least favorite of the lot. Not that it was bad, per se - it just didn't do much for me.
In this story, Edwin Winthrop is once again in evidence, though Catriona is not. Instead we are introduced to the enigmatic French agent, Genevieve Dieudonne - but both are peripheral to the story, since this one is from the perspective of a hired private eye investigating the disappearance of a crime lord and a baby, and stumbles into the Water War (hidden within WWII), involving The Deep Ones via Janice Marsh and the Esoteric Order of Dagon.
It's an ok story, but for a story concerning the Deep Ones, there's not much in the way of terror.
2 1/2 stars
Another Fish Story also involves Miss Marsh and her plots to flood the Earth, but we're also introduced to the character of Derek Leech - a man who prefers a quieter, long-term apocolypse, and a man of quiet, unpresuming terror.
Oh, yes, we also meet some strang people in the desert called the Family, headed by a dude named Charlie, going on about bringing an end to the world and Helter Skelter. They're not called Secret Histories for nothing.
But the real thing that makes this story is the character of Leech, and the terror his inspires even in someone as depraved as Charlie boy.
3 1/2 stars
Cold Snap is the last of the stories, and gathers some old familiar faces, such as Catriona, now heading up the Club, and little Rose, and Gene - but also introduces as to some new, young faces - the apparent future of the Diogenes Club. And we run across Clever Dick, from the Clubland Heroes story, again - which kind of sucks, because he was annoying then and he's more annoying now.
We also have an interesting partnership, as Leech and his group join with the Club to try and stop the Cold from destroying the world. (Once again, we have Leech averting an apocolypse not because he's opposed to all the death, but because he prefers his version - pairing with the goodies of the Club.)
Not a bad story, but a lot of the "old timers" don't really end up doing anything, so it's almost like "were those parts even necessary?" I did quite like Adriane - the Elder of the Kind - and the part with Rose was chuckle worthy. And I liked the development of Shade.
Leech, on the other hand, wasn't nearly as interesting as he was in the other story.
3 stars
***
I think my overall 'problem' with the collection is that they are very much plot-based. Even though it introduces these new and interesting characters, most of the stories are more about the goings on than the characters. Even seeing characters from story to story produces more of "oh, I recognize that name" and less any sort of real insight into the characters.
There are a few exceptions to this, and those stories are generally the ones I rated higher.
Again, this is purely a matter of personal preference. None of the stories are bad, and its a good collection - one I wouldn't mind recommending, though with, perhaps, a caveat or two as mentioned above. :>
January 21, 2019
I liked this collection much better than The Man From the Diogenes Club. It has had a wider range of characters, periods and threats. MftDC is almost entirely set in the 1970s, all of the stories focus on Richard Jeperson and are largely about psychic or ghostly threats. The Secret Files of the Diogenes Club’s stories are set in various periods, have a multiple protagonists and different paranormal threats. “The Gypsies in the Wood” is Victorian, featuring Charles Beauregard and Kate Reed (originally from Anno Dracula) dealing with the Fae (changelings). “Clubland Heroes” has Catriona Kaye investigating what appears to be a simple murder involving early-20th Century British Superheroes. “Angel Down, Sussex” also features Catriona Kaye (and Edwin Winthrop – originally from Bloody Red Baron) dealing with aliens – the story also involves Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Aliester Crowley. “The Big Fish” is 1940s with the Deep Ones, tangentially related to “Another Fish Story” which is set in the 19060s. The final story “Cold Snap” I set in the 1970s, with Jeperson (from The Man from the Diogenes Club) dealing with an elemental of primal cold. The stories in this book are not all even focused on the Diogenes Club agents: the protagonist in “Richard Riddle, Boy Detective” (19th C) is the aforementioned boy detective, dealing with the Deep Ones; “The Big Fish” narrated by Phillip Marlowe (never identified by name, but you can tell - FYI an elderly Marlowe also appears in Newman’s later novel, Johnny Alucard); and “Another Fish Story” addresses Derek Leech (future evil media mogul and, if not THE devil at least A devil “He was a start-up Mephisto, the journeyman tempter, the mysterious stranger passing through, the new gun in town”) and Charlie Manson. Some of the stories also introduce you to “The Undertakers” who are essentially Victorian Men in Black, but less sympathetic. Solid 4 stars.
April 28, 2008
A short story collection about London's least-known intelligence service. I'm not done with it yet, but so far, we've dealt with faeries and changelings, a merman imprisoned by religious fanatics, Charles Manson, and some nightmares from the Lovecraft mythos. I'm usually not a fan of short stories, but this collection intrigued me.
May 11, 2009
I really enjoyed this book, though I didn't think I would. Newman did a good job of pulling me into the world of these characters, spanning nearly a century easily, something I generally don't like. I'm not sure what kind of book this is, science fiction, fantasy, mystery, something in-between, but I would recomend it to anyone looking for something a little off the beaten path.
March 21, 2009
I picked this book up based on reading another short story by Kim Newman (also about the Diogenes Club). This book follows an interesting set of characters with different (paranormal) powers, and kind of gives the background to the story I had originally read.
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September 2, 2015More later.
For now, I read this book yesterday as part of a general mental health day. It is not great literature, but rather the book equivalent of comfort food.
For now, I read this book yesterday as part of a general mental health day. It is not great literature, but rather the book equivalent of comfort food.
October 17, 2025
4 stars because you get exactly what's been advertised. It starts out as an example of that stereotypical British fantasy subgenre : ' British secret organization handling paranormal threats to the Crown '.
This one is a collection of pastiche . Every story touches upon different horror & detective genres , with a lot of fictional, folkloric and real characters of the different time periods thrown into the mix . We have Faery changelings, Goblins, Super hero/villains ,Lovecraftian creatures , Aleister Crowley, Charles Manson .... etc (Even some Alien greys probing in all the wrong places ! ) Luckily the Diogenes club will be there to take them on.
A fun read for a rainy afternoon.
A bit of nitpicking. It starts in the 1860thies with young but experienced member of the Diogenes club investigating this Welsh fairy-tale. , and yet the same character (Charles) keeps popping up . as one of the leading figures in a story set in 1927...
Bit too old isn't he ?
This one is a collection of pastiche . Every story touches upon different horror & detective genres , with a lot of fictional, folkloric and real characters of the different time periods thrown into the mix . We have Faery changelings, Goblins, Super hero/villains ,Lovecraftian creatures , Aleister Crowley, Charles Manson .... etc (Even some Alien greys probing in all the wrong places ! ) Luckily the Diogenes club will be there to take them on.
A fun read for a rainy afternoon.
A bit of nitpicking. It starts in the 1860thies with young but experienced member of the Diogenes club investigating this Welsh fairy-tale. , and yet the same character (Charles) keeps popping up . as one of the leading figures in a story set in 1927...
Bit too old isn't he ?
January 1, 2021
This is a series of stories on the different alternate settings Mr. Newman has developed, all related but with some differences. There is little vampire emphasis, but some stories can be considered to be in the same frame as the Anno Dracula books.
What makes it interesting is that the stories span a wide range of times, narrators, opposition and style. Philip Marlowe against the Deep Ones was a flub, for me, but others clicked very well. It is difficult to get a great rating with a compilation like this, but it is quite good if you like Mr. Newman’s kind of fantasy.
What makes it interesting is that the stories span a wide range of times, narrators, opposition and style. Philip Marlowe against the Deep Ones was a flub, for me, but others clicked very well. It is difficult to get a great rating with a compilation like this, but it is quite good if you like Mr. Newman’s kind of fantasy.
January 20, 2018
Does a better job of bringing together major and minor characters from Newman's oeuvre, than the first collection, the man from the diogenes club. The stories from different eras, timelines into a much more cohesive and rewarding melange. Looking forward to the next one when i get a hold of it...
March 9, 2019
I'm not a fan of short stories...didn't finish....
February 11, 2012
I believe there are two ways of successfully writing genre fiction in this day and age, you either write for your world and put blinders on trying to block out anything that has come before, or you openly embrace the history and give the fans exactly what they want. The danger of the second strategy is that an author can come away looking like they are writing fanfic, their self-conscious quality can interfere with good storytelling, or the placating fan service yields a lazy dependence on tropes.
Kim Newman plays the standards of the industry, like a jazz virtuoso. He pulls from pulp concepts and pushes the whole world of Weird Tales into the limelight again. He creates great little stories that focus stylistically on post-victorian mysticals, hard boiled detectives, turn of the century sci-fis, classical children's mysteries, parlor mysteries (of super heroes no less), and Avengers/Mission Impossible/League of Extraordinary Gentleman style crime-fighting teams.
Throughout all of these little explorations and vignettes you watch characters come and go, interlaced and interacting directly or from the other's legacies.
This book is a great world builder, but unlike someone like China Miéville who pounds the world into your face, Newman embraces Balzac's concept of creating an environment where characters live inside it, grow, age and die and we as the reader are looking in on the snowglobe to see how everything is going. That said, his characters are really only vehicles to tell his kooky ideas, without having especially deep relationships with them, so perhaps this is more like going to a friends party and seeing who shows up. You catch up on what they are up to, you are glad that you see them (but you don't know their number to call them). But, clearly he loves these characters, so much that he uses alternative versions of them in the different worlds that he creates (Anno Dracula and Warhammer) ala Michael Moorcock.
This book has absolutely made me a fan, and I'll be looking to follow these characters from this timeline in his other fiction.
Kim Newman plays the standards of the industry, like a jazz virtuoso. He pulls from pulp concepts and pushes the whole world of Weird Tales into the limelight again. He creates great little stories that focus stylistically on post-victorian mysticals, hard boiled detectives, turn of the century sci-fis, classical children's mysteries, parlor mysteries (of super heroes no less), and Avengers/Mission Impossible/League of Extraordinary Gentleman style crime-fighting teams.
Throughout all of these little explorations and vignettes you watch characters come and go, interlaced and interacting directly or from the other's legacies.
This book is a great world builder, but unlike someone like China Miéville who pounds the world into your face, Newman embraces Balzac's concept of creating an environment where characters live inside it, grow, age and die and we as the reader are looking in on the snowglobe to see how everything is going. That said, his characters are really only vehicles to tell his kooky ideas, without having especially deep relationships with them, so perhaps this is more like going to a friends party and seeing who shows up. You catch up on what they are up to, you are glad that you see them (but you don't know their number to call them). But, clearly he loves these characters, so much that he uses alternative versions of them in the different worlds that he creates (Anno Dracula and Warhammer) ala Michael Moorcock.
This book has absolutely made me a fan, and I'll be looking to follow these characters from this timeline in his other fiction.
June 24, 2011
This is the time when Kim Newman fans have their time under the sun/moon, as Da Man's new book becomes available, allowing us to read atleast one new story. In this collection we get the opprtunity to read total seven stories, which are:
1. "Gypsies in the Wood", a perfectly creepy novella that re-introduces us to Charles Beauregard and Katherine Reed.
2. "Richard Riddle, Boy Detective", a horror story told in Enid-Blyton's style, complete with ciphers (used in the cover of the book, as well).
3. "Angel Down, Sussex", a story that veers towards the science-fiction category than horror.
4. "Clubland Heroes" is more about individuality and human attitude, than anything connected to horror.
5. "The Big Fish", the story that comes perfectly under the 'hard-bolied' genre, apart from being a tribute to both H.P. Lovecraft and Raymond Chandler.
6. "Another Fish Story" is about the quest for the subterranean sea below the Mojave desert by Derek Leech.
7. "Cold Snap" is original to this collection and is a delightful tale of the last stand against something primordially strong and "how Jeperson defeated Leech again".
All in all, a fabulous collection to be grabbed and relished over a long pderiod of time. Enjoy your reading.
1. "Gypsies in the Wood", a perfectly creepy novella that re-introduces us to Charles Beauregard and Katherine Reed.
2. "Richard Riddle, Boy Detective", a horror story told in Enid-Blyton's style, complete with ciphers (used in the cover of the book, as well).
3. "Angel Down, Sussex", a story that veers towards the science-fiction category than horror.
4. "Clubland Heroes" is more about individuality and human attitude, than anything connected to horror.
5. "The Big Fish", the story that comes perfectly under the 'hard-bolied' genre, apart from being a tribute to both H.P. Lovecraft and Raymond Chandler.
6. "Another Fish Story" is about the quest for the subterranean sea below the Mojave desert by Derek Leech.
7. "Cold Snap" is original to this collection and is a delightful tale of the last stand against something primordially strong and "how Jeperson defeated Leech again".
All in all, a fabulous collection to be grabbed and relished over a long pderiod of time. Enjoy your reading.
October 1, 2011
There is one thing I love about Kim's work, it's that he always adds in little easter eggs into it. Be it references to other works or his own (though in a different timeline, etc), it always is interesting to see the connection. In this series of stories he added a character from the Warhammer series about a vampire, which I thought was too cool.
Anyway, onto the book itself. Much like the book before this, this one collects a rather entertaining series of stories together. I enjoyed them all to be frank, even the ones about the boy detective which normally I wouldn't be all for. Kim's writing style is engaging, his subject matter interesting, and as mentioned, his media tie ins are fun and entertaining.
All in all, I highly recommend this book to my friends. It's a fun and enjoyable read, and you won't be left down by it.
Anyway, onto the book itself. Much like the book before this, this one collects a rather entertaining series of stories together. I enjoyed them all to be frank, even the ones about the boy detective which normally I wouldn't be all for. Kim's writing style is engaging, his subject matter interesting, and as mentioned, his media tie ins are fun and entertaining.
All in all, I highly recommend this book to my friends. It's a fun and enjoyable read, and you won't be left down by it.
July 7, 2015
Set in an alternative Earth different from our own and from Newman's Anno Dracula world, Newman crates a world where Lovecraftian horrors, egomaniacal super-powered individuals, and invaders from the world of the Fae seek to conquer or destroy the humanity, and only one group stands in the way of this cosmic jiggery-pokery, the Diogenes Club. Once led by the inimitable Mycroft Holmes, the Club, reputed to be filled with the most unclubbable men in all of England, stands ready to fight the good fight for humanity. The Secret Files is a series of interrelated short stories setting forth various adventures of the Club and its members on behalf of the human race from the 1860's to the 1970's. Newman is in fine form with his usual mix of action, horror and madcap humor. Recommended.
November 23, 2012
I can't say enough about Newman's stuff, especially the Diogenes Club stories. Wonderful Wold Newton style use of historical and literary characters in some really fun pastiches. Definitely hits me where I live.
November 6, 2007
I have a fond spot in my heart for the stories of the Diogenes club, which I think is amongst Newman's best work. This volume, about 2/3rds I'd read ebfore, certainly didn't disappoint.
March 14, 2009
This book only gets better as you get into it though the first story was a tough read to get through.
December 5, 2010
See my other Diogenes Club review. This collection spans a greater period of time, and he has a Dramatis Personae and glossary in the back to make Spot The Reference easier. Still great, though.
April 11, 2015
Loved this book and the series it falls into from Kim Newman. I will happily buy any book Newman puts out because it always turns out to be worth my time.
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