After discovering doctor who on television at age eight, green was hooked on genre fiction and later went on to produce well over 60 novels in science fiction, fantasy, and urban fantasy. Its always three oclock in the morning, and the dawn never comes. Massey underground druid a new adult urban fantasy novel the colin mccool serie audiobook duration. Green pi john taylor walks the streets of the nightside, a slice of supernatural real estate hidden in the heart of london, populated. Something from the nightside is a wonderfully written fantasy under the guise of a private detective mystery. Now i make my living in the sunlit streets of london. Something from the nightside by simon r green, book 1 of the nightside series john taylor is a private detective. The characters are enigmatic and entertaining here in the nightside. Something from the nightside navy general library program. The series protagonist john taylor describes the nightside as a place where dreams come true and nightmares come alive. Agents of light and darkness is an actionpacked thriller, a delightful private eye investigative fantasy tale. The nightside novels are a great blending of lovecraft and holmes.
A recurring feature in the nightside is the appearance of timeslips, locations where the nightside collides with another part of space andor time, and sometimes with a completely separate, alternate timeline as well. Something from the nightside book summary and study guide. Green definitely packs a lot of material into it, and in a few sentences he spins up a fascinating other world in london full of monsters, creatures, and outright weirdos. There is i made it halfway through this book before having to abandon it. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read something from the nightside. Simon r green detective taylor uses his gift as a child of the nightside to help people find lost things, but when joanna barrett asks for his help finding her runaway daughter, taylor is forced to return to the.
See the complete nightside all short stories series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. I absolutely love this book and everything about it the only thing is it could be a little longer. Green states on his site, regarding the bride wore black leather, this is the last nightside novel featuring john taylor and friends and the last nightside novel for the time being. Something from the nightside taylor is the name, john taylor. Something from the nightside is very much in the hardboiled detective frame, only with a fanstasy twist. Nightside book series something from the nightside new york, ace 2003, isbn 0441010652 agents of light and darkness new york, ace 2003, isbn 04410116. Something from the nightside book summary and study guide simon r. Something from the nightside instant free ebook download. Something from the nightside is a skinny little book, barely more than a novella. This first book is a great intoduction into the nightside and the subsequent books delve deeper into the mystery that is johns past.
Something from the nightside is a pretty darn good read. Its good enough that i want to read the other books in the series. When the nightside series first kicks off in something from the nightside, john taylor is forced to go into the nightside to do a job. Buy something from the nightside by simon r green online at alibris. Its part of the gift i was born with as a child of the nightside. Something from the nightside nightside series book 1. I left there a long time ago, with my skin and sanity barely intact. Green pi john taylor walks the streets of the nightside, a slice of supernatural real estate hidden in the heart of london, populated by all manner of human and inhuman beings. Something from the nightside nightside, book 1 9780441010653. People are always coming and going, drawn by needs that dare not speak their names, searching for p. The nightside all short stories book series by multiple authors includes books something from the nightside, agents of light and darkness, nightingales lament, and several more. If you only read the first few pages, youre doing a disservice to yourself. This wikipedia is about the nightside and its universe and about its author simon r green.
John taylor is the protagonist of the series, the character through whose perspective the elusive mysteries of the nightside are explored. But business has been slow lately, so when joanna barrett showed up at my door. Something from the nightside ebook written by simon r. Something from the nightside by simon r green alibris. Thats why hes been hired to descend into the nightside, an otherworldly realm in the center of london where fantasy and reality share renting space and the sun never shines. Something from the nightside 2003 read online free book. Something from the nightside nightside wiki fandom. And not a very successful one, given his mounting debts and declining business. It caught my attention from the start, and after i read it i bought the second book in the series. The only problem with the book is the constant repeating of in the nightside. Simon green has, with his nightside books, fused the best elements of gritty urban fantasy with the best elements of hardboiled noir detective fiction to create something like mickey spillanes version of neil gaimans neverwhere. At the end of the secret histories novel, moon breaker, the final page says shaman bond. It isnt until john taylor ventures into the nightside that we actually experience the true genius of simon r. My card says im a detective, but what i really am is an expert on finding lost things.
Something from the nightside nightside series book 1 kindle. My card says im a detective, but what i really am is an expert on finding things. Something from the nightside is the introduction to john taylor, the man who can find anything and anyone. The nightside is a great place to visit and i cant wait to go back again. Something from the nightside by simon r green, book 1. Something from the nightside nightside series book 1 ebook.
Nightside all short stories book series thriftbooks. Okay, first the story is actually entertaining and light, a fun and mildly creepy read, here in the nightside. Taylor is a fantastic character, a hardluck story that happens to be immensely powerful. Something from the nightside is an interesting first book for a series. Nightside is a series of twelve fantasy novels by author simon r. Hes a native of the nightside, the seedy yet vibrant underbelly of london, where nothing is what it seems. Green 2003, paperback at the best online prices at. Something from the nightside nightside, book 1 by simon r green book cover, description, publication history.
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