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Title: That Darn Squid God by Nick Pollotta ISBN: 1-59224-097-6 Publisher: Wildside Press Pub. Date: 15 April, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The year is 1881...
Comment: "...and moon is slowly revolving to reveal it's darkly hidden face. Soon Prof. Einstein and Lord Carstairs find themselves pursued by disciples of the Squid God. They fight a desperate battle to save the world before the time of the demon god's return. However, while the adventurers are away, who will save London from the rampaging "squiddies"?
At first this story reads like a classic Victorian melodrama, rather reminiscent of a Sherlock Holmes tale. But within a page or so, it develops into a unique fantasy/comedy with a style of it's very own. The main characters are larger than life and brighter than technicolour. Professor Felix Einstein reads like an ageing Indiana Jones with less philanthropic tendencies. Einstein thinks nothing of breaking into the Vatican to steal an artifact or acquiring other priceless relics via less than reputable sources. Lord Carstairs is a boys-own hero. You can see his square jaw and stiff upper lip clearly between the lines of the story. The story is truly fantastic (in both senses). It is necessary to take a step out of reality and accept certain things as fact, especially when learning of the artifacts held in Professor Einstein's museum.
I found the whole novel utterly compelling. It was nigh on impossible to put the book down despite being in desperate need of sleep. In fact Steve (my husband) must have grown totally sick of me digging him in the ribs just to read another section from the story.
As an English woman I especially enjoyed the over-the-top characterizations of the Victorian gentry, in particular the Explorers Club's Ladies Auxiliary. This group of ladies show what makes an English gentlewoman - the ability to provide cups of tea, buttered crumpets and muffins whilst taking pot-shots at the enemy with an elephant gun and debating the various uses of barbed wire (don't ask me for more details - just read the book and you will understand).
All in all, this is a hell of a story."
Rating: 5
Summary: If I could rate this book 10 stars, I would!
Comment: Wonderful humor/fantasy story!
Rating: 5
Summary: A "must" read!!!!!
Comment: I just couldn't put this book down. Great writing and story line!
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Title: Bureau 13 : #1 Judgment Night by Nick Pollotta ISBN: 1587153092 Publisher: Wildside Press Pub. Date: December, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Illegal Aliens by Nick Pollotta, Phil Foglio ISBN: 1587157969 Publisher: Wildside Pr Pub. Date: 26 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Occult Detectives of C. J. Henderson by C. J. Henderson ISBN: 1892669102 Publisher: Marietta Publishing Pub. Date: 01 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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Title: Bureau 13: Doomsday Exam by Nick Pollotta ISBN: 1587154676 Publisher: Wildside Press Pub. Date: February, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Bureau 13: Full Moonster by Nick Pollotta ISBN: 1587157586 Publisher: Wildside Pr Pub. Date: August, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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