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The Resident Jinn, Number Seventy St Mary Axe

I’ve now finished with Tom Holt’s series of books centered around J.W. Wells and Company, the magical firm from Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Sorcerer. I had previously read The Portable Door, In Your Dreams, and The Better Mousetrap. The first … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Humor, Magic, Mythology, Norse, Tom Holt | Tagged audhumbla, demons, earth air fire and custard, gilbert and sullivan, goblins, may contain traces of magic, odin, paul carpenter, you don't have to be evil to work here but it helps |

Non-Traditional Travel

The Long Mars, by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter – The third book in the Long Earth series, and perhaps the last unless Baxter gets another co-author. It’s kind of melancholy reading this after Pratchett’s death. The earlier books established … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Magic, Terry Pratchett, Tom Holt | Tagged gilbert and sullivan, goblins, john wellington wells, mars, paul carpenter, sophie pettingell, stephen baxter, the long earth, the long mars, the portable door, the sorcerer |

The Craziest Trap You’ll Ever See

The Better Mousetrap, by Tom Holt – This one is in the same series as In Your Dreams, but takes place some time later, when J.W. Wells has gone bust and Paul Carpenter and Sophie have retired into their own … Continue reading →

The Business of Magic

In Your Dreams, by Tom Holt – When you rely on libraries for your reading material, it’s an unfortunate fact that they rarely carry all of the volumes in a series, and the ones they do have often seem randomly … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Tom Holt | Tagged bilbo baggins, fairies, gilbert and sullivan, goblins, in your dreams, j.w. wells & co., john wellington wells, paul carpenter, the sorcerer |