The series itself takes place in a fictional inner city area of london known as the nightside. Something from the nightside by simon r green, book 1 of the nightside series john taylor is a private detective. The nightside physically touches london for about a square mile in the dark heart of the old city. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read tales from the nightside. May, 2012 hi, im looking for a series like greens nightside to fullil my time nowadays and id like one similar. At times, greens deathstalker series is referenced as well. 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. Green is the new york times bestselling author of the secret histories novels, the novels of the nightside, the ghost finders series, and the deathstalker series. Im john taylor, a pi with a knack for finding things, helping those the nightside has chewed up and is about to spit. Simon greens nightside is a macabre and thoroughly entertaining world.
The series was published by marvel, but she has not been seen since the miniseries. Nightside is a series of urban fantasy novels that follow the exploits of a private investigator that has a knack for finding things. Dark, cynical, and humorous, the books offer an adventure into the nightside, where classic pulp pi novels blend with fantasy and science fiction. Nightside all short stories book series thriftbooks. The nightside series ties into simon greens hawk and fisher series. This, the first book of the nightside series, introduces us to many of the characters taylor knows, as well as introducing an overarching plot for the series. And not a very successful one, given his mounting debts and declining business.
In the previous volume, lilith declared that john taylor was an unexpected and unwelcome complication. Physically less than a square mile of london proper, if you can find a way to enter it, it becomes larger than the parent city filled with centuries worth of londons darkest, most dangerous side. Greens first book in the nightside series, something from the nightside, introduces us to a decadent and wild seamy underside of london where predators stroll openly with prey, where everything is for sale, and where even the taxis have teeth. Written like sam space meets lewis carroll adapted by terry gilliam, nightside is definitely a book to read if you. Ive already downloaded book 2 and cant wait 16 people found this helpful. People and other things come from all kinds of worlds and times to indulge in the secret and often perverse pleasures they can never pursue in their own worlds. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading something from the. And join john taylor, the pi with a knack for finding lost things, as he confronts. Nightside with dan rea rundown for march, 2020 wbz. Tales from the nightside presents ten macabre mysteries that shine a dim beam into the neighborhoods darkest corners to reveal things that should never come to light. A good rule of thumb is that series have a conventional name and are intentional creations, on the part of the author or publisher. Hes a child of the nightside, with a supernatural ability he can find things that are lost. The bride wore black leather ace january 3, 2012, isbn 1937007 8.
Hell to pay nightside series book 7 enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. 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 by simon green jo fletcher books. When my mother upends us to moons peak, a small coastal town, during my senior year, it feels like the end of the world. Like many concepts in the book world, series is a somewhat fluid and contested notion. The bride wore black leather ace january 3, 2012, isbn 19370078. Owen deathstalker became a hero after the great rebellion against the tyranny of lionstone xiv.
Green pi john taylor walks the streets of the nightside, a slice of supernatural real estate hidden in the heart of london, populated. Its the secret heart of london, beating to its own rhythm, pumping lifeblood through the veins of its streets and alleys hidden in eternal darkness, where creatures of the night congregate and where the sun is afraid to. The novels also contain references to various folklore and iconic world literature. Something from the nightside book summary and study guide. Green 1st in mysteryfantasy series john taylor, in search of a runaway girl, was born in nightside, an area of london where its always 3 a.
Jan 06, 2009 just another judgement day ebook written by simon r. Take a walk with such deadly and dangerous denizens of the nightside as razor eddie, dead boy, and larry oblivion as they encounter things even more inhuman and inhumane than. This ranks pretty highly amongst the audiobooks ive listened to so far. A mini series introducing and starring sydney taine, a detective.
Download the nightside audiobook series and listen anywhere, anytime on your iphone, android or windows device. Isbn 0441010652 its a place where the sun doesnt shine, a locale where past, present and future converge at times. Nightside is a series of twelve fantasy novels by author simon r. Best series ever book 1 may not be my favorite book in the series but i love all of them and the narrator deserves multiple awards. From that point on, green continues to write the phrase the nightside on nearly every single page, often accompanied by a. Deaths aside, this book was full of actionpacked plot and fun.
The bride wore black leather nightside series book 12. See more ideas about friend book, modern surrealism and supernatural season 7. I also love the mix of mythology and sf green creates and the stories are fast paced and entertaining. I am a fan of the dresden files but the nightside series i play over and over. Something from the nightside is an interesting first book for a series. Read something from the nightside 2003 online free. A miniseries introducing and starring sydney taine, a detective. Something from the nightside by simon r green, book 1. But its fast and fun and sets up things for the better following books in the series. He later learns to relocate certain objects, such as unloading enemy weapons at a distance, removing cavity. The nightside is called so because it experiences perpetual night. From the new york times bestselling author, the beginning of an exciting new series of hardboiled. Green 2015, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay.
Praise for the novels of the nightside a macabre and thoroughly. Hex and the city nightside series book 4 enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Written like sam space meets lewis carroll adapted by terry gilliam, nightside is definitely a book to read if you want to get hooked on a wonderful urban fantasy series. Complete set series lot of nightside books by simon r. Just another judgement day ebook written by simon r. The nightside series began in 2003 with something from the nightside and continues to this day. Something from the nightside nightside series book 1 kindle edition by green, simon r download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Green john taylor nightside secret history 12 firsts. The nightside is an unusual place, and with some development i think this series will be really good. What i do is find things people, objectsand in this case, the truth about the origins of the nightside. The nightside experiences perpetual night its always 3am. Tonight on nightside, president trump declares a national emergency and governor charlie baker has banned gatherings of 250 people or more. Only in that dark heart of london where its always three a. 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.
Tales from the nightside new york times bestselling author simon r. Nightside is the uncanny underside of london, inhabited by a bewildering variety of supernatural beings, where its perpetually 3 am and you can get anything you want, and also things you decidedly dont want. Series was designed to cover groups of books generally understood as such see wikipedia. However, i will also say this book was probably my favorite of the drood books, and one of my favorites of the nightside series. This is the tenth, yes the tenth, book in the nightside series by simon green. I really enjoyed the first book of this series and was certainly not disappointed with the story and the narrator.
John taylor is a private detective with a difference. Green, in order of when they were originally published. Green is the new york times bestselling author of the novels of the nightside the bride wore black leather, a hard days knight, the good, the bad, and the uncanny, the secret histories novels property of a lady faire, casino infernale, live and let drood, the ghost finders novels forces from beyond, spirits from beyond, ghost of a dream, and the deathstalker novels. Green returns to the nightside with this landmark collection of short fiction. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. See the complete nightside all short stories series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. Something from the nightside nightside series book 1. Green describes it as an inner city area located in london. Below is an list of all of the nightside books by simon r. A talented man who doubles up as a detective and a talented chap with a strong intuition find a job in the nightside, a dark realm right in the heart of london. Hi, im looking for a series like greens nightside to fullil my time nowadays and id like one similar. When we first meet him, hes living in london, ekeing out a living by employing his gift for finding things while trying to avoid reminders of his past in the nightside, a seedy, supernatural side of london where its always 3am. A macabre and thoroughly entertaining world jim butcher, author of the dresden files private eye john taylor swore hed never return to the nightside, the hellish netherworld under london. I loved this book in spite of all of the negative things above.
It caught my attention from the start, and after i read it i bought the second book in the series. He used to be very good 5 years ago when he was still in the nightside where his ability, to be able to find anything, actually worked. However, once in the nightside, its boundaries extend for miles or more. Get the audible audio editions of the nightside series from the. Sharper than a serpents tooth 2006 is the sixth urban fantasy novel in the nightside series, following paths not taken. But he and his compatriots have no chance to enjoy their victory before they are launched into conflict again this time among factions quarreling over who will replace the deposed empress. Discover more authors youll love listening to on audible. 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. Green 2003, paperback at the best online prices at. John taylor has been hired to move down into the nightside, where both fantasy and reality exist, and the sun hardly comes out. My card says im a detective, but what i really am is an expert on finding lost things.
Tales from the nightside a nightside book book kindle edition. The time passed really fast and i couldnt stop listening to what was happening to john taylor in the nightside. Another in greens urbanfantasy noir nightside series a hard days knight, 2011, etc. While the last couple books in the series have been a bit less spectacular than the rest of the series, this book picks up the slack and starts a wonderful new storyline. Green has been writing and publishing since 1973, with several book series and standalone novels that predate nightside. Our narrator, multitalented pi john taylor, now appointed walker think. Nightside series collection set books 112 paperback simon r. The story of john taylor, a private detective in the nightside, hidden deep in londons heart where it is always 3 a. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read just another judgement day. An archive of our own, a project of the organization for transformative works.
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