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Summary: Where are the rest of them?
Review: Another in the peculiar strain of utterly outrageous British science-fiction humor authors, Tom Holt has actually written several more books than are available here. I had to go to London to get them! Here's a plea to publishers: Bring us more! Bring us Robert Rankin -- I can't find the Brentford Trilogy anywhere! And Rob Grant and Doug Naylor and Grant Naylor. And Diana Wynne Jones. We're missing a lot of laughs on this side of the Atlantic
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Summary: Very Funny Update to Wagner's Ring Cycle
Review: Ever wonder happened to the ring of the Nibelung after Gotterdammerung? Check this book out for a very funny update of the Ring to see how the hapless Malcolm inherits the all-powerful ring and becomes reluctant ruler of the world in modern-day England. He must confront contemporary incarnations of Alberich, Wotan, and some very seductive Rhinemaidens. The book is a good short (228 pages)fantasy novel that is lots of fun even if you don't know the Ring (and even funnier if you know the Ring well). It is great fun!
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Summary: Great stuff!
Review: Holt is great. Some of his newer works aren't as solid IMO. But this one, Who's Afraid of Beowulf? and Flying Dutch are a must read!
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Summary: An extraordinarily funny and well-written comic novel.
Review: Holt's comic novels can best be described as of uneven quality. When's he's on, there's no one better. When he's off, the comic twists and turns come off as strained and forced. I have only the highest recommendations, however, for Holt's best: "Expecting Someone Taller" and "Who's Afraid of Beowulf.""Expecting Someone Taller" is an inspired send-up of Wagner's "Ring Cycle." Woden, Loge, Alberich, a clutch of beautiful Valkyries, and the gorgeous Rhine Maidens all vie to steal the magic ring that makes its owner the most powerful being in the universe. Its current owner is Malcolm, a mild-mannered sort who has been dismissed as, well, disappointing, even by his own family. Malcolm dodges all the divine strategems designed to relieve him of the ring, but must deal with his own feelings for a goddess. The ending is best described as Gotterdammerung. Enjoy!
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Summary: Light-hearted, highly readable, very enjoyable
Review: I read this book slightly apprehensively, in that I am not an opera buff, nor am I familiar with Wagner's Ring Trilogy. But I gotta tell ya, once I started reading it, I couldn't stop. I really enjoyed Holt's pacing, and found the book to be humorous without requiring any knowledge whatsoever of who or what the characters are supposed to be. Just a really good read.
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Summary: Amusing, Slightly Dry with a twist
Review: This book kicks a*s!! My brother who is in collage gave me this boook to read when he was done w/it. I got it when I was about 11 bu couldent get all the way through it until this year when I read it for extra credit it Language arts
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Summary: The best book I have ever read -David age 13
Review: This book kicks a*s!! My brother who is in collage gave me this boook to read when he was done w/it. I got it when I was about 11 bu couldent get all the way through it until this year when I read it for extra credit it Language arts
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Summary: Amusing, Slightly Dry with a twist
Review: This was fun; the main character is a straight man, the badger/giant unexpectedly amusing, and the Valkyries with papa Wotan were a stitch! All in all, a book I had trouble putting down. Hope Tom keeps writing stuff like this.
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Summary: This is a Keeper - and it needs one, too
Review: Those of you who pay attention to my reviews will notice that I gave this puppy a four-star rating, and I almost never do that. If four and a half were possible, that's what I'd put in. Expecting Someone Taller riffs on Wagner. Fortunately, for those of you who ran out of video-tape or patience somewhere around the middle of the Ring Cycle, and aren't real sure what was happening in the parts you did watch, Tom Holt provides a plot summary. This tells you all you need to know about the Ring, and saves those who do not love opera from feeling that the whole thing has gone right over their heads. This book is convulsively funny. Malcolm Fisher runs down a badger whose dying words are, "Funny, I was expecting someone taller." I opened it on my evening commute some years ago, and transferred to a bus full of people who had not been conditioned by smothered giggles to ignoring me. I read the line (I know I shouldn't quote, but I just can't resist), "Thank you, Please come again." I laughed out loud, and didn't stop laughing for several blocks. My fellow passengers, needless to say, were astonished. Tom Holt does that to you. He knows his material, and has a great deal of fun ringing changes on it, and adheres to a certain mad logic. This one, especially, is very, very good. My copy is taped together. I still laugh when I re-read it. Yes, it's mad, but it's immense fun, and I recommend this whole-heartedly.
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Summary: Tom Holt Explores The Ring
Review: While to some The Ring Of The Niebelungen may be tedious and overlong in its operatic version, Tom Holt's parody of the story and its principal characters, Wotan and The Rhinemaidens, is irresistible. You'll find yourself keeping your eye on the Ring just as you would keep your eye on a baseball. What a wonderful read!
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