Ben Preston

A fun quick read/listen.

Revisado: 04-09-21

Well paced, fun mix of future tech and old world magic.
The narrator is fantastic. I am looking forward to more in this series.

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Excellent continuation of Threadbear Universe

Revisado: 11-15-19

This is a very fun book but I recommend reading the Theadbear books first.

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Table of Contents

Revisado: 02-05-15

For those who are curious, here are all the stories in this books.
(I know I wish this was included in the description)

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Introduction
In the Forest of Villefère
A Song of the Werewolf Folk
Wolfshead
Up, John Kane!
Remembrance
The Dream Snake
Sea Curse
The Moor Ghost
Moon Mockery
The Little People
Dead Man’s Hate
The Tavern
Rattle of Bones
The Fear That Follows
The Spirit of Tom Molyneaux
Casonetto’s Last Song
The Touch of Death
Out of the Deep
A Legend of Faring Town
Restless Waters
The Shadow of the Beast
The Dead Slaver’s Tale
Dermod’s Bane
The Hills of the Dead
Dig Me No Grave
The Song of a Mad Minstrel
The Children of the Night
Musings
The Black Stone
The Thing on the Roof
The Dweller in Dark Valley
The Horror from the Mound
A Dull Sound as of Knocking
People of the Dark
Delenda Est
The Cairn on the Headland
Worms of the Earth
The Symbol
The Valley of the Lost
The Hoofed Thing
The Noseless Horror
The Dwellers Under the Tomb
An Open Window
The House of Arabu
The Man on the Ground
Old Garfield’s Heart
Kelly the Conjure-Man
Black Canaan
To a Woman
One Who Comes at Eventide
The Haunter of the Ring
Pigeons from Hell
The Dead Remember
The Fire of Asshurbanipal
Fragment
Which Will Scarcely Be Understood

Miscellanea:

Golnor the Ape
Spectres in the Dark
The House
Untitled Fragment

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This version is Brilliant!

Revisado: 03-15-13

I'm sure you already know this book is Hilarious, but having Stephen Fry as the narrator takes Douglas Adams' wonderful work to a whole new level. It's like having an entire chocolate cake served to you on a solid gold platter by Sara Lee herself.
I already owned this audiobook, but I had to buy it again just to hear it read by Stephen Fry.

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Too Hard to Follow

Revisado: 11-04-10

I'm not sure if it was the narrator or the author, but the plot was very hard to follow. I couldn't tell where the change of scenes took place, so I was never sure what was happening to whom. I listened through it twice, and I'm still confused. It was wonderfully descriptive for a zombie book and each scene had plenty of chilling encouters with the undead. But as I couldn't follow who was who or where they were, it was more like a series of Zombie encounter vinettes rather than a cohesive whole.

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A Subtle Psychological Horror

Revisado: 05-05-09

This book is one of my favorite horror stories. It has gotten several bad reviews, and I'd like to clarify it just a bit.
This is not in your face horror. This is subtle and cerebral horror. No monsters jump out at you. There are no gruesome murders, no buckets of blood, and no gaping portals to hell.
The horror is all about the unknown and the unexplained. Most of the chills come from what isn't said.
At one point, Ellenor is affraid in the dark and holds tight to Theodora's hand. It isn't mentioned until later (and only in passing) that Theodora was nowhere near her at the time. At another point one of the four is chased through the garden. But by what, is never mentioned. The passage of time is described only vaguely adding to the creepy disorientation of Hill House. Shirly Jackson does a masterful job of weaving tone and character to create a chillingly realistic stay in a haunted house... with an unexpected conclusion.

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Not For Everyone

Revisado: 06-26-08

If you've not read/listened to anything by Neil Gaiman I recommend you don't start with this one.

This book is much darker than his other work; though perhaps bleak is a more accurate word. The pacing is also much slower and it's not a strictly linear plot. Finally, there is a lot of swearing and some rather gruesome passages, but nothing I would call obscene.

So, why did I give it four stars?
The book is full of fascinating ideas. You can read it and re-read it and find interesting new things hidden around every corner.
The depth of the characters is very satisfying. You feel that they aren't just there to further the plot, but that the plot is there to explore their depths.
The main character is, of course, one of the most interesting. "Shadow" as he is aptly named, is not so much a reluctant hero as an apathetic one. After losing everything, he no longer cares what happens to him. So he plunges down the rabbit hole. As things get crazier, he must search within himself to find if can again care about himself or anyone around him.

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