Previous SFF Author: Ian Holt
Tom Holt writes comic fantasy. He also writes historical fiction about ancient Greece and Rome. Learn more at Tom Holt’s website.
I’ve come late to the Tom Holt party, but I’m glad I finally made it. The Portable Door is the first book of his that I have read and I definitely intend to try more.
The Portable Door is the story of Paul Carpenter, who takes a mysterious job in a mysterious firm where mysterious goings-on occur. I found it always interesting, a nice quick read, and lightly humourous. I wouldn’t say there were many laugh-out-loud moments,
Amanda Rutter (guest)´s rating: 3.5 | Tom Holt | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Sausages by Tom Holt
Polly is pretty sure she’s going crazy, or, at the least, senile. Not only has she agreed to attend a game of darts with her boss and coworkers, but also she has begun to find finished work that she could have sworn she hadn’t done. Worse, for any nine-to-fiver, weird things are happening with the coffee.
It may not sound like your run of the mill epic or urban fantasy, but Tom Holt is going to work magic into the plot of Life,
Ryan Skardal´s rating: 3 | Tom Holt | Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | 2 comments |
Theo Bernstein accidentally put a decimal point one place to the left instead of the right and, thusly, caused the Very Very Large Hadron Collider to explode, thereby disintegrating an entire Alp and becoming one of the most hated men alive. Coincidentally, Shliemann Brothers, the company that held all his investments, went bust at just about the same time, so, well, things aren’t going great for Theo.
After Theo receives an apple, a seemingly empty bottle and a small pink powder compact as part of an inheritance from his friend and former physics professor Pieter van Goyen,
Stefan Raets´s rating: 3 | Tom Holt | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
When It’s a Jar is Tom Holt’s sequel to last year’s Doughnut. It can stand alone, but you probably want to at least read about Doughnut first (here is Stefan’s review). In Doughnut, physicist Theo Bernstein made a math error which blew up the Very Very Large Hadron Collider. Then from his friend, a famous physicist, he inherits a bottle which is a portal to the multiverse he never knew existed.
Kat Hooper´s rating: 3 | Tom Holt | Audio | SFF Reviews | no comments |
The Good, the Bad, and the Smug by Tom Holt
The Good, the Bad, and the Smug is the fourth novel in Tom Holt’s YOUSPACE series, following in the footsteps of Doughnut, When It’s a Jar, and The Outsourcerer’s Apprentice. Like those previous books, this one can be read as a stand-alone; there were recurring characters and running jokes which were enjoyable to this first-time reader,
Jana Nyman´s rating: 4 | Tom Holt | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Previous SFF Author: Ian Holt
Do it! One of the best things I've read in recent years.
This reminds me. I want to read Addie LaRue.
We’re in total agreement David!
I felt just the same. The prose and character work was excellent. The larger story was unsatisfying, especially compared to…
Hmmm. I think I'll pass.