A Riotous Commotion of Cheeky Hilarity

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	• THAT DARN SQUID GOD Nick Pollotta, James Clay Double Dragon Publishing, 2007 - 308 pages average customer review:based on 17 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

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After finding the truth concerning the mysteries of Noah's Ark proves to be more trouble than it was worth, Victorian scientists and adventurers Felix Einstein and Lord Carstairs move onto more serious matters. It would appear that the world could be ending based on the climatic chaos that has reached a global scale. When the two intrepid gents learn that a secret cult attempting to bring the squid god back into the world and that is why mute animals now can sing, dogs howl at the sun and the snow has turned blue, they know they must stop it. Leaving Einstein's valiant niece Mary and their cook, Katrina, in charge, the two friends take off on a globe trotting adventure that moves from the hidden broom closets of the Vatican to the Flying Dutchman to the Bermuda Triangle before coming to a violent, and hilarious climax in London.

If you enjoy Robert Asprin's Myth novels or Piers Anthony's Xanth ones, then give this a shot. The scene on the Dutchman alone makes it worth your time.

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Jolly Good Show - Cheeky Fun

I've never read Pollotta before, but now I think I'll be seeking out his writing. This is all the old British derring do stories rolled into one, along with a healthy dose of Lovecraft. Exciting, adventurous and hilarious are only a few adjectives I could use for this book. Excellent work. A wonderful satire and a fantastically funny story.

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Pollotta does it again

Ok now I am now a totally devoted fanboy of Nick Pollotta. I totally enjoyed the Bureau 13 series and laughed out loud several times during his Illegal Aliens book. This book however takes the cake. I haven't enjoyed a read like this in a long while.

The premise is simple Cthullhu tried to destroy the literary verison of Victorian England. Man I had to laugh at all the obscure and not so obscure literary references. This is what The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen should have been like.

Now as to the review theat finds these reviews fishy. Let me say this. The book came out months before it was listed on Amazon direct from Wildside press. I got mine there. Plus, most readers of Nick's are very well read and enjoy his brand of Sci-Fantasy and humor.

Can't wait for further offerings from this very funny and gifted writer.

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A Riotous Commotion of Cheeky Hilarity

That Darn Squid God is a fun romp through Victorian England and less civilized parts of the space-time continuum, skewering adventuring sagas of all sorts with an avalanche of delightfully witty turns of phrases and a positively scary amount of detail about weaponry of all sorts. Easily as good as Pollota's Bureau 13 novels, That Darn Squid God manages to maintain a consistently humorous tone, a breath-taking pace of action, a good-naturedly satiric view of all things British, and a save-the-world plot. With lines so funny that you'll laugh out loud even on the commuter train, I can say without fear of contradiction that this is the funniest, most action-packed, and best written story about the return of a giant squid god that you will ever read. Highly recommended for gamers, science fiction fans, Victorian mystery fans, adventurers and adventure fans, non-worshippers of squid gods, and anyone with a sense of humor. Donald J. Bingle, Author of Forced Conversion.Forced Conversion

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In the year 1881, the moon suddenly begins to turn around and reveal its long-hidden darker side to the startled world. While most of Humanity finds the event fascinating, two British explorers know the horrible truth. The rotating moon is the legendary sign that foreshadows the return of a prehistoric demon, the monstrous destroyer of Atlantis, an unkillable colossus known only as the deadly, dreaded Squid God. Racing around the world, and against the clock, Prof. Einstein and Lord Carstairs battle the fanatical legions of Squid God worshippers in a valiant effort to stop the ghastly rebirthing ceremony and keep the demonic mollusk locked in the stygian depths of its unearthly lair. Authors Nick Pollotta & James Clay have lovingly crafted a splendid Fantasy/Adventure, heavily laced with their classic off-the-wall humor, and sprinkled with a light dusting of parody toward the legendary works of H.P. Lovecraft, H.G. Wells, Jules Verne, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and just about everything else from the golden glory days of Victorian England.

"'That Darn Squid God" rewrites literary history, remodels London worse than the Blitz, and convinces that it is wise never to deny the supremacy of British womanhood! What more can you ask?" ANALOG SF MAGAZINE

"Nick Pollotta is the funniest man in SF!" GENE WOLFE, two-time Nebula Award winner

"Funny, compelling and an absolute pleasure to read. The finest comedy/fantasy I have read this year!" ETERNAL NIGHT SF MAGAZINE

"Delightfully entertaining!" Robin Wood

"It's not often a book of this nature comes along and you do not want to miss it. Pollotta and Clay are trying to corner humorous fantasy and this tale gives them a firm foundation." BARYON SF MAGAZINE

"Set in Victorian England in the year 1881, That Darn Squid God is an hilarious parody of the otherworldly mythos of H. P. Lovecraft, strewn with delightful trappings of mystery and magic. Tongue-and-cheek humor with a fresh, and fast-paced, narrative style set apart That Darn Squid God as a fantastically funny end-of-the-world ride." MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW

".and those who hunt the night alone,
With sword and gun, with cross and bone,
Will sneer at Death, and refuse to kneel,
When graveyard chimes being to peal."
from 'Heroes, or Idiots?'
author unknown

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