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    Die dunkle Seite der Nacht: Geschichten aus der Nightside 1

    By Simon R. Green and Oliver Graute

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    Mein Name ist Taylor, John Taylor. Auf meiner Visitenkarte steht "Privatdetektiv", aber eigentlich bin ich Experte im Wiederauffinden von Verlorenem. Das ist Teil meiner Gabe, meines Geburtsrechts als Kind der Nightside. Mir ist es vor langer Zeit mit knapper Not gelungen, mit heiler Haut und einigermaßen intaktem Verstand von dort wegzugehen. Jetzt verdiene ich mein Geld auf den sonnenbeschienenen Straßen Londons. Aber in letzter Zeit liefen die Geschäfte schlecht, also sagte ich nicht nein, als Joanna Barrett bei mir auftauchte, nach Geld roch und mich bat, ihre ausgerissene Tochter zu finden. Dann fand ich heraus, wohin genau das Mädchen gegangen war. In die Nightside. Zweieinhalb Quadratkilometer Hölle mitten in der Stadt, wo es immer drei Uhr morgens ist. Wo man mit Mythen spazierengehen und mit Monstern zechen kann. Wo nichts ist, wie es scheint - aber alles möglich. Ich hatte geschworen, niemals zurückzukehren. Aber ein Kind ist in Gefahr, und eine Frau setzt auf mich. Ich habe also keine Wahl - ich kehre heim ...
    LanguageDeutsch
    PublisherFeder & Schwert
    Release dateApr 4, 2012
    ISBN9783867621311
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    • 4/5
      Surprisingly dark and gory in places, it's an interesting twist on urban fantasy PI. It opens fairly predictably, in a nice homage to noir detective genre that eventually spawned UF: John Taylor is a overworked underpaid PI with a conscience. Down on his luck and owing a lot of money to various nefarious influences he realizes his luck might have turned when an obviously extremely rich women enters his office. She wants him to find her daughter and finding things is John's specialty - there's only two snags, one is that she wants to accompany him (and John's not adverse to having a rich woman on his arm), and the other is that her daughter has gone to Nightside, somewhere she shouldn't know about, let alone be able to visit. And somewhere that John fled from five years ago with no intention of ever going back. Nightside isn't where dreams go to die, it's where they grow mix mingle and mutate into things stranger than nightmares. And as it quickly turns out , John is something special there, powerful with a reputation to match, even after 5 years. John eases his client (and the reader) into the strangeness of Nightside where creatures from all over time and any place mingle and merge, but somehow through the absolute fiat of the unspecified Authorities, a veneer of civilization remains. However his target is not in the nicer parts of Nightside, and between him and there are the people he fled from to start with.It's obviously a heavily edited first book. Short and to the point, with enough description to be fun, but lacking in complex characterization. It seems that the author does have a greater design and won't just feature more stories of John fighting monsters. There were only little glances into John's backstory but they were all intriguing. I'm likely to read more of this series.
    • 4/5
      Great 1 day sf read
    • 5/5
      The beginning of my favorite fantasy series by my favorite author. The Nightside is a place where it's always 3am, and all the things that go bump in the night are there to be seen
    • 1/5
      This is the worst book I have read in a long time. It was repetitive and seemed to be reaching to find something more frightening
      than the last thing the character had to survive . It is a rare book in any genre that I don't like but this is one.
    • 3/5
      I listened to the audio version,, which was well voiced by Marc Vietor. Another in the standing subgenre of paranormal private eyes, this time set in an "alternate" London. Good first in the series, but nothing especially stands out about the book for me. Plenty of mysteries about the protagonist and the world to sustain the series, which I plan to read.My one complaint with the book is the excessive dialog, which moves away from "obvious method for knowledgeable protagonist to explain things to ignorant secondary" to "infodump because readers are dumb and won't get it." It also comes up during action sequences, when it seems that the characters move with great speed and urgency, pause, exchange smart assy remarks, and then start moving again. At times it was actually irritating, but eventually it just became funny.
    • 2/5
      Waste of my time, I don't know why I even finished it. The plot to the story was fine, the problem was the writing. The characters said the most ridiculous things and said them repeatedly. I don't remember where I saw this compared w/ Gaiman, but its not even close. I gave it a two because it may have been a really good story if someone else had written it.
    • 4/5
      Dark, mysterious and sometimes gory, thoroughly engrossing ! A PI from the Nightside a dark unknown area of London, now living on our side is hired to find a girl that disappeared there. He must risk he life and return to try to save her. What he encounters there is fascinating and horrifying at the same time. A WOW ride. Fans of the Dresdan files might enjoy this
    • 4/5
      Solid and entertaining. Unexceptional.
    • 4/5
      While not a great work of literature, Something From the Nightside is highly entertaining nonetheless. It has kind of a Twilight Zone feel to it, with an insanely alien world and an outrageous cast of characters.

      If you love dark stories with a smartass main character, this series is for you.
    • 4/5
      If you like Harry Dresden, then you won't be disappointed with this book.
      It would be better if I saw the chemistry between the main character and his client since we are told about it more than once. I just couldn't see it. I think it was the only thing I didn't like. Otherwise a great story.
    • 4/5
      I thoroughly enjoyed Something from the Nightside. Fantastic humor, great notes of horror, and a mini romance all rolled into a tiny little package. There is a lot of story packed into this novel as it covers the rules of the world, back story on John Taylor, and John's current case. The pace of the novel is great, and the details of the world, from Strangefellows to the Cokes at the 60's grill, were well imagined and engaging. I'm looking forward to the next in the series.
    • 3/5
      The first of an urban fantasy series, it was a quick read and entertaining. Great book to read if you want something lighthearted with a tinge of horror.
    • 2/5
      I have heard good things about the series so I thought I would give it a whirl. IT was ok, I'm not sure if it was because it was the first book and there was a lot of setup and back story for the main character or that it just didn't appeal to me. I'll give the series one more shot I did like how it was set up very 40's style mystery with a rich dame and a detective down on his luck but the story certainly stretched that framework.
    • 3/5
      This starts out like how I would think an typical old detective mystery movie would start. After closing time, the detective is in his office ( I pictured that old frosted glass from the black and white films), he's a down on his luck, up to his eyeballs in debt type, living on the couch there in his workspace...when he hears the sound of a woman's footsteps approaching. In walks the dame...yeah that's how it goes.

      Some of it was so 'to be expected' but there was also enough unexpected parts to balance that out. I liked it but I didn't love it. Though I will definitely read the next one - I'm not going dying to read it RIGHT NOW, so who knows when I'll get to it. Know what I mean? Hence why I think this one is just OK.

      I'm hoping that the series will get better because a good buddy of mine said he really enjoyed them. I did like how short and sweet the book was though. It was just something quick and easy to munch on and the next few also look pretty slim. It definitely shows promise.
    • 4/5
      I read this years ago and thought it was a decent, short, pulpy read. Then, since the birth of my baby and I had no time to read, I went to the library and found a bunch of Nightside audiobooks. So I started again from the beginning with 'Something From the Nightside'...First of all, narrator Marc Vietor is awesome. His noirish take on P.I. John Taylor is spot on, and the other main characters were all decent. I especially liked his interpretation of a certain monster...Good pulp fun, nothing too original or brain-taxing. PI. goes back to supernatural Nightside, meets dodgy people, goes to dodgy places, tries to save the girl etc etc. Some of the supporting characters and locations were great (Strangefellows, The Harrowing, Alex Morrissey) and others I didn't really get in to at all (Shotgun Suzie, Razor Eddie, the *ahem* killer cars that eat people) but it all leads up to a pretty good ending that sees John square off against an old enemy an an apocalyptic scenario that sets up the sequel.
    • 3/5
      Goes in the same line as the 'Dresden' books. Though the story was quite straight forward but mildly entertaining.
    • 4/5
      I read this because I thought it would be like The Dresden Files. I see some similarities but mostly its very different, which I think is a good thing. It was quite a page turner for me, and had a nice twist ending which I didn't see coming at all. The world of the Nightside is way out there in terms of imagination. I am definitely glad I picked this book. The only thing I didn't care for was how short it was.
    • 3/5
      I don't remember where I found this book, but it was a good find. A little strange, a little macabre, and one hundred percent noir, I had a hard time putting this genre bender (fantasy/horror/noir?) down. I think I'll probably read other books in the series. It wasn't Dashell Hammett, but it echoed of the Maltese Falcon.

      On the other hand, I only give it three stars because as fun as it was, the book was, as a friend of mine has said of other books, "completely forgettable." Definitely brain candy, something for a warm summer day when there is nothing else to do...or maybe a rainy afternoon would be a more appropriate setting?
    • 4/5
      From the perspective of someone who appreciates the trope of the hard-boiled detective and the attractive-but-unattainable client, this was a good book. I also liked the humor sprinkled throughout (The guy was jamming on air guitar. The guitar was out of tune.)

      However, this book felt very short for the price (I paid $8) and the ending was kind of abrupt. I'll try one more in the series before I decide to go forward or not.
    • 3/5
      This has been sitting in my Audible library for 3 years. Time to get it checked off my list.
    • 5/5
      John Taylor is not a private detective per se, but he has a knack for finding lost things. That's why he's been hired to descend into the Nightside, an otherworldly realm in the center of London where fantasy and reality share renting space and the sun never shines

      I really love these books, however they are not for everyone. I initially got into then because I love the Dresden files books by Jim Butcher and a friend told me I might like these as well. They are in the same vein or genre i guess. They are both full of jokes and quips they can bust out at a moments notice, but John Taylor has an edge to him that Dresden doesn't have.

      It might have something to do with The Nightside. The hidden world in the heart of London where it is always nighttime. This book follows a pretty standard noir frame. Damsel in distress that wanders into the office begging the detective to help her. The problem is that this particular "detective" doesn't want anything to do with this case, a case of a missing daughter. Why? well, she apparently ran off to The Nightside and John Taylor vowed to never return. Mostly because everyone wants to kill him.

      That is the story in a nutshell. John Taylor is forced by his conscious and the promise of money to venture back into The Nightside in search of a missing teenager. The story is very easy to follow and I figured out some of the various plot twists in advance, but it never took away the enjoyment of reading the book. This might not be the case for everyone though.

      One point in its favor is that it is a fairly short book. Actually all the books in the Nightside Series are quick reads. I finished this one in an afternoon of reading. They are easy to read and don't over Stay their welcome.
    • 4/5
      I'm not going to lie, I love the Nightside series by Simon R. Green. I love the whole series, and the whole premise. That's not to say the books aren't without their quirks, however. On the good side, Green writes a well-plotted, fast-paced story based in an shadow version of London called the Nightside. On the downside is Green's general treatment of women characters - damsels in distress, or, to the opposite extreme, ass-kicking mega-b****es. There is no comfortable in-between, and I keep seeing this as I read the next few books as well. Suzy does get some more development, but that's another problem on it's own, which will be covered in those reviews as we get to them.

      The book itself is good though, with lots of fun imagery of what a shadow London would really be like. Plenty of imagination candy. Green does have a tendency to (probably literally) copy-paste descriptions or epithets ("Punk God of the Straight Razor" being one example), and I think it's something you either get over quickly or that turns you off the books completely. (I got over it.) Just makes you wonder if he forgot he already put in the cool name/description/quote he had in his notes.

      I'd recommend it though, especially to those who like film noir and urban fantasy - this combines the two into what I've heard called "neon noir". It's a classy world, but with lots of things that go bump in the night.
    • 2/5
      Waste of my time, I don't know why I even finished it. The plot to the story was fine, the problem was the writing. The characters said the most ridiculous things and said them repeatedly. I don't remember where I saw this compared w/ Gaiman, but its not even close. I gave it a two because it may have been a really good story if someone else had written it.
    • 3/5
      John Taylor is struggling to make a living as a private detective in London. He thinks he’s hit lucky when a wealthy woman named Joanna Barrett comes to his office hoping to hire him to find her runaway daughter. But young Cathy Barrett has run away to the Nightside, the alternate reality that resides in the heart of London, filled with myths, monsters – always dark, always 3 a.m., always dangerous. Especially to John Taylor, who ran away from his home there five years ago.

      This is a good urban fantasy book that begins in the everyday world. The reader is introduced to “The Nightside” along with Joanna Barrett, who acts as our eyes. As a main character, John Taylor is a good man trying to find integrity and meaning in a world that hides secrets from him. He is likeable and occasionally admirable. There are both horrors and wonders in the Nightside. The characters that populate the Nightside are creative and interesting, if not yet fully realized. I will read more of the series to see how it progresses. Anyone who likes Jim Butcher’s Dresden series may enjoy this one.

    • 5/5
      Der erste Teil einer Reihe, in die ich mich sofort verliebt hatte. Ich hatte zuvor noch nie etwas von Simon R. Green gehört, aber hiermit wurde er zu einen meiner Lieblingsautoren. Wir begleiten John Taylor, einen Privatdetektiv, der die Gabe hat, Sachen zu finden.Sein Geschäft läuft nicht sehr gut, als plötzlich Miss Ich-habe-zu-viel-Geld-um-hier-sein-zu-müssen hereinspaziert kommt, um ihn zu beauftragen, ihre Tochter zu finden. Nichts leichter als das, denkt sich der Detektiv, bis die Dame erwähnt, dass sich ihre Tochter in der Nightside befindet. Einem Ort, wo es immer 3 Uhr morgens ist, Dämonen und Engel und alles dazwischen umherlaufen, um eine schöne Zeit zu haben und in dem John aufgewachsen ist. Er schwor sich eigentlich, nie wieder dorthin zurückzukehren, doch John lässt niemanden im Stich. Und so macht er sich widerwillig in Begleitung seiner Klientin auf, ihre Tochter zu finden, bevor es zu spät ist.Fans des schwarzen Humors und des Übernatürlichen werden mit dieser Reihe eine schöne Zeit haben. Ich habe damals mit dieser Serie gelacht, geweint, und war angeekelt, und das manchmal alles zur selben Zeit. 4,5 von 5 Sternen.
    • 3/5
      This is a fast little read, only 230 pages in the paperback edition. It has a lot of similarities with his Edwin Drood series: loners trying to escape their past, names that instill fear on the heart of all who hear them, odd little places that the characters stop by for no reason that really propels the story along but just provides some humor, the world is full of every kind of nasty including aliens, unreliable backstabbing frenemies, and so forth. It's a decent enough setup for the series but the emotion sparks way too fast and big and people make snap decisions too quickly so I found a lot of the book unbelievable. As with his other books, I feel like I'm reading a superhero graphic novel without the pictures.
    • 3/5
      My classification for this book is "Supernatural PI". A parallel London called "The Nightside" exists beside or under the "real" city, and the protagonist comes from the Nightside. He doesn't want to go back but does so as part of an investigation into a girl's disappearance. Pretty scary!
    • 2/5
      Fun, but I believe it would have made a better short story. I think the author uses a word processor as certain phrases were repeated verbatim on multiple occasions. Also, I sort of got it the first time he said the Nightside was bad; I don't think the multiple lectures and hard-boiled descriptions were necessary over and over again. Among other weak points, I find it hard to believe that the main character would 1) agree to go back to the Nightside after 5 years just because this one person asked, 2) not check into the woman's story; I mean, he completely believes nothing is as it seems, so why not follow-up on this?, and 3) allow the mother to go along just because she seems implacable; he seems smarter than that.

      For all the negatives, it was still a fun story (if predictable) and I'll likely end up reading more from the author and from the series. I'm just hoping the stories tightened up a bit after this one.
    • 1/5
      This novel was not entirely devoid of merit. The worldbuilding was almost good, the main character was, in theory, almost interesting, and the writing was, at times, almost competent. And the twist at the end would have actually been clever if anything that had come before it had been in any way compelling.

      However, the whole thing failed because it was not actually a novel. Novels have plots; they move forward. This was a tour of the author's urban fantasy universe, clumsily overlayed with a plot that was more like a Chutes and Ladders game than a logical narrative. Tours of universes can work if the universes are deep and vivid enough to warrant them; this universe was not. It was in many ways, flat and repetitive. Nor was the main character's constant monologues to the woman he's with about everything they see a good way to make me like him.

      The novel is also supposed to be funny, I think. If this was so, then almost everything would be forgiven, because it definitely has a film noir pastiche thing going on. However, it is not really that funny.

      I think I can also safely say that this novel has the worst love scene I have ever read. Alas, even this was not funny.

      There really was some interesting raw material in here; it was just so badly executed, and insubstantial on its own, that it didn't redeem the whole.

      According to the cover of the book, this guy was on the New York Times bestseller's list. LAME.
    • 1/5
      Before I begin I just want to say, I could not finish this book. I had to quit after 77 pages because I just couldn't go on. So I have no opinion on the entire book.This book's premise is wonderful. I love the "not quite what it seems" and otherworldly themes in books, also at first I was really loving John Taylor's smartass attitude toward life. He was a hard-boiled detective who'd seen too much in his lifetime to take your silly threats seriously. So you just sit there and calm down, ma'am, or you can leave.Then everything went south. The characters didn't seem to know what direction they were developing in, therefore I had no idea and we were all very confused. He was like some cheat character stuck in cheat mode, able to overcome any and all obstacles before him without so much as a sweat. I wasn't given enough reason to believe in his decision to bring his client along with him to a place he constantly reminds us is dangerous, even for him.Also, I guess this is a little nit-picky, but it's supposed to be set in London but it could have been set anywhere. You could change the name London to Michigan and it would have read just the same, and that isn't the way settings are supposed to work (not for me anyway).