i think i only have one more book to finish up the nightside series…

simon r. green : nightside series

• Something from the Nightside
• Agents of Light and Darkness
• Nightingale’s Lament
• Hex and the City
• Paths not Taken
• Sharper than a Serpent’s Tooth
• Hell to Pay
• The One and Only Unnatural Inquirer

i came across the series a few years ago when i spent a lot of time on the road for work, and most of them were read out of order because i had to take whichever ones were available at the time. i also just picked up another of green’s books, ‘shadowsfall’, i’m curious as to how his other series compare to nightside.

i was very surprised to see a new star risk ltd novel, “the gangster conspiracy”, seeing how chris bunch passed away a few years ago. it fit in with the rest of the series quite well, and from the way the book ended i do think this is really the final book in the star risk ltd series this time.. we’ll see.

i’m finally caught up with all of dave wellington’s serial novels.

• frostbite ( werewolves )
• monster island ( zombie trilogy, part1 )
  
• monster nation ( zombie trilogy, part2 )
  
• monster planet ( zombie trilogy, part3 )
• 13 bullets (vampires )
• plague zone ( zombies )

each serial novel is 60 chapters long. the first five in the list are already done, and you can read them online for free or buy a printed version of the serial. plague zone is currently up to chapter 40, and it’s still being written on a daily basis. one of the best parts of david’s serials is the fact that readers are encouraged to leave comments.

i probably read 80% of his works on my tmobile wing. either from bed, my couch, poolside, or even in various airports. and i didn’t have to spend a dollar or go to a library to pick up a book. but then again not everyone wants to sit on their phone or computer to read a book. if you’re looking for some well written horror novels, now you know where to go.

i haven’t seen henry rollins in the new much lately. sploid did have an article on him the other day though. it seems he was reading a book that someone else on the flight didn’t agree with. the book in question was “Jihad: The Rise Of Militant Islam In Central Asia“, and apparently it ruffled someone’s feathers to the point where they contacted the australian government. [ from : sploid ] you just have to love rollins’s reply to a letter he recieved from the australian government.

it’s sad to see that someone can annoymously complain and report you because they are uncomfortable about a book that you’re reading. the letter from the lady in the australian government seems to be more of a ‘hey i thought you’d find this interesting’ rather than a ‘this is going down on your permanent record’ type letter, but i can understand why rollins reacted the way he did.

this kinda makes me want to rethink my ‘ifly’ project. i wanted to convert a skydiving rig into a laptop bag, and then carry it aboard commercial airliners when i travelled. an old roommate had a story about a guy that really had a cow because he carried his skydiving rig onto the airplane rather than checking it. the guy had originally asked him on the gangway if there was something that he knew that no one else knew because he was carrying a rig with him. my old roommate laughed it off and thought nothing of it till later on when the guy started flagging down anyone that would listen. he eventually had to move it a few overhead compartments away because the guy was screaming to the stewardess that he had a skydiving rig.

the only reason i never carried through with the project is the fact that the rig’s harness was entirely way too heavy just for a fun prank.