Trader

Charles de Lint is rapidly becoming one of my new favorite authors - frankly, given how long I've enjoyed similar urban fantasists like Neil Gaiman, I can't believe it's taken me this long to come across his stuff. And his handling of this premise makes it slightly horrifying and definitely compelli......more

This book was slightly more mature for De Lint. It still brings up his favorite "don't overlook the spirits in homeless people!" theme a lot, and his sentimental view points of emos, goths, slackers, and all those other disaffected groups. He finds redemption in them. Which is sweet on some level, b......more

I didn't make as big impression on me as other Newford novels I've read so far, but it still was a good part of work I enjoyed reading and didn't get bored.......more

Great 2/3s and a wonder 1/3. World: De Lint's Newford is magical. It's dense, it's fully fleshed out, and a living breathing character in the story. The depth and tone and lived in feeling of the world is a delight. There are no info dumps, you are in the hands of a master storyteller and the world......more

Another great Newford book! In this story, Johnny, who is an unemployed, womanizing, party boy of a man falls asleep wishing for a more stable life has his dream intersected with Max, a man whose life is so about work that he is not even living it anymore, and they wake up in each other's bodies. Thi......more