The Night Life of the Gods (Hardcover)

from lquilter

The Night Life of the Gods was the first book of Thorne Smith's I ever read (thank you, Sandy!), and it made me a devotee. This, and Smith's works as well, are screwball supernatural hilarity, with a post-WW1 vibe. Smith practically invented a number of common SFnal tropes: the opposites switch b...

from antiquary

This was, I think, the first Thorne Smith I read, and certainly the most I enjoy most, about a group of classical statues that come to life so several of the Roman gods and goddesses get loose in New York City. Ultimately, however, they return to statues and the hero and heroine decide to join th...

from turtlesleap

An all-time favorite of mine, this book by Thorne Smith was written and published in the early 30's. Ballantine re-published it in the 80's and I replaced my crumbling old copy with one which is now almost equally dog-eared. Thorne Smith's character "Topper" was the basis for a popular 50's telev...

from lquilter

The Night Life of the Gods was the first book of Thorne Smith's I ever read (thank you, Sandy!), and it made me a devotee. This, and Smith's works as well, are screwball supernatural hilarity, with a post-WW1 vibe. Smith practically invented a number of common SFnal tropes: the opposites switch b...

from antiquary

This was, I think, the first Thorne Smith I read, and certainly the most I enjoy most, about a group of classical statues that come to life so several of the Roman gods and goddesses get loose in New York City. Ultimately, however, they return to statues and the hero and heroine decide to join th...