{"id":5622,"date":"2016-01-22T17:31:27","date_gmt":"2016-01-22T22:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=5622"},"modified":"2023-05-16T16:29:46","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T20:29:46","slug":"twilight-watch-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5622","title":{"rendered":"Twilight Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Twilight Watch<\/a><\/em> (2003\/2007) Sergei Lukyanenko<\/a> translated by Andrew Bromfield<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>This may be my favorite book as a whole, although other books have stronger single stories.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re the ones who corrupt people,\u201d the boss said bitterly. \u201cDo you understand? We do it ourselves! Offer someone money once, twice . . . and the third time he asks you for it. And we complain\u2014 what is all this, and where did it come from?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It also has one of my favorite scenes:<\/p>\n

The walls were covered with black-and-white photographs\u2014 at first I even took them for elements of the design. But then I realized that the blindingly beautiful young woman with white teeth, wearing a flying helmet, was my elderly lady. <\/p>\n

\u201cI bombed the Fritzes,\u201d the lady said modestly as she sat down at a round table covered with a maroon velvet tablecloth with tassels. \u201cLook, Kalinin himself presented me with that medal . . .\u201d <\/p>\n

Absolutely dumbfounded, I took a seat facing the former flyer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I love how he worked that into the story.<\/p>\n

Apparently, the roads outside Moscow and WV roads have a fair amount in common.<\/p>\n

The road surface was brand-new\u2014 the road here used to be all potholes, with a few connecting stretches of highway. Now it was stretches of highway, occasionally interrupted by potholes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There was a detailed analysis of the story of Gilles de Rais, Joan of Arc\u2019s sword-bearer. Joan was a very weak Dark Other, \u201ca witch of the seventh rank,\u201d which, by the way, did not prevent her from performing deeds that were, for the most part, noble.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cPace\u201d is a simple spell, but it has to be used with great caution. Catch the cardiac muscle as well as the legs, and you\u2019ll give yourself a heart attack.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Witezslav\u2019s death still remains a mystery. No James Bond could have crept up on him without being noticed.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cWho\u2019s James Bond?\u201d Zabulon inquired. <\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s another myth,\u201d Gesar laughed. \u201cContemporary mythology.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Published by Harper Paperbacks<\/p>\n

Rating: 9\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Twilight Watch (2003\/2007) Sergei Lukyanenko translated by Andrew Bromfield This may be my favorite book as a whole, although other books have stronger single stories. \u201cWe\u2019re the ones who corrupt people,\u201d the boss said bitterly. \u201cDo you understand? We do it ourselves! Offer someone money once, twice . . . and the third time he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13,2,41,16,38,34],"tags":[67,66,47,65,217],"class_list":["post-5622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-10","category-fantasy","category-reread","category-supernatural","category-translated","category-urban-fantasy","tag-andrew-bromfield","tag-night-watch","tag-russian","tag-sergei-lukyanenko","tag-witches"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-1sG","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2583,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/2583","url_meta":{"origin":5622,"position":0},"title":"Twilight Watch","author":"Michelle","date":"October 13, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Twilight Watch (2003\/2007) Sergei Lukyanenko translated by Andrew Bromfield Third book of my reread of Night Watch. 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