The Devil You Know

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The greatest philosopher of all time is offering to sell his soul to the Devil All he wants is twenty years to complete his life s work After that, he really doesn t care.But the assistant demon assigned to the case has his suspicions, because the philosopher is Saloninus the greatest philosopher, yes, but also the greatest liar, trickster and cheat the world has yet known the sort of man even the Father of Lies can t trust.He s almost certainly up to something but what Free Download The Devil You Know [ By ] K.J. Parker [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr I don t know how to put this novella into words Really, I don t Maybe the best one is mindblowing, because I legitimately feel like KJ Parker just took my mind and threw it into the sun Or maybe into a blender How was this only 120 pages How was this somehow the cleverest thing I ve read in my whole damn life I really don t know how to describe this It s existentialist KJ Parker asks plenty of questions about gods and men here It s surprising I honestly didn t expect much of what hap I don t know how to put this novella into words Really, I don t Maybe the best one is mindblowing, because I legitimately feel like KJ Parker just took my mind and threw it into the sun Or maybe into a blender How was this only 120 pages How was this someh...One of my Hugo Award nominees, novella, 2016 ____In the grand Faustian tradition The Devil You Know takes a familiar tale and gives it a genuinely new twist and a wonderfully wry dose of humor A brilliant and famed philosopher, entering his twilight years, decides to sell his soul to the devil The particular devil who s sent to collect the contract Hell is, apparently, quite the bureaucracy happens to be a fan of the philosopher, who s known for his atheistic views and his arguments One of my Hugo Award nominees, novella, 2016 ____In the grand Faustian tradition The Devil You Know takes a familiar tale and gives it a genuinely new twist and a wonderfully wry dose of humor A brilliant and famed philosopher,...This novella is the sequel to KJ Parker s earlier novella Blue and Gold and again features Saloninus, the great philosopher and alchemist, and possibly the most devious man who ever lived Into his twilight years and fearing he is not long for life Saloninus does the unthinkable He sells his soul to the devil for 20 yearslife so he can complete his life s work Saloninus is assigned a demon assistant to grant his wishes and keep and eye on him but soon that demon assistant has cause to This novella is the sequel to KJ Parker s earlier novella Blue and Gold and again features Saloninus, the great philosopher and alchemist, and possibly the most devious man who ever lived Into his twilight years and fearing he is not long for life Saloninus does the unthinkable He sells his soul to the devil for 20 yearslife so he can complete his life s work Saloninus is assigned a demon assistant to grant his wishes and keep and eye on him but soon that demon assistant has cause to worry that he is up to something Could Saloninus, admittedly the most devious human who ever lived, have a way to outwit the devil himself The whole story was very entertaining The POV s were split between Saloninus and the Demon assistant I thought both were fascinating and interesting characters The battle of wits between the pair made for gre...Good read, inventive idea A bit dry in patches and I would have liked adramatic ending.The Devil you know is an intriguing novella about a clever man and his attempt at the scam of a lifetime How to trick the ultimate trickster I enjoyed how the world was set up, the idea of a manservant demon as part of your contract with the devil was pretty interesting There was also some pretty funny one liners in the book as well Part of the twist at the end was a little predictable, but for the most part a lot of thought was put into the story 3.5 5Buy, Borrow or Bin Verdict BorrowCheck The Devil you know is an intriguing novella about a clever man and his attempt at the scam of a lifetime How to trick the ultimate trickster I enjoyed how the world was set up, the idea of a manservan...Review from The Speculative Herald what happens when the greatest philosopher of all time and a representative a demon who works for the Devil strike a deal Who do you think manages to get the better end of that deal That is essentially what The Devil You Know explores.The philosopher, Saloninus, is quite well versed at finding loopholes and using manipulation as a means to an end He can find power in words as well as power in the words that are Review from The Speculative Herald what happens when the greatest philosopher of all time and a representative a demon who works for the Devil strike a deal Who do you think manages to get the better end of that deal That is essentially what The Devil You Know explores.The philosopher, Saloninus, is quite well versed at finding loopholes and using manipulation as a means to an end He can find power in words as well as power in the words that are missing and he is not above deception And by the nature of working for the devil, you assume that deceit is also a strength of the demon So when the philosopher si...Some books just have an amazing idea that gets better as the book goes on This is one of them.Saloninus was a genius in many areas, butspecifically, in thievery, cons and such He did make great scientific and philosophic discoveries, but almost always was running or making up for his messes Then looks in the mirror and realizes now that he finally had success and peace of mind to purse his true desires he s 67.What to do Sell your soul to the devil to rejuvenate back to 25 Twenty m Some books just have an amazing idea that gets better as the book goes on This is one of them.Saloninus was a genius in many areas, butspecifically, in thievery, cons and such He did make great scientific and philosophic discoveries, but almost always was running or making up for his messes Then looks in the mirror and realizes now that h...On the strength of The Last Witness, I was ready to pick this up as soon as it came out I really enjoyed pretty much every aspect of Parker s other Tor.com novella, and definitely wanted to readfrom him The Devil You Know is significantly weaker, though apparently, one of the main characters is from another book by Parker, Blue and Gold I think knowing that, I d have picked up Blue and Gold first, because while the background is easy enough to grasp in this book, it might ve helped in On the strength of The Last Witness, I was ready to pick this up as soon as it came out I really enjoyed pretty much every aspect of Parker s other Tor.com novella, and definitely wanted to readfrom him The Devil You Know is significantly weaker, though apparently, one of the main characters is from another book by Parker, Blue and Gold I think knowing that, I d have picked up Blue and Gold first, because while the background is easy enough to grasp in this book, it might ve helped in understanding the character and what he wants.The plot itself is basically Faustian, with one of the main characters a philosopher trying to trick the other a devil, but in a bureaucratic delegation sort of way he doesn t have pointy horns and an evil nature out of the whole selling your soul bargain I thought the final solution to that was a bit obvious, both as a device in general and in the way it was executed here, and the devil surprisingly careless ab...This was a novella about a philosopher named Saloninus that sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for 20years of life to pursue his intellectual pursuits The demon that barters the deal is an actual fan of Saloninus writing about morality and if there is actual good and evil Saloninus gets his way and begins to build himself an empire because the demon can grant him whatever he wants The demon in return is very hesitant of Saloninus because Saloninus never tells the demon what he is This was a novella about a philosopher named Saloninus that sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for 20years of life to pursue his intellectual pursuits The demon that barters the deal is an actual fan of Saloninus writing about morality and if there is actual good and evil Saloninus gets...with a premise and its implications that is hard to swallow being full of illogical holes and essentially absurd, the novella is still entertaining for the dialogue and characters the demon and Saloninus , while also being a sort of sequel to Blue and Gold as the events of that short novel form the keystone of the main plot h...

The Devil You Know
  • English
  • 15 March 2017
  • Paperback
  • 124 pages
  • 0765387891
  • K.J. Parker
  • The Devil You Know