Tom Holt
Tom Holt
Thomas Charles Louis "Tom" Holtis a British novelist. In addition to fiction published under his own name, he writes fantasy under the pseudonym K. J. Parker...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth13 September 1961
friendly cost reincarnation
There’s nothing bad about reincarnation per se, it’s basically a very good system, cost-effective and ecologically friendly.
sunday paper papers
I don't read the Sunday papers; or the dailies, either
definitions immortal died
The best definition of an immortal is someone who hasn't died yet
car luck ifs
Luck, like a Russian car, generally only works if you push it.
predator lawyer grey
Lawyers are predators in grey worsted
home one-day evening
Mostly I sit at home in the evenings watching the box and hoping that one day I'll evolve into plankton.
lying trying bathroom
Telling lies is a bit like tiling bathrooms - if you don't know how to do it properly, it's best not to try.
girl heartbroken lost
Not only had he lost the only girl he'd ever loved, he'd lost her in duplicate, like some heartbroken but highly efficient civil servant.
ninety-nine race nuisance
At any given time, ninety-nine-point-nine-five per cent of the human race are a confounded nuisance
hope flower ambition
There is that within a man that drives him ever onwards, just as the power of the seasons drives the roots of flowers into the hard earth; and so he decided, against his better judgment, to open his eyes and find out what was going to happen to him next.
play roots squares
There's all sorts of things I was always meaning to get around to - learning to play the flute, calculating the square root of nought, going mad - but I just didn't have the time.
perfect tea style
American-style iced tea is the perfect drink for a hot
jobs worst-enemy competition
In spite of really intense competition for the job, I'm still my own worst enemy.
nice sick support
Among the gods, there is a dispute as to which one of them originally thought of Christianity; or, as they call it, the Great Leg Pull. Apollo has the best claim, but a sizeable minority support Pluto, ex-God of the Dead, on the grounds that he has a really sick sense of humour. How would it be, suggested the unidentified god, if first we tell them all to love their neighbour, pack in the killing and thieving, and be nice to each other. Then we let them start burning heretics.