Expecting Someone Taller
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 Orbit (1988) paperback edition cover |
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| Author | Tom Holt |
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| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Satirical Fantasy novel |
| Publisher | Macmillan Publishers St. Martin's Press |
| Released | 1987 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-333-44002-1 |
| Preceded by | Lucia Triumphant |
| Followed by | Who's Afraid of Beowulf |
Expecting Someone Taller is the first humorous fantasy novel by popular British author Tom Holt. It was first published in hardcover in 1987, by Macmillan Publishers in the UK, and by St. Martin's Press in the US. A UK paperback edition was released in 1988 by Futura Orbit in 1988, and a US paperback edition was released in 1990 by Ace Books.
The book is intended as a humorous sequel of sorts to Wagner's epic opera cycle, Der Ring des Nibelungen (or The Ring of the Nibelung), but is primarily set in contemporary England.
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[edit] Plot summary
The story involves Malcolm Fisher, a hapless auction clerk in modern-day England, who runs over a badger one night. The badger turns out to be the giant Ingolf, brother of Fafnir, and Fisher becomes the new owner of the Ring of the Nibelung and the Tarnhelm, and, thereby, ruler of the world. However, Wotan, king of the gods, still wants the ring, as do others, and Fisher finds himself pursued by numerous characters from Wagner's opera, and romantically entangled, first, with one of the Rhinemaidens, and later, with one of the Valkyries.
[edit] Recognition
The novel was nominated for a Crawford Award by the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts in 1991[1].
[edit] Editions
- McMillan, London, 1987 — ISBN 0-333-44002-1
- St. Martin's, NY, 1987 — ISBN 0-312-01426-0
- Futura Orbit, London 1988 — ISBN 0-708-88264-1
- Ace Books, NY, 1990 — ISBN 0-441-22332-X
- ISBN 1-857-23181-3
