The Goodies: Pods and Monsters
by Kenton Hall (Chinbeard Books, 2023)
The second novella in Chinbeard’s Target-styled Goodies range, featuring nostalgic cover art and the first slightly unfortunate example of what no doubt will become intentional font-ambiguity jokes. The humour within is off-the-cuff and heavily pun-based, aimed squarely at those in the know.
Agaton Sax and the Cashless Billionaires
by Nils-Olof Franzén; trans. Kenton Hall; ill. Mike Bryson (Oak Tree Books, 2022)
Good, lively fun to begin with, though degenerating into a tangled mess that Agaton Sax plays no real part in unravelling (save an explanation in retrospect). It’s easy to see why Franzén wasn’t entirely satisfied with this instalment, and left it untranslated.