John Golden, Freelance Debugger Paperback – June 2, 2017

Nicely balanced, well paced modern techno-fantasy. Definitely a different concept for both Elves/Fey in the modern world.Entertainingly different from Wexler's "Shadow Campaign" world. Very, very DIFFERENT voice & style from "The Thousand Names"! Its going to be hard to wait for the "John Golden" sequel scheduled for August.Be aware (but not beware), this piece is a modest novella, took about an hour & a half to read. Still at $2.99 I find it a value entertainment!

I'm a tough sell when it comes to novellas. Even tougher when it comes to urban fantasy. But as soon as I read the description for this book, which is about a character whose job as a "freelance debugger" involves getting fairies out of computers, I knew it had me. Um, speaking as someone who is convinced she has problems way worse than fairies mucking about in her PC, I think I need this John Golden guy in my life.Django Wexler is also the perfect person to write this. That might come as a surprise if you've only read his epic fantasy, but I've discovered that he's also an amazingly versatile author. And as a former programmer and someone clearly used to being called upon for impromptu IT work, he definitely knows his way around computers and networks. He's taken that knowledge and mashed it up with elements from urban fantasy, creating a world where the land of the fae exists as part of a "Wildernet", and its denizens wreck havoc on our servers and systems by infesting them with their nasty "burrows".I think the first thing most readers will notice is "Hey, there's a bunch of footnotes in this!" Wexler has decided to do something different here by using footnotes for humorous effect, having John Golden's business partner Sarah fill us in with her commentary in the form of annotations. Sarah is an interesting character, with her being a ... well, I think I'll just leave that little bit out as a surprise for now! In any case, I personally appreciated the footnotes as part of the book's unique flavor, though they did trip me up a little at the beginning. Ultimately though, it's worth your time to read Sarah's snarktastic comments, since they often add to the narrative or give you more details about the world. Not to mention she's downright hilarious.I would recommend this to everyone. It's the perfect urban fantasy for computer geeks, with its IT jokes and references, but it's also fun for those who are not. Take me, for example. I wouldn't say I'm hopeless with computers, but at the same time what I don't know could fill an Olympic-size pool, and yet I still loved this book! It's quick, it's entertaining, and I have to say I got a real kick out of its geeky pop culture references and humor.Can't wait for more, especially since Wexler has teased that the next book will have a gamer angle. I know his other fantasy series will likely take precedence, but I really hope he'll keep finding time to write John Golden stories. A premise this amazing simply demands further exploration!

This is an awesome book with a unique spin on incorporating the fairy realm into our own. John Golden works in IT, he is a debugger, and his job is to delve into computer networks and eliminate fairy infestations. When I say he delves into computer networks, I mean that he can move himself into a different dimension called a burrow where the network and the fairy infestation are manifested as a sword and sorcery medieval world, and once inside the burrow he can get to work exterminating the fairy presence. Its kind of like The Matrix meets A Midsummer Night's Dream.This book is full of lots of geeky / nerdy / pop-culture references and plays on words (like when John Golden learned how to program in KOBOLD), and has been written in a unique way with the main character's sister providing something similar to director's commentary as footnotes to the story. I feel like the footnotes are a little too frequent and slightly jarring at the start of the book, but after reaching the first quarter mark they started to feel much more like a natural extension of the story. The humour is quite dry and understated, constructed from observations of how IT support is largely treated. If you have ever worked in IT or if you enjoy watching The IT Crowd, then I think you will really get a kick out of this book.

I got this book as a kind of palate-cleanser, a bit of light entertainment between heavier books.That's exactly what it was. Light, somewhat amusing, entertaining, clever, well-edited. A mashup of cyberpunk and urban fantasy that works in its own terms.No real depth to it, but since that's what I was looking for I can hardly ding it for that. I did find the use of footnotes for the narrator's cybernetic sister's alternative views on the events didn't work all that well in the ebook format. It was a good idea, but I thought executing it in a different way would have worked better.I won't necessarily be rushing out to get the next one. I read part of the sample before I realised it wasn't the first and switched to this book instead, and the impression I have is that it's more of the same. When I'm in the mood for something light and easy, though, this series provides a good option.

John Golden is a debugger, able to enter a computer or network system and eliminate whatever has made a home. With his assistant, his sassy little sister, Sarah, who's consciousness is trapped inside a laptop (or is she just an ultra advanced program), he battles strange creatures in the lands they have created.I don't want to give away to much as the freshness is what makes it great. Suffice to say John Golden is a fun tech savvy urban fantasy.

Just so happen his sister Sarah no linger has a body and lives in a Dell computer. They are hired to debug a computer system and meet Delphi the programmer before finding cause.

You don't have to be an IT person to get this book, but it certainly helps with some of the inside jokes. A super fast, delightful read that genuinely entertained me for a couple of hours. John Golden debugs computer systems. However, It's not only viruses he cleans up, but faerie folk as well, those little buggers that get into your system and take up residence in the circuits and gears. Awesome idea! Very happy to have chosen this one for my April TBR.John's little sister, Sarah, steals the show just a bit with her crass but affectionate remarks which are noted in the footnotes.

This was a quick, fun read. It helps of you know a bit about computers but you'll get the gist of the humour without. There was lots of action and the world building was creative.Fast paced and quirky, give it a go.