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Themis Files #0.5
File N°002
Read Sylvain Neuvel’s Exclusive Lost Themis File!
Link to the Lost Themis File:-
http://www.thethemisfiles.com/File002...
Link to the Lost Themis File:-
http://www.thethemisfiles.com/File002...
10 pages, ebook
First published March 29, 2017
About the author
Sylvain Neuvel
21 books5,301 followersSylvain Neuvel dropped out of high school at age 15. Along the way, he has been a journalist, worked in soil decontamination, sold ice cream in California, and peddled furniture across Canada. He received a Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of Chicago. He taught linguistics in India, and worked as a software engineer in Montreal. He is also a certified translator, though he wishes he were an astronaut. He likes to tinker, dabbles in robotics and is somewhat obsessed with Halloween. He absolutely loves toys; his girlfriend would have him believe that he has too many, so he writes about aliens and giant robots as a blatant excuse to build action figures (for his son, of course).
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January 5, 2018
Nice
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It's very short and a must-read for Mystery Guy lovers.
Here's the link:-
http://www.unboundworlds.com/2017/03/...
5 January, 2018
For those who are missing the Mystery Guy after reading Waking Gods and they-know-what, this is a must read for them. I liked it. I was fond of his tone and this was exactly what I needed.
I won't say what this Lost Themis File is about. Because it would spoil everything.
It's very short and a must-read for Mystery Guy lovers.
Here's the link:-
http://www.unboundworlds.com/2017/03/...
5 January, 2018
August 7, 2020
This was a free prequel short story to the Themis Files series, and is available online, here: http://www.thethemisfiles.com/File002...
The entire Themis Files series is organised into a series of interviews and this was no exception. This short segment was comprised between our unknown interviewer and the assistant to the president for national security affairs. This was also infused with the same dense scientific logic and wry humour. Whilst not necessary to the series, it was an interesting read and did add a little knowledge to how what occurs after it actually did so, to some extent.
The entire Themis Files series is organised into a series of interviews and this was no exception. This short segment was comprised between our unknown interviewer and the assistant to the president for national security affairs. This was also infused with the same dense scientific logic and wry humour. Whilst not necessary to the series, it was an interesting read and did add a little knowledge to how what occurs after it actually did so, to some extent.
January 17, 2023
3.5 stars
October 4, 2021
I have told Goodreads peers for years that the recommend button is not for me. I do not know how many electronic files the average person stores but the physical library we have built probably exceeds them. We only buy genres and fill in authors and series we love already. An authoress friend, Heena, got that button through my line of defence in 2016. Upon rereading the synopsis recently, “Sleeping Giants” sounds more fascinating than I recalled.
In a subterranean fall, a girl discovered a metal hand. She became an archaeologist to work on deciphering its mystery. Solving secrets is my line! Then I noticed that Sylvain is Canadian! That is a horse of a different colour. The début “Themis Files” novel went into my next second-hand internet order.
Meanwhile, I saw short stories to whet my appetite of the surreal atmosphere while awaiting the novel’s arrival. A few free PDFs also raise my Canadian book total to 40 before their challenge ended in June. One reader thought that “Themis Files Archive File No. 002” from March 2017, went well after the début novel, published in April 2016. It suited me as an appetizer, acclimatizing me to a reporting writing style I hope I adapt to and simultaneously kept my intrigue high.
This is a 6 page snippet of widely spaced dialogue, establishing government secrecy about the archaeological project, which the NSA wanted to defund. Metaphysical attributes went into a full report that few employees read, who favour itemized summaries. A visitor browsing the full document has the authority to order “National Security Affairs” to maintain the funding. I enjoyed his humour, boldness, and intelligence. I am glad to know going in that the presumed archaeologist heroine, Rose Franklyn, has this authoritative ally to bode well for the good gals!
In a subterranean fall, a girl discovered a metal hand. She became an archaeologist to work on deciphering its mystery. Solving secrets is my line! Then I noticed that Sylvain is Canadian! That is a horse of a different colour. The début “Themis Files” novel went into my next second-hand internet order.
Meanwhile, I saw short stories to whet my appetite of the surreal atmosphere while awaiting the novel’s arrival. A few free PDFs also raise my Canadian book total to 40 before their challenge ended in June. One reader thought that “Themis Files Archive File No. 002” from March 2017, went well after the début novel, published in April 2016. It suited me as an appetizer, acclimatizing me to a reporting writing style I hope I adapt to and simultaneously kept my intrigue high.
This is a 6 page snippet of widely spaced dialogue, establishing government secrecy about the archaeological project, which the NSA wanted to defund. Metaphysical attributes went into a full report that few employees read, who favour itemized summaries. A visitor browsing the full document has the authority to order “National Security Affairs” to maintain the funding. I enjoyed his humour, boldness, and intelligence. I am glad to know going in that the presumed archaeologist heroine, Rose Franklyn, has this authoritative ally to bode well for the good gals!
July 18, 2019
Aunque te recomiendan leerlo entre el primer y el segundo libro, no contiene ningún spoiler y si estás dudando en comenzar la saga, es buena opción leerte este aperitivo primero para saber lo que vas a encontrarte. Si te gusta, adelante, si no, el resto de la saga es completamente igual.
March 3, 2020
Como esto no tiene audiolibro, lo leí en vos alta actuando las voces y ES GENIAL.
Lo que me río con este señor misterioso 😂
Lo que me río con este señor misterioso 😂
-Don’t you have anything better to do?
- Not at the moment. Why?
- You come to the White House every couple of weeks. Sometimes you share some information. More often than not you ask for information.
- That is an adequate description of the nature of our relationship.
August 1, 2020
Such a short read, but the writing of Mystery Guy's voice is so distinct that you're back in the story within seconds!
December 2, 2019
Story 1 in my 24 Days of Shorts
Recommended only to the most hardcore Themis Files fan.
Reading this has taught me that I need to stick to audiobooks with this series, it’s so much better that way.
Plus, I see one of the cardinal sins: “appraised” when he clearly means “apprised.” This short story also contains“artefact “ (twice), “emanate” (three times)*, “gleamy,” and “titivating” (I don’t even know what that’s supposed to be - “decorating,” maybe??) so this clearly wasn’t ready for public consumption. Or is the entire series like that and I just didn’t know because I listened to the audiobook?
* I stand corrected, these were not misspelled words ;-)
read it for yourself here: http://www.thethemisfiles.com/File002...
My 24 Days of Shorts
1. File N°002 by Sylvain Neuvel
2. File N°247 by Sylvain Neuvel
3. Skinner Box by Carole Johnstone
4. The Weight of Memories by Liu Cixin
5. A Fist of Permutations in Lightning and Wildflowers by Alyssa Wong
6. If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again by Zen Cho
7. Meat And Salt And Sparks by Rich Larson
8. Seven Birthdays by Ken Liu
9. Where Would You Be Now? by Carrie Vaughn
10. Old Media by Annalee Newitz
11. The Cybernetic Tea Shop by Meredith Katz
12. Sweetlings by Lucy Taylor
13. An Unexpected Honor by Ursula Vernon
14. Hell is the Absence of God by Ted Chiang
15. A Love Story by Samantha Hunt
16. The Lake by Tananarive Due
17. Ghost Hedgehog by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
18. Finnegan's Field by Angela Slatter
19. Among the Thorns by Veronica Schanoes
20. Rag and Bone by Priya Sharma
21. The Mothers of Voorhisville by Mary Rickert
22. As Good as New by Charlie Jane Anders
23. Twixt Firelight and Water by Juliet Marillier
24. The Christmas Show by Pat Cadigan
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Recommended only to the most hardcore Themis Files fan.
Reading this has taught me that I need to stick to audiobooks with this series, it’s so much better that way.
Plus, I see one of the cardinal sins: “appraised” when he clearly means “apprised.” This short story also contains
* I stand corrected, these were not misspelled words ;-)
read it for yourself here: http://www.thethemisfiles.com/File002...
My 24 Days of Shorts
1. File N°002 by Sylvain Neuvel
2. File N°247 by Sylvain Neuvel
3. Skinner Box by Carole Johnstone
4. The Weight of Memories by Liu Cixin
5. A Fist of Permutations in Lightning and Wildflowers by Alyssa Wong
6. If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again by Zen Cho
7. Meat And Salt And Sparks by Rich Larson
8. Seven Birthdays by Ken Liu
9. Where Would You Be Now? by Carrie Vaughn
10. Old Media by Annalee Newitz
11. The Cybernetic Tea Shop by Meredith Katz
12. Sweetlings by Lucy Taylor
13. An Unexpected Honor by Ursula Vernon
14. Hell is the Absence of God by Ted Chiang
15. A Love Story by Samantha Hunt
16. The Lake by Tananarive Due
17. Ghost Hedgehog by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
18. Finnegan's Field by Angela Slatter
19. Among the Thorns by Veronica Schanoes
20. Rag and Bone by Priya Sharma
21. The Mothers of Voorhisville by Mary Rickert
22. As Good as New by Charlie Jane Anders
23. Twixt Firelight and Water by Juliet Marillier
24. The Christmas Show by Pat Cadigan
May 15, 2018
A perfect taster for the entire series
November 19, 2019
An interesting super-short story. It’s kinda fun to get a little more insight into the characters of this really good series.
May 3, 2023
4/5 stars, a fun little addition but nothing too special
This was a simple little file set before the series begins, and it gives another moment for the reader to connect with the mysterious main character. While it didn't give a lot of context behind the main story besides a hint of something that happened in the book, I still enjoyed this short novella. Other than that, I don't have much to say because there isn't much to it, but it was nice.
[TW: insults, secrets, threats]
This was a simple little file set before the series begins, and it gives another moment for the reader to connect with the mysterious main character. While it didn't give a lot of context behind the main story besides a hint of something that happened in the book, I still enjoyed this short novella. Other than that, I don't have much to say because there isn't much to it, but it was nice.
[TW: insults, secrets, threats]
January 5, 2018
Yay!
More delightful dialogue from the mouth of the mystery man.
Find it here - http://www.unboundworlds.com/2017/03/...
More delightful dialogue from the mouth of the mystery man.
Find it here - http://www.unboundworlds.com/2017/03/...
February 15, 2019
3,5/5. Good and always fun to get back into the Themis Files with new material. A very short read and nice add on that the fan will enjoy but it doesn't the story at another level or anything. Fun but non essential!
February 24, 2020
"There is only one short paragraph to go on in this summary. Number of
Items: seventeen. Size: 25–30 feet each. Composition: solid metal. Note:
Light emanates from the artefacts."
Items: seventeen. Size: 25–30 feet each. Composition: solid metal. Note:
Light emanates from the artefacts."
May 10, 2018
A short excerpt that shows the nameless man at his best!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 26, 2019
I have really enjoyed all of the extra Themis Files that give you more information regarding events taking place in novels. This particular file gives you more dialogue from the ever acerbic Mystery Man.
July 11, 2018
I did not know this was out there, and I am glad I found it.
This short piece gives a sliver of insight into our nameless friend, and how he would arm twist government officials to get things done. In this case, give Rose funding before they met.
After finishing "Waking Gods" and "Only Human", I missed our nameless friend. It was good to see him own it again.
This short piece gives a sliver of insight into our nameless friend, and how he would arm twist government officials to get things done. In this case, give Rose funding before they met.
After finishing "Waking Gods" and "Only Human", I missed our nameless friend. It was good to see him own it again.
March 13, 2018
I forgot how much I missed this series until right this second. I think I need to listen to the books again.
If you haven't read the Themis Files series, I highly recommend it. This was a quick read that is sure to suck you in. Seriously, give this series a shot!
If you haven't read the Themis Files series, I highly recommend it. This was a quick read that is sure to suck you in. Seriously, give this series a shot!
August 5, 2022
Ein wirklich kurzer Text ganz im Sinne der Reihe. Fans können sich darüber freuen und Neulinge erhalten einen Eindruck davon, was sie in den Büchern erwartet. Wirklich gelesen haben muss man die Geschichte nicht - mir würde jetzt auch nichts fehlen, hätte ich sie nicht gekannt. Aber als kleines Häppchen für Zwischendurch sehr gut geeignet.
April 5, 2018
A teaser: just makes me need to read more, and soon!
September 11, 2018
People in high places usually get caught because they believe they cannot. They feel no need to protect themselves against criticism or other repercussions because they believe no one can touch them.
Read
August 4, 2020I'm choosing not to rate this because I solely read it to get acquainted with the file type of writing style. I'm very intrigued and ready to start Sleeping Giants.
February 4, 2023
This was such an interesting read, and I can't wait to read the first full length story!
April 2, 2023
3,8✨️
June 24, 2023
Completely supplemental. Completely bonus. A little short story to enhance the source material.
I feel myself falling down a rabbit hole here.
Online PDF
I feel myself falling down a rabbit hole here.
Online PDF
August 20, 2018
Brief but engaging, I enjoy a dose of my unnamed man, whom I have named Hugo Weaving (see other books' reviews for explanation) and liked this one for bridging the gap between installments. I do wish I had read it before Waking Gods—although I'm pretty pleased to have read it afterwards, as well.
January 10, 2020
You'll be perfectly fine if you don't read this with the series, but for those missing the tone and style of the books, it is a nice little bite.
Want to read
February 3, 2019The link is broken for all of the extra files hellllllp please!
June 4, 2018
Fun! I enjoyed this. I miss the Narrator.
March 30, 2019
It's been a while since I've read The Themis Files. This just gave me goosebumps all over again!
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