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| Original Title: | Another Fine Myth |
| ISBN: | 0441013465 (ISBN13: 9780441013463) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Myth Adventures #1 |
| Characters: | Skeeve, Aahz, Tananda, Gleep, Garkin, Isstvan, Quigley (Demon Hunter), Brockhurst, Higgens (Imp), Buttercup |
| Setting: | Klah Deva |
Robert Lynn Asprin
Paperback | Pages: 200 pages Rating: 4.05 | 20988 Users | 604 Reviews
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| Title | : | Another Fine Myth (Myth Adventures #1) |
| Author | : | Robert Lynn Asprin |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 200 pages |
| Published | : | November 1st 2005 by Ace Books (first published 1978) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Humor. Fiction. Comedy. Science Fiction Fantasy. Magic. Adventure |
Explanation As Books Another Fine Myth (Myth Adventures #1)
“C'mon kid. Think a minute, even if it hurts.”Skeeve
used to be a magician apprentice until an assassin (who paid for the deed with his life right away) brought an untimely end to his master, but not before the latter summoned a demon.
“The Demon curled its lips back, revealing a double row of needle-sharp teeth. I considered changing my chosen course of action; I considered fainting.”
Now Skeeve was stuck with the said demon who seems to have a very nice friendly personality:
“Are you going to shake my hand, or am I going to rip your heart out?”
To complicate things further the demon turned out to be quite different from what anybody would expect: in his case "Demon" stands for "Dimensional Traveler" and the guy's native dimension was called Perv, making Aazh one of his inhabitants, or Pervert (another hint about his nice personality). The two teamed up to deal with the powerful magician who hired the assassin. Their weapons? Skeeve's rudimentary magic skills and Aazh's ability to talk anybody's head off. Fun times are about to start - and they sure will.
This book is funny. It has everything a good humorous fantasy is supposed to have: great puns, amusing dialog, absurd laugh-out-loud situations, colorful and equally amusing characters.
Sadly this series nowadays is mostly forgotten and the first name that comes up when people think of humorous fantasy is Discworld. However it took Sir Terry Pratchett at least 3 books to become funny; this one makes you smile practically on the second page. The quality does drop off sharply after the first 5 or 6 books, but the initial ones are great.
My only complaint is that it took practically two thirds of the book before the dynamic duo arrived on Deva's Bazaar: a truly colorful place with some excellent recurring characters (see above). I can recommend this series to anybody who needs a good laugh; it also works great as a cure for a book hangover (my personal experience).
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Ratings: 4.05 From 20988 Users | 604 ReviewsPiece About Books Another Fine Myth (Myth Adventures #1)
Unabridged audio.Skeeve was a magician's apprentice, until the magician got killed that is. Unfortunately he was killed by an assassin just as he summoned a "demon". "Demon"-that's short for "Dimensional Traveler". Things just go from bad to worse once they find that he (the Dimensional Traveler that is, the demon) is stuck in Skeeve's dimension, a real backwater. See as I said, Skeeve is just an apprentice. The "demon" (Aahv)instead of killing Skeeve explains that he is a wizard in his ownIt was fun to finally read this book! I had so many preconceived notions about it since I had read small parts when Q read it many years ago, but happily I wasn't disappointed. It was very fast moving and easy to read, and funny, but not as slap-stick as I had thought it might be. It is still not my typical type of book to read (hence the 3 stars instead of 4), but it was nice for a change, and I will likely read the rest of the series someday.
No joke here: Quigley is my favourite character
Short and fun! It's very much proto-Pratchett in its way of telling its story while affectionately mocking fantasy tropes with lots of humor. When a wizard summons a demon and gets murdered in the process, his apprentice is left to solve the murder with the help of said demon... who turns out to be an extradimensional lizard with the sardonic wit and canny intelligence of Sam Spade. Seems there's a Big Bad about who needs stopping, and our demon has a dozen tricky plans to do it. This twosome
As it happens, I didnt start reading this series with this book. Well, not exactly. I discovered Myth Adventures as a comic book drawn by Phil Foglio and read that, borrowing some issues from a friend and buying others. So, when I wanted to read the novels, I went looking for one called Myth Adventures to start with, but there wasnt one. The title Another Fine Myth SOUNDED like a sequel, so I wound up starting with Myth Conceptions (number 2 in the series), and didnt get back to reading this
I read quite a few of the books in this series several years ago. I remembered enjoying it then, so I thought I'd give it a re-read now and see if the magik was still there. Indeed it is! Another Fine Myth is a highly entertaining light read that I couldn't put down.The story revolves around the adventures of a young magician's apprentice, Skeeve. Skeeve is a likable character, if a bit naive and the misadventures that he gets into with his friends are a magical romp through a universe of magik,
One of my most childhood (well, teenagerhood) possessions is a pair of graphic novels based on Robert Asprin's "Myth" series, illustrated by Phil Foglio. I also read most of the books themselves and enjoyed them nearly as much. When I recently decided to re-read the first three books (Another Fine Myth, Myth Conceptions, and Myth Directions) I was surprised to find out how well they held up. They're still really fun!Now while "fun" isn't the word I'd use to describe most books in the fantasy
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