| Title: | Arcana Caelestia |
| Notice: | Directory listings are in topic 2 |
| Moderator: | NETRIX::thomas |
| Created: | Thu Dec 08 1983 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1300 |
| Total number of notes: | 18728 |
I just finished reading Robert Lynn Asprin's Myth Adventures series. My version has all 4 books in one called Myth Adventures and is published by Doubleday (Sci Fiction book Club). THe 4 books are: Another fine Myth, Myth Directions, Myth Conceptions, and Hit or Myth. (Say those titles fast fast and you'll be convinced that you have a permanent lythp.) They are fast reading and fun. (I finshed the 600 page book in about 3 days. That's pretty fast considering that it was a busy 3 days and I didn't spend that much time reading.) The stories center around Skeeve a magician's apprentice whose master 'dies seconds after summoning a demon. Here is Skeeve faced with this Green scaled pointy teeth demon called Aahz from the dimension Perv (that makes him a Pervect not ,as some would have, a Pervert). What happens is funny, entertaining, never dull. Those of you who have played low level Magic users will get a kick out of the way Skeeve manipulates his few low level spells to get out of trouble. The books are similar in flavor to Piers Anthony's "Magic of Xanth" series. They are not as punny, but just as good. They were excellent. I highly reccomend them for a light read. tlh
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| 73.1 | AKOV68::BOYAJIAN | Fri May 18 1984 04:19 | 10 | ||
Trace, if you have no particular objection to reading comics and like the Phil Foglio illustrations in the Later Myth books (oh, Hell! I just realized that they probably aren't in the book club edition. Psi!) Well, anyway, WaRP Graphics, who are responsible for the ELFQUEST comic, have started a quarterly comic based on the Myth series, called (believe it or not) MYTH ADVENTURES. It's not clear whether the adaptation is by asprin himself, or by Phil Foglio, but the story/art combination is perfect. I haven't read the books, myself, but I thought the first issue of the comic was a scream, and am motivated to read the books because of it. --- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian) | |||||
| 73.2 | TOPCAT::WAYNE | Tue May 29 1984 18:15 | 11 | ||
I second the opinion of the original note. I am about half way through the
book (I also have the SF book club edition), and I find it very entertaining.
If you like a good pun, and enjoy a magical setting with elements of the "real"
world thrown in for the jarring effect, then by all means read MYTH ADVENTURES.
It seems that our dimension is one of many in the book, and one of the major
characters must have visited it often. He is constantly using phrases that
must have come from contact with our dimension. Picture a McDonald's (Called a
Yellow <something> Tavern) with a Gargoyle at the counter, and you have a good
picture of the book.
--- Wayne Morrison
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