Myth Alliances (Asprin, Robert. Myth Adventure Series, 1.)

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Summary: It took 15 years and a co-author...
Review: ..but we finally have a really good Myth book!

This is the Myth I remember! Snappy pacing, whimsical adventure, funny action scenes! At last!

I'm not sure how much credit should go to Robert Aspirin, but considering that he's said in the past that when he co-authors a book he puts his name on the cover and doesn't add a whole lot else and that this book is quantum leaps ahead of the last SIX VOLUMES, I think the lion's share of the credit should go to Jody Lynn Nye. She has done a fantastic job of staying true to the spirit of the Myth books and the characters while making them fun to read again.

Everything here clicks. The quotes, the characters, the plot. It's like a visit to an old friend who was ill, but has now recovered. It's great to see them again without having to ask them if there's something wrong.

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Summary: very funny lighthearted fantasy
Review: He is known as The Great Skeeve, a powerful magician that other's fear, but he knows that it is mostly smoke and mirrors and that he ranks out as an apprentice. He retires from his position as Court Magician, a very profitable endeavor and returns to Klah to study magick so that he can be what his reputation advertises. Staying with him at his inn is his dragon, Glee, the war unicorn Buttercup, and Bunny a beautiful and intelligent woman.

Using a D hopper, Wensley from the dimension of Wuh meets and begs Skeeve to use his powers to get rid of the Prevects that control his world. Unable to think of an immediate way to control the Prevects, Skeeve picks up Tanada the Trollup and Zol Itchy, the self-help guru of Kobold and heads for Wuh to liberate the wuhs. What Skeeve doesn't know is that the Prevects have a business contract with the Wuhs and they have to meet it or see their reputations ruined. These two groups are working at cross-purposes laced with several misunderstandings and the results are totally hilarious.

This is a very funny lighthearted fantasy that will be appreciated by those readers who read the previous Skeeve and Aahz books or the Xanth series by Piers Anthony. Skeeve is his usual charming, urbane yet naive self who takes up for the underdog (in this case the Wuhs) who don't really appreciate his efforts. Robert Asprin and Jody Lynn Nye are great collaborators and together create a work that is refreshing as the previous Myth novels. MYTH ALLIANCE demonstrates that humor done right can be an integral part of a fantasy novel.

Harriet Klausner

Rating:
Summary: very funny lighthearted fantasy
Review: He is known as The Great Skeeve, a powerful magician that other's fear, but he knows that it is mostly smoke and mirrors and that he ranks out as an apprentice. He retires from his position as Court Magician, a very profitable endeavor and returns to Klah to study magick so that he can be what his reputation advertises. Staying with him at his inn is his dragon, Glee, the war unicorn Buttercup, and Bunny a beautiful and intelligent woman.

Using a D hopper, Wensley from the dimension of Wuh meets and begs Skeeve to use his powers to get rid of the Prevects that control his world. Unable to think of an immediate way to control the Prevects, Skeeve picks up Tanada the Trollup and Zol Itchy, the self-help guru of Kobold and heads for Wuh to liberate the wuhs. What Skeeve doesn't know is that the Prevects have a business contract with the Wuhs and they have to meet it or see their reputations ruined. These two groups are working at cross-purposes laced with several misunderstandings and the results are totally hilarious.

This is a very funny lighthearted fantasy that will be appreciated by those readers who read the previous Skeeve and Aahz books or the Xanth series by Piers Anthony. Skeeve is his usual charming, urbane yet naive self who takes up for the underdog (in this case the Wuhs) who don't really appreciate his efforts. Robert Asprin and Jody Lynn Nye are great collaborators and together create a work that is refreshing as the previous Myth novels. MYTH ALLIANCE demonstrates that humor done right can be an integral part of a fantasy novel.

Harriet Klausner

Rating:
Summary: Asprin is back!
Review: I'm not going to give away the plot but if you love this series as I do you will love this book. The last one was a little dark but with Myth Alliances Asprin and Nye hit it out of the park! I hope this series continues more rapidly then it has over the past twenty years that I have been a huge fan.

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Rating:
Summary: Asprin is back!
Review: I'm not going to give away the plot but if you love this series as I do you will love this book. The last one was a little dark but with Myth Alliances Asprin and Nye hit it out of the park! I hope this series continues more rapidly then it has over the past twenty years that I have been a huge fan.

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Rating:
Summary: Unexpected pleasure
Review: Usually the collaboration of a well-known author with a new author involving a continuation of the old author's series just doesn't work. The new author does most of the work and just can't get the old humor and characters right. This is not the case with this book. I suspect that Nye writes Asprin better than Asprin himself! This novel is as good or better than anything in the series since "Little Myth Marker." I look forward to the next novel!