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Summary: Great job Mr. Asprin
Review: The book itself is wonderful and author does a wonderful job of explaining the years of conflict in the in this particular region of the world. There are times particularly in the introduction when you want the author to shut up and get on with the story. Later on you see how much this one example(in the beginning) kind of weaves all of the points to come together. Overall-Good book if you like history (and good journalism)
Rating:
Summary: Great job Mr. Asprin
Review: The book itself is wonderful and author does a wonderful job of explaining the years of conflict in the in this particular region of the world. There are times particularly in the introduction when you want the author to shut up and get on with the story. Later on you see how much this one example(in the beginning) kind of weaves all of the points to come together. Overall-Good book if you like history (and good journalism)
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Summary: If you want to laugh, give this one a try
Review: Well, what can I say? This was a very funny book. A little short, a bit light, but good.
Where else do you get to meet Imps, from Imper? Deveels, (not devils) from Deva? Pervects (not Perverts if you want to keep all of your limbs and organs in their proper location, as in attached to your body and all that) from Perv? Klahds, (unfortunately, that would be us, or close to it) from Klah? And of course Gnomes, from Zoorik? (don't ask me, I didn't write it)
Skeeve's myth-adventures are wild, unpredictable, and funny.
In this, the first in the series, Skeeve meets Imp assassins, a demon hunter named Quigley, an ex-assassin with green hair named Tananda, a Pervect nameed Aahz, a Deveel named Frumple, and a laughing madman caled Isstvan, among others. Add the war unicorn(Buttercup) and the dragon (Gleep) and let the insanity begin.
It's nice that the magik in this book follows rules, of a sort, and nothing is ever quite what it seems.
And one of my favorite parts would have to be the quotes at the beginning of each chapter, from such notables as Darth Vader, Robin Hood, Thomas Edison, Benedict Arnold, Gengas Khan, and a pair refered to as Lor L. and Har D.
A quick read, but... All in all, if it doesn't make you laugh out loud, it will at least make you smile.
Rating:
Summary: If you want to laugh, give this one a try
Review: Well, what can I say? This was a very funny book. A little short, a bit light, but good.
Where else do you get to meet Imps, from Imper? Deveels, (not devils) from Deva? Pervects (not Perverts if you want to keep all of your limbs and organs in their proper location, as in attached to your body and all that) from Perv? Klahds, (unfortunately, that would be us, or close to it) from Klah? And of course Gnomes, from Zoorik? (don't ask me, I didn't write it)
Skeeve's myth-adventures are wild, unpredictable, and funny.
In this, the first in the series, Skeeve meets Imp assassins, a demon hunter named Quigley, an ex-assassin with green hair named Tananda, a Pervect nameed Aahz, a Deveel named Frumple, and a laughing madman caled Isstvan, among others. Add the war unicorn(Buttercup) and the dragon (Gleep) and let the insanity begin.
It's nice that the magik in this book follows rules, of a sort, and nothing is ever quite what it seems.
And one of my favorite parts would have to be the quotes at the beginning of each chapter, from such notables as Darth Vader, Robin Hood, Thomas Edison, Benedict Arnold, Gengas Khan, and a pair refered to as Lor L. and Har D.
A quick read, but... All in all, if it doesn't make you laugh out loud, it will at least make you smile.
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