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Myth-Nomers and Im-Pervections | Rating | |
| A | |||
| Robert Asprin | |||
| Series | Related Books | ||
| MythAdventures | Another Fine Myth, Myth Conceptions, Myth Directions, Hit or Myth, Myth-ing Persons, Little Myth Marker, M.Y.T.H. Inc. Link, Myth-Nomers and Im-Pervections, M.Y.T.H. Inc. In Action, Sweet Myth-tery of Life, Myth-Ion Improbable, Something M.Y.T.H. Inc., Myth-Told Tales, Myth Alliances, Myth-Taken Identity, Class Dis-Mythed, Myth-Gotten Gains | ||
Aahz has left Skeeve and the rest of M.Y.T.H. Inc. and gone back to Pev. Unfortunately, it wasn't exactly an amicable split. Fortunately, Skeeve has realized just how big a cad he has been, and is determined to find his onetime mentor and convince him to return — or at least say a proper goodbye. But Perv is a big place, full of people just as tough and abrasive as Aahz, and Skeeve doesn't have his old friends to help him search. And perhaps worst of all, Skeeve is going to run up against something that he has no experience with whatsoever: technology!
As usual — as always — ths is a light, fast-paced story. The book can be finished in only a few hours. The pages go by quickly and there's always something going on. When he's not getting into trouble with street toughs or the peevish Pervish cops, he's wandering the dimension in seach of Aahz and taking in the sights as he does.
A goodly amount of space is devoted to giving Skeeve — and readers, of course — a feel for Perv. After hearing avout it in nearly every book to date, it had a lot to live up to. It's much like having heard about London, or Paris, or New York (especially New York!) and finally getting to go. But Asprin managed it just fine. It was just as unpleasant as we'd always heard it was, the Pervects' gruff dispositions and me-firstattitudes making impossible to ever fully relax.
Besides the tourism value, there's Skeeve himself. This is one of the best Skeeve-centric stories in the series, second only to Hit or Myth — and perhaps not even that one. While in that tale Skeeve at last pecomes competent, in this one we truly see him mature. The realizations he has about his friends and himself are extraordinarily insightful, especially considering this is light fantasy.
This isn't really all that funny in too many places, but the tone is nevertheless very light and easy to read. And it is still a good story, a nice expansion of the setting and Skeeve's character. It's a worthy addition to the series.
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