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Another Fine Myth | 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 | ||
Skeeve wasn't doing very well as a wizard's apprentice. He could barely light a candle. But then his master gets killed and he's stuck with the demon he'd just conjured. The good news: demon is merely shorthand for dimension traveler, and the fearsome Aahz is willing to take on Skeeve as his new apprentice. The bad news: Aahz has lost his powers, which makes teaching magic a little tricky. Even worse, the assassins that killed Skeeve's master are still out there, and they're on his tail!
Asprin has explained that he conceived of this story as some fantasy version of a Bob Hope/Bing Crosby buddy commedy, and I must say it reads pretty much as exactly that. The story is extremely light in tone, with Aahz and Skeeve engaging in wonderful banter. The two of them seem to have two modes: bickering and conniving. Whenever they're alone, they argue. Over anything. Whenever someone else comes along, the two of them mesh together like a perfectly tooled machine. In either mode they're just a lot of fun.
This book could almost qualify as a young adult novel. Its easy language, fast pace, and short length make this for a quick read. There's nothing deep about this book, but it's a whole lot of fun.
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