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Title: Myth-Ion Improbable by Robert Asprin ISBN: 0-441-00962-X Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: 30 July, 2002 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.41 (37 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: 2 Stars for Nostalgia -- Aahz and Skeeve aren't back...
Comment: As someone who once subscribed to the Myth Adventures Fan Club, I'm a big fan of Skeeve, Aahz (Oz? No relation) and their adventures. So, it is greatly disappointing to have waited so many years for more Myth books to come out, only to pay a lot of money for Myth-Ion Improbably and find out it's nothing more than a poor relic of past glory.
The book was a true shadow tale, with many of the elements we grew to love and respect from Asprin, bluntly visible and obviously contrived.
Unfortunately, the plot is non-existent, even for a quest-fantasy style novel.
And, while I was able to get past the grammatical problems and misspellings inherent in the editing of a Robert Asprin book, I couldn't overlook the logical errors throughout.
I will illustrate with one primary element of the story: A Treasure map to find a Golden Cow. Skeeve is immediately bashed on by Aahz (in traditional Aahz-Skeeve banter, we are supposed to believe) for not knowing what a cow is, "Skeeve, where do you think steak comes from?"
Later in the book, Skeeve laughs at a joke about "Count Bovine" -- as a reference to cows. Well, since he didn't know what a cow was, I'm quite surprised he can catch the more complex connection between bovine and cow.
Anyway, this is just one of the character knowledge discrepancies that fills this book and kills the "suspension of disbelief" that allows one to enjoy a humor-fantasy tale.
Asprin's footnote says he needed to start with a simpler book before going on to a more complex and involved Aahz-Skeeve book. Good for him. Too bad he bothered to print it.
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Cheers,
BilFish
Rating: 4
Summary: weakest in the series
Comment: Myth-ion Improbable is the weakest of the Myth books. That's not saying much though, since the series as a whole is such a great collection of books. This is the only one that I give four stars to. I think it is because it had been so long since Asprin had written a Myth book, and he had to refind his rhythm. And this book interrupts the sequence (it is book 11, but it takes place between 3 & 4). Asprin seems to have to stretch a little with this episode, which he hasn't had to do in any of the others. But don't let me give you the impression that this is a substandard book, because it isn't. It's a great book too. And I'm glad he wrote it.
Rating: 4
Summary: Silly and fun
Comment: Sure, it's not a literary masterpiece, but it is a good, quick, and fun read.
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Title: Something M.Y.T.H. Inc by Robert Asprin ISBN: 0441010830 Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: 29 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Myth-Told Tales (Myth Adventures) by Robert Asprin, Jody Lynn Nye ISBN: 1592220010 Publisher: Meisha Merlin Publishing Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $8.00 |
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Title: Myth Alliances (Asprin, Robert. Myth Adventure Series, 1.) by Robert Asprin, Jody Lynn Nye ISBN: 1592220096 Publisher: Meisha Merlin Publishing Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: M.Y.T.H. Inc. in Action/Sweet Myth-Tery of Life by Robert Asprin ISBN: 0441009824 Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: M.Y.T.H. Inc. Link/Myth-Nomers and Im-Pervections by Robert Aspirin, Robert Asprin ISBN: 0441009697 Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: 27 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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