Another Fine Myth

Myth Adventures, Book 1

De: Robert Asprin

Narrado por: Noah Michael Levine

Skeeve is a magician’s apprentice (and a wanna-be thief) until an assassin’s bolt kills his master, Garkin. Along with Aahz, the green-scaled, purple-tongued demon and master magician summoned by Garkin, he sets out on a quest to get even. The road to vengeance is bound to prove rocky, however, because Skeeve can barely light a candle with his beginning magic, and Aahz has lost his own considerable magical abilities as a consequence of Garkin’s summoning spell. Before they can confront the power-mad wizard who ordered Garkin’s assassination, they must survive a trip to a weird alternate dimension, encounters with Impish hit-men and a somewhat dull but persistent demon hunter who rides a friendly war unicorn, outwit a sharp-dealing Deevel, and deal with other uncanny enemies and even stranger friends...all without killing each other in the process!

The Green-Haired Lady...“Relax, handsome,” she purred. “You’re about to get pounded for offending my honor. You might as well get a little of the sweet along with the bitter.” Before I could protest further, she kissed me. Long and warm and sweet, she kissed me. I had never been kissed by anyone except my mother. This was different! The fight, the dragon, Aahz, everything faded from my mind. I was lost in the wonder of that moment. “Hey!” A rough hand fell on my shoulder and pulled us apart. “Is this shrimp bothering you, lady?” The person on the other end of that hand was no taller than I was, but he was twice as broad and had short, twisted tusks protruding from his mouth. His cronies had fanned out behind him, effectively boxing me in against the dung-heap. I looked at the girl. She shrugged and backed away. It looked like I was going to have to fight all of them. Me and the dragon. Terrific. I remembered my skinning knife. It wasn’t much, but it was all I had. As casually as I could, I reached behind me and tugged at my shirt, trying to pull it up so I could get at the knife. The knife promptly fell down inside my pants. The wrecking crew started forward.

©1988 Robert Asprin (P)2013 Audible, Inc.

Humorously Magical

I love Robert Asprins Humor and the Quotes at the beginning of every chapter adds to the experience

Before Harry Potter There Was Skeeve!

Great books for young people. Great writer lost too soon. I was both entertained and enlightened by the small wisdoms delivered with humor and moments of truth and feeling.

Oldie but a goodie

I fell in love with this series back when I was in my teens when my mom introduced them to me. I am extremely pleased to find them here.

Love this book

I first read this book in a compendium in 7th grade. The first book I couldn’t put down and wasn’t forced to read. It is an easy light entertaining read. I remember reading the author saying it was lightly based the Bob Hope Bing Crosby road movies, which I still need to watch.

Humor

I love this series. I read it 30 years ago and am re-reading it. It’s still funny!

Great book, couldn't get past Aahz's voice

The book is the same one you and I remember. It's magical, it's funny, and Noah does a fairly decent, if a bit "meh" performance.

I have an issue, however, with his voicing for Aahz. It reminds me of a mix between Moe from The Simpsons, and Adam Sandler in Little Nicky....not what I was expecting and, while I realize my idea of his voice isn't everyone's, I find the voice unpleasant to listen to after a while.

If you like the book, buy the Audible, it's nice to listen to for a different perspective. Just be prepared for Little Moaahz.

Anp hilarious story!

Aspirin writing holds up very well many years later. Gripping yarn. The only thing I don’t understand is why they had a Sean Connery accent for one of the characters, other than that outstanding!

Outstanding!

I’m Gen X, read the series in high school and loved it. Listening to them now, and I’m still in love

A blast from my past, but incomplete!

I discovered these books 40 years ago and they still have a place in my heart. It's hard to revisit something from 4 decades ago, but these books brought back many great memories as a young man discovering sci-fi books for the first time. Their humor and not taking themselves quite seriously in terms of fantasy, always made me smile.

The only drawback to reading these is the series isn't complete on audible, it is missing book 10 and it goes in a different direction when you get to book 11 you feel somewhat confused with the storyline. I think this would be a great series to do a single-book omnibus like they have done with so many other books on Audible. I know I would want it for my collection!

I love the narration

I read the Myth Adventures series since they first came out, in paperback. Then, my husband and I collected the graphic novels illustrated by Phil Foglio. I am enjoying Mr. Levine's narration in audiobook format. I am entertained by his take on the characters' voices and intonations. This is an audiobook I have listened to quite a few times since I first purchased it in 2013. I used this book, in audio format, to introduce my son to the Myth Adventures series, as audio kept his attention better than printed text (it felt too much like *school* to be "fun"). Having just recently finished listening to it again, I realised I hadn't left a review in all this time, so here it is. It's definitely a product of its time, but not unpleasantly so. There are a few parts that might cause today's listeners a moment or two of discomfort, but they are casual, background references, not integral to the storyline itself.
It's a fun universe, with some entertaining explanations of things we either take for granted or dismiss as utter rubbish. I have no problem recommending this book to anyone who can deal with the occasional ribald joke.