Thieves' World®

Given the title, I was expecting more thieving. In fact there is more sorcery than thieving. Still, this proved good fun and I think realizes some of the synergistic potential that Asprin was going for when concocting his idea for a shared world fantasy anthology. Each tale focuses on a particular k......more

Shared World anthologies. What a brilliant idea! The concept was that a setting would be provided and some basic rules set down, such as 'no killing another author's character without permission.' And then recruit some top notch writers to come and play. This book still has a nice fat place on my she......more

-Idea muy innovadora hace más de treinta años.- Género. Narrativa Fantástica. Lo que nos cuenta. En la ciudad de Santuario, emplazamiento fundado por esclavos huidos al sur del Imperio Rankano antes de que anexionase ese territorio a sus posesiones y que durante un tiempo fue floreciente pero ahora va......more

I read all Aspirin's MYTH series when I was a kid and was a big fan. I saw this in used bookstore and grabbed it to check out one of his more adult written books. Surprisingly good, my type of spec/fantasy book, packed with creative miniplots and ideas, not wordily written, sparse and minimalistic a......more

(I'm no longer updating my books-read-on-the-commute-count with every single post. I may periodically do it on nice round numbers. Or not. We'll see.) Thieves' World is a book I've been meaning to read for ages. It's an anthology of fantasy short stories edited by Robert Asprin, who wrote a series of......more