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Steven Brust's extremely specific ode to The Three Musketeers dances very close to the line of taking its gimmick too far many times, but never quite crosses it. What we get, therefore, is an extremely fun, in which the characters are familiar and likable, but n...more...]]> 55400100 961119 133460 0812506898 9780812506891 680 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172020597m/133460.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133460.The_Phoenix_Guards 3.98 4 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri May 08 13:31:13 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 13:32:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 39979907 833457 133460 0812506898 9780812506891 680 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172020597m/133460.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133460.The_Phoenix_Guards 3.98 5 0 false Fri Dec 12 17:14:11 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 17:19:05 -0800 2008 more...]]> 59710907 1156136 6548850 2070396398 9782070396399 1 1 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6548850-les-gardes-ph-nix 3.98 3 0 false Sun Jun 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 04:41:26 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 06:37:54 -0700 2009 Si la mise au service de l'Empire arrive assez rapidement (engagez-vous, rengagez-vous qu'...more...]]> 54543417 2073930 133460 0812506898 9780812506891 680 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172020597m/133460.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133460.The_Phoenix_Guards 3.98 4 0 false Thu Apr 30 19:43:54 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 19:43:54 -0700 2009
...more...]]> 29283533 52349 133460 0812506898 9780812506891 680 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172020597m/133460.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133460.The_Phoenix_Guards 3.98 4 0 false Mon Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 22:09:23 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 22:57:57 -0700 2008 The Three Musketeers with magic, with a narrator who manages to be simultaneously more overblown than Dumas or Dickens and more to the point. You should know within the first chapter whether the narrative voice makes you laugh or cringe. (I laughed.) If you like the narra...more...]]> 47586438 1782543 133460 0812506898 9780812506891 680 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172020597m/133460.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133460.The_Phoenix_Guards 3.98 1 1 false Thu Feb 26 07:56:54 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 08:04:08 -0800 2009 more...]]> 45424752 1948890 133460 0812506898 9780812506891 680 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172020597m/133460.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133460.The_Phoenix_Guards 3.98 4 0 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1992 Wed Feb 04 21:02:26 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 21:02:26 -0800 2009 more...]]> 41783694 113627 133460 0812506898 9780812506891 680 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172020597m/133460.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133460.The_Phoenix_Guards 3.98 0 0 false Wed Mar 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 19:08:48 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 15:06:33 -0800 2009 more...]]> 65101268 940282 133460 0812506898 9780812506891 680 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172020597m/133460.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133460.The_Phoenix_Guards 3.98 4 0 false Mon Jul 27 01:59:22 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 02:48:13 -0700 2009
And he d...more...]]> 998575 75307 133460 0812506898 9780812506891 680 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172020597m/133460.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133460.The_Phoenix_Guards 3.98 5 0 false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed May 02 17:41:44 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 18:48:34 -0800 2009 Phoenix Guards and Five Hundred Years After were written as a form of literary jokes. Brust never thought they would be taken seriously, much less become beloved books to those who adored the Dragarean world. The author of the two historic romances, Paarfi of Roundwood, does not believe in a si...more...]]> 69023035 1890504 133460 0812506898 9780812506891 680 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172020597m/133460.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133460.The_Phoenix_Guards 3.98 4 0 false Wed Aug 26 18:12:52 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 18:14:33 -0700 2009 The drawback of writing in a style where the author used to be paid by the word.]]> 10346360 677360 133460 0812506898 9780812506891 680 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172020597m/133460.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133460.The_Phoenix_Guards 3.98 4 0 false Sat May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Wed Dec 12 18:27:46 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 12 22:49:06 -0800 2007 more...]]> 50871822 958672 133460 0812506898 9780812506891 680 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172020597m/133460.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133460.The_Phoenix_Guards 3.98 2 0 false Tue Apr 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 19:58:27 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 05:32:11 -0700 2009 75246691 2811597 133460 0812506898 9780812506891 680 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172020597m/133460.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133460.The_Phoenix_Guards 3.98 3 0 false Fri Oct 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 09:03:40 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 00:35:27 -0700 2009 42430354 1881738 133460 0812506898 9780812506891 680 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172020597m/133460.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133460.The_Phoenix_Guards 3.98 0 0 false Thu Jan 08 22:53:43 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 22:53:43 -0800 2009 4184546 258223 133460 0812506898 9780812506891 680 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172020597m/133460.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133460.The_Phoenix_Guards 3.98 5 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Aug 06 20:54:04 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 04:04:23 -0800 2009 Dead except a lot more funny and light-hearted - also not a romance series, despite...more...]]> 11164709 267230 133460 0812506898 9780812506891 680 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172020597m/133460.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133460.The_Phoenix_Guards 3.98 4 0 false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1993 Fri Dec 28 11:56:50 -0800 2007 Tue Jan 22 13:51:06 -0800 2008 more...]]> 12047725 532206 133460 0812506898 9780812506891 680 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172020597m/133460.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133460.The_Phoenix_Guards 3.98 4 0 false Wed Jan 09 05:42:13 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 09 05:46:04 -0800 2008
The language and tone are unique amoung fantasy authors. This book is...more...]]> 3628047 127002 133460 0812506898 9780812506891 680 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172020597m/133460.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133460.The_Phoenix_Guards 3.98 4 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Thu Jul 26 22:39:02 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 26 22:39:02 -0700 2007 The Three Musketeers which I re-read first. That time, I got it: The Phoenix Guards brilliantly, lov...more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=133460