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  <title><![CDATA[Hit or Myth (Myth Adventures, #4)]]></title>
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  <default_description>The apprentice Skeeve is just getting used to his duties as Court Magician of Possiltum. Then King Roderick decides to take a powder, leaving Skeeve in his place to marry his homicidal fianc&#233;e and face the Mob's fairy godfather-who makes him an offer he can't refuse.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1983</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Hit or Myth (Myth Adventures, #4)</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Robert Lynn Asprin]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Dec 30 13:38:13 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Dec 30 13:44:11 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was an interesting adventure. It was cool to see how Skeeve has to deal without Aahz there to help him out.. or deeper in the situation. Once I found out that Aahz would not be along, I really started missing him. And hoping that even though he wasn't there that he would arrive in the story onc...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41320003">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="37247883">
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  <date_added>Sun Nov 09 08:44:25 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Nov 09 08:44:25 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[King Rodrick, that bastard! Not all the blame should be put on him, since Skeeve once again stepped into the situation all on his own, and he deserves the berating as much as Rodrick for thinking it up in the first place.<br/><br/>This is Skeeve's first mis-adventure without Aahz there to guide hi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37247883">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="32792954">
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  <read_at>Thu Sep 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Sep 13 14:56:08 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Sep 25 19:50:53 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I didn’t like book four as much as I have other books in this series so far.  I got to thinking about and, pondering the concept of the plot, figgered it out.  <em>Hit Or Myth</em> marks the first time Skeeve is forced to deal with a situation without Aahz.  It occurred to me the interplay between Aahz and...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32792954">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="70976579">
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  <date_added>Sat Sep 12 13:29:38 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Sep 12 13:29:43 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not getting tired of the series yet, so Robert Asprin must be doing something right.]]></body>
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    <review id="59774270">
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  <read_at>Sat Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 1991</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jun 15 13:30:28 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jun 16 12:08:23 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[More of the same, but still just as fun.]]></body>
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    <review id="56613328">
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  <date_added>Tue May 19 09:14:56 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jun 24 07:30:28 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read in high school. A really great series; Aspirin's humorous fantasy is phenomenal. I'd love to get another copy and reread them all. ]]></body>
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    <review id="3777266">
    <user id="199135">
    <name><![CDATA[Rob]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Jul 30 00:02:34 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Skeeve drops the court magician gig and takes over the protection racket of the Bazaar for both the mob and the bazzar. In the process they get a new dimension all to themselves that should be interesting.]]></body>
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    <review id="64516236">
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jul 22 08:54:20 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Sep 08 11:30:44 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Well the mob has finally caught up to Skeeve... humorous antics ensue.<br/>:-)<br/>I'm looking forward to the next book.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Jun 13 12:12:53 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[All these Myth books series are funny.  D. and I enjoyed reading them aloud together.  Made for some long laughs.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A funny sci-fi fantasy series - fun, light reading.  Written at a junior high level, but entertaining.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The fourth book in the myth series.  Not as good as the previous three, but still entertaining.]]></body>
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    <review id="36350158">
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    <name><![CDATA[Julia]]></name>
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  <date_added>Mon Oct 27 18:53:43 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[The myth books are some of the best light reading books I've come across. Too funny. ]]></body>
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    <review id="34914942">
    <user id="1599199">
    <name><![CDATA[Fatbaldguy60]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Thu Oct 09 11:44:13 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[A bit better than the previous ones.]]></body>
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    <review id="31945591">
    <user id="1492385">
    <name><![CDATA[Kathywelch]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[See book 1]]></body>
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