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Turn the Other Chick (Chicks in Chainmail #5)
by
Esther M. Friesner ,
Robin Wayne Bailey , Cassandra Clare (Goodreads Author) , Yvonne Coats , Eric Flint , Laura Frankos , John Hemry , J. Ardian Lee
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One good turn deserves another and those unpredictable Amazons are back, swords sharpened, chainmail polished, and makeup in place, ready to fight the good fight. And if you think they're just male wish-fulfillment fantasies, you'd better say it under your breath where they can't hear you, because these barbarian babes were born to battle, on the lighter side.
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Paperback, 391 pages
Published
2004
by Baen
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"Turn the other Chick" (Chicks 4) Ed. Esther Friesner has 22 short stories, with straight to goofy styles. Among humor twists, life truths, and duds, you may like more than my four favorites, still the best, happy celebrations of how strong females can change their worlds, if not ours, so on re-reading, I re-rated the whole book up for them.
http://www.baenebooks.com/chapters/07... The Girl's Guide to Defeating the Dark Lord
First publication by novice Cas...more
"Turn the other Chick" (Chicks 4) Ed. Esther Friesner has 22 short stories, with straight to goofy styles. Among humor twists, life truths, and duds, you may like more than my four favorites, still the best, happy celebrations of how strong females can change their worlds, if not ours, so on re-reading, I re-rated the whole book up for them.
http://www.baenebooks.com/chapters/07... The Girl's Guide to Defeating the Dark Lord
First publication by novice Cas...more
"This is the fifth book in the Chicks in Chainmail series edited by Esther Friesner. The book is a collection of 22 short stories by fantasy authors (including one by the editor) that almost all involve at least three elements: a chick (er, woman), chainmail (or other body armor), and adventure with the chick wearing said chainmail. Most of the stories are told tongue-in-cheek, with some more entertaining and coherent than others. My favorites are as follows: The Girl's Guide to Defeating the Da...more
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what can I say... I love Friesner and her uncanny ability to nab authors of such diversity that twirl such insightful and hilarious spins on the stereotype of the bimbo with a sword.
Oh, and her intro, with it's ode to Buffy and Zena (not to mention Hermione) brought tears to my eyes.
Oh, and her intro, with it's ode to Buffy and Zena (not to mention Hermione) brought tears to my eyes.
Decent collection, but omits some of the better authors.
Some stories are stronger than others, some quite good.
Warped, but hilarious!
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Too many were poor attempts at the humor Friesner does so well, and most other writers don’t. Some good stories, but overall a disappointment.
The newest of the Chicks in Chainmail anthologies. A mixed bag, but no story that I totally despised, which is the way with all the Chicks anthologies. I was disappointed that Elizabeth Moon and Margaret Ball didn't include stories in the universes they've created specifically for this series. Still a very fun read.
Cassandra Clare's first published story is in here. It is very funny, and the only one I've read so far. It was cute, 4 stars to this one only.
Most of the stories in this book have characters with names you can not pronounce, and places that are just a little to weird to be interesting.
Most of the stories in this book have characters with names you can not pronounce, and places that are just a little to weird to be interesting.
This wasn't as good as some of the previous collections, and a couple of them were surprisingly flat, given the authors' usual writing skills. Notably the best were the stories from Leslie McBain, Jan Sirling, Jody Lynn Nye and of course Esther herself. Love the introduction!!
This is the 5th in a series of short story anthologies that started with 'Chicks in Chainmail'. This one has 22 stories by different authors. They're all over the map for style, and their take on a woman who can swing a sword.
One of Friesner's anthologies of short stories that are a humorous take-off on the cliches of scantily-clad sword-and-sorceress adventures. Enjoyable, but no real amazing standouts.
Just a lot of fun. Sword and Sorcery with women taking the leading parts. This was Vol 5 - I got to find the other 4 books....
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Esther M. Friesner was educated at Vassar College, where she completed B.A's in both Spanish and Drama. She went to on to Yale University; within five years she was awarded an M.A. and Ph.D. in Spanish. She taught Spanish at Yale for a number of years before going on to become a full-time author of fantasy and science fiction. She has published twenty-seven novels so far; her most recent titles in...more
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