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Storm Season (Thieves' World #4)
by
Robert Lynn Asprin ,
Lynn Abbey (Goodreads Author) , C.J. Cherryh (Goodreads Author) , Diana L. Paxson , Janet E. Morris (Goodreads Author) , Andrew J. Offutt
Thieves' World...The plot thickens
Thieves' World...took the fantasy world by surprise.
Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn...continued the tradition, and was a Locus best-seller for three months.
Shadows of Sanctuary...focused on the meanest, seediest town in all of fantasy, and was even more popular than the first two volumes!
And now, Storm Season. In which the clouds of war gath...more
Thieves' World...took the fantasy world by surprise.
Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn...continued the tradition, and was a Locus best-seller for three months.
Shadows of Sanctuary...focused on the meanest, seediest town in all of fantasy, and was even more popular than the first two volumes!
And now, Storm Season. In which the clouds of war gath...more
Paperback, 305 pages
Published
August 15th 1985
by Ace
(first published October 1982)
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The fourth Thieves' World volume seems to have a surer editorial hand. Albeit that the stories could not be placed in perfect chronological order, this time around there’s an overarching theme to the book: the imminent invasion of Sanctuary by sea and the how the townsfolk prepare. The stories are a good lot overall.
Asprin’s “Exercise In Pain” brings Jubal back from being crippled at the hands of Tempus, but with a price; Lalo, the painter who can see souls, returns to fight for his life in Paxs...more
Asprin’s “Exercise In Pain” brings Jubal back from being crippled at the hands of Tempus, but with a price; Lalo, the painter who can see souls, returns to fight for his life in Paxs...more
This fourth volume of the low-fantasy series is the best so far. Stories in this anthology/mosaic by Asprin, Cherryh, Paxson, Abbey, and Offut cruise along nicely; only Janet Morris's entry stumbles along. For the first time the anthology of stories seem to point toward a central theme or conflict, rather than the disjoint and loosely-related tales from the first three volumes. Even so, "Storm Season" seems so much an Act I for a greater tale yet to come.
Shadows of Sanctuary...focused on the meanest, seediest town in all of fantasy, and was even more popular than the first two volumes!
And now, Storm Season. In which the clouds of war gather on the horizon, and the motley assortment of thieves and swordsmen and small-time sorcerers who make up the town of Sanctuary must decide once and for all which side they are on.
And now, Storm Season. In which the clouds of war gather on the horizon, and the motley assortment of thieves and swordsmen and small-time sorcerers who make up the town of Sanctuary must decide once and for all which side they are on.
OK-this is the fourth book in a series of 12 and so fave ,it's my least favorite. I think,or rather I'm afraid,I've identified which individual authors I llke the least. Janet Morris is on that list. Aspirin and Offutt and Abbey are always good solid stories. But taste is individual so I look forward to finishing the series.
Increasingly dull as series continues. Only 2 more to go before my current stash runs out.
A bit of an in-between book, but generally worth reading.
I miss some of the authors from those days.
Did not like.
Good stuff.
I have to give it a 4 star just for the last story in the book, Godson, by Andrew J. Offutt. While alot of the book was either hard to follow or just boring, Godson brought alot together with the Gods, and Hanse is just a good char to read about. Steel was also another pretty good story in the book. Fav Char...Walegrin and Hanse. By the end of the series i want to either Like or Dislike Tempus, i just can not figure him out yet.
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Series suffers from power inflation
Jun 17, 2013
Karen K. Miller
marked it as wishlist
Jun 17, 2013
Aeshna
marked it as to-read
Jun 11, 2013
Neil Thomas
marked it as to-read
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Robert (Lynn) Asprin was born in 1946. While he wrote some stand alone novels such as Cold Cash War, Tambu and The Bug Wars and also the Duncan and Mallory Illustrated stories, Bob is best known for his series fantasy, such as the Myth Adventures of Aahz and Skeeve, the Phule’s Company novels and the Time Scout novels written with Linda Evans. He also edited the groundbreaking Thieves’ World antho...more
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