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Robert Lynn Asprin

Born

in St. Johns, Michigan, The United States

June 28, 1946

Died

May 22, 2008

Genre

Science Fiction, Fantasy, Humor and Comedy

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Robert (Lynn) Asprin was born in 1946. While he wrote some stand alone novels such as The Cold Cash War, Tambu, and The Bug Wars and also the Duncan & 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 anthology series with Lynn Abbey. Other collaborations include License Invoked (set in the French Quarter of New Orleans) and several Myth Adventures novels, all written with Jody Lynn Nye.

Bob's final solo work was a contemporary fantasy series called Dragons, again set in New Orleans.

Bob passed away suddenly on May 22, 2008. He is survived by his ...more

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Average rating: 3.97 · 201,575 ratings · 5,110 reviews · 224 distinct works • Similar authors

	Another Fine Myth (Myth Adventures, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 24,777 ratings — published 1978 — 57 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Myth Conceptions (Myth Adventures, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 15,569 ratings — published 1980 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Myth Directions (Myth Adventures, #3) 4.08 avg rating — 12,829 ratings — published 1982	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hit or Myth (Myth Adventures, #4) 4.06 avg rating — 10,216 ratings — published 1983 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Phule's Company (Phule's Company, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10,231 ratings — published 1990	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Myth-ing Persons (Myth Adventures, #5) 3.98 avg rating — 9,281 ratings — published 1984 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Little Myth Marker (Myth Adventures, #6) 3.97 avg rating — 8,386 ratings — published 1985 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	M.Y.T.H. Inc. Link (Myth Adventures, #7) 3.93 avg rating — 7,929 ratings — published 1986 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thieves' World (Thieves' World, #1) by Robert Lynn Asprin (Editor), Lynn Abbey (Goodreads Author) (Editor), John Brunner (Contributor) 3.85 avg rating — 8,081 ratings — published 1979	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	M.Y.T.H. Inc. in Action (Myth Adventures, #9) 3.96 avg rating — 7,551 ratings — published 1990	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Robert Lynn Asprin

Myth Adventures (21 books)
by

Robert Lynn Asprin

4.01 avg rating — 136,907 ratings

Thieves' World (18 books)
by

Robert Lynn Asprin (Editor),

Lynn Abbey (Goodreads Author) (Editor),

Janet E. Morris (Goodreads Author) (Contributor),

Andrew J. Offutt (Contributor),

Robin Wayne Bailey (Contributor),

C.J. Cherryh (Goodreads Author) (Contributor),

Diane Duane (Goodreads Author) (Contributor),

Diana L. Paxson (Contributor)

3.85 avg rating — 36,999 ratings

Phule's Company (6 books)
by

Robert Lynn Asprin,

Peter J. Heck

3.92 avg rating — 26,635 ratings

Geschichten aus der Diebeswelt (18 books)
by

Robert Lynn Asprin (Editor),

Lynn Abbey (Goodreads Author) (Editor),

C.J. Cherryh (Goodreads Author) (Contributor),

Janet E. Morris (Goodreads Author) (Contributor),

Lore Straßl (Übersetzer),

Susi Grixa (Übersetzer)

3.84 avg rating — 3,991 ratings

Dragons (4 books)
by

Robert Lynn Asprin,

Jody Lynn Nye (Goodreads Author)

3.85 avg rating — 2,830 ratings

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Quotes by Robert Lynn Asprin (?)

“When things are at their blackest, I say to myself, 'Cheer up, things could be worse.' And sure enough, they get worse.”
― Robert Asprin, editor

tags: humor, pessimism

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“In times of crisis, it is of the utmost importance that one does not lose her head.
Marie Antoinette”
― Robert Asprin

51 likes

“When old friends get together, everything else fades to insignificance."- War, Famine, Pestilence, and Death”
― Robert Lynn Asprin, Myth Directions

tags: humor

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Polls

Vote for the Nov-Dec Groupread theme. We'll have the top two themes, and they'll be based on names of authors and cover artists. Bonus street cred goes to folks who pick books that have both cover artists and author sharing names.

Michael: Anything by Michael Moorcock, or cover art by Michael Whelan. Any other Michael's are fair game too

6 votes, 20.7%

William: How about some classics by William Hope Hodgson or William Morris?

5 votes, 17.2%

Catherine: C.L. Moore or anything with a Catherine" Jeffrey Jones cover.

3 votes, 10.3%

James; James Enge or James A. Moore would work

3 votes, 10.3%

Charles:Charles R. Saunders or Charles Moll (did some Moorcock covers)

2 votes, 6.9%

John: John Jakes plus John Duillo (artist on Conan of the Isles, Conan the Freebooter, Conan the Wanderer)

2 votes, 6.9%

Andrew: Andrew J. Offutt and Howard Andrew Jones

2 votes, 6.9%

"Quillifer" by Walter Jon Williams (write-in)

2 votes, 6.9%

Robert:
Robert Lynn Asprin or Robert E. Howard or Robert Gould (did some Elric/MM covers)

1 vote, 3.4%

Raymond: Raymond E. Feist and Ray Bradbury and covers by Raymond Swanland

1 vote, 3.4%

Michael Whelan, and specifically with Brandon Sanderson (Stormlight Archeive)

1 vote, 3.4%

Raymond

1 vote, 3.4%

Beth: Elizabeth Moon or Elizabeth Bear

0 votes, 0.0%

Julie:J.V. Jones or Boris Vellejo's partner in art : Julie Bell

0 votes, 0.0%

Jan: Janet E. Morris and C. J. Cherryh (J = Janice), and Janny Wurts

0 votes, 0.0%

29 total votes

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