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This was a delightful beginning to a series that I am sure to be addicted to very soon. In fact, I've already jumped into the second volume.
But on this. Jhereg is a first person narrative of an assassin and a particular job he undertook. A huge amount of money offered showed that if something seemed too good to be true, it probably was.
Mischief and mayhem ensue. What I thought of as a combination of a crime caper and an epic fantasy turned out to be a quickly paced and often humorous adventure. ...more
But on this. Jhereg is a first person narrative of an assassin and a particular job he undertook. A huge amount of money offered showed that if something seemed too good to be true, it probably was.
Mischief and mayhem ensue. What I thought of as a combination of a crime caper and an epic fantasy turned out to be a quickly paced and often humorous adventure. ...more
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Read in the early-to-mid '90s, re-read this year. Good, solid, noir science-fantasy pulp, set in a world so far in the future it's more like the far distant past. Satirized in this Penny Arcade comic: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/200...
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Wow. What a fun little book. Wish I'd read this a long time ago! I've a feeling I'm going to devour this series. This is exactly my kind of fantasy. Perfect reading!
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Good, quick fun. I'm really curious where the next books go. Sort of the anti-Garrett.
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