The writing has a real problem with telling and not showing and you really have to push past your instincts to notice that in order to enjoy it. The original series comprised twelve anthologies, including stories by such science fiction authors as Poul Anderson, John Brunner, Andrew J. Offutt, C. J. Cherryh, Janet Morris, and Chris Morris. None of the stories are bad and some are pretty good. It's Thieve's World. (Side note: This did make it a *little* difficult to keep track of who's who, since there's a fairly large cast of characters and not all characters show up in each short story, bOverall I enjoyed this anthology. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. This is the first shared world anthology I've ever read back in the late 1970's, it may be the first ever published, lots followed like Wild Cards and Merovingen Nights two of my favorites. Magic and myth, getting real and standing up for what’s right, love and longing, growing up and falling in love.
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Depending on your own sensibilities, it might not be a series for your teenagers either but I read it at 13 or 14 and 30 years later I still feel it's one of the best series I've ever read.Shared World anthologies. The first stone in the Thieves' World, a setting created by Robert Lynn Asprin but co-developed by a multitude of writers. Available in: Buy This is one that I picked up from a lawn sale some unspecified number of years ago, and then found myself loathe to read because it just looked so old. Interesting factoid: the first six Thieves' World collections should appear in the Kindle store in February 2020, thanks to the efforts of Open Road Media. I may periodically do it on nice round numbers. I read this book and its companions back in the 1980s. This was the first "Shared World" series, at least as far as I know, and it is still the best in my opinion. I’ve always liked rouge type characters and this book had more than enough. Each story is written by a different author. Some also seem as if they were hurried a bit and could have seen more editing.Any 'shared world' collection is bound to be a bit uneven. Such is Thieves' world, and I'm glad I know it exists now!The original sword & sorcery shared world anthology, which spawned countless imitations during the 80s. They earlier stories were slower but the further i got the harder it was to stop reading this book. The clear antecedent is Lieber's Fafhrd and Gray Mouser, though it would be silly to pretend that in 1979, Asprin isn't trying to cash in on the nascent Dungeons & Dragons. "Whenever one set out to write heroic fantasy, it was first necessary to reinvent the universe from scratch regardless of what had gone before. The difference in writers is all the difference.The first stone in the Thieves' World, a setting created by Robert Lynn Asprin but co-developed by a multitude of writers. The first six Morris novels were published in mass market paperback by This article is about the fantasy setting. Thieves' World introduces the city of Sanctuary, the core area of this fantasy world - the recently changed political situation, as well as the human geography of the settlement are very satisfyingly elaborated on through the actions and minds of the 9 (counting also the introduction) stories' characters, each penned by a different author. Take a bunch of talented fantasy writers and give them a common world to play in. Some stories were better than others (imho), but since they were all short stories, the less-good ones were fast to complete and then continue on to the good ones. I've read each book so many times, I can't remember the number.Maybe the fifth star is from nostalgia. Very satisfying read. Funding for USA.gov and content contributors is made possible from the U.S. Congress, E-Government Act of 2002. These books are my favorite fantasy series of all time. Plainly now it is because of the gimmick of the construction of the book now. They can use each other's characters, touch on the same events from different perspectives, whatever.This concept is just so enjoyable. Just like I admit I made sure I got the edition marked with the cover I still remember so well.Maybe the fifth star is from nostalgia. From the Bestselling Fantasy Adventure Series, Thieves' World (tm) Created by Robert Lynn Asprin & Lynn Abbey. We'll see. Thieves' World stories document the steamy underbelly of a fantasy world city - slaves, demons, sacrifices. Published )(I'm no longer updating my books-read-on-the-commute-count with every single post. Poul Anderson's Gate of the Flying Knives was OK, but if felt a little "old school sword and sorcery" where there is heroism, magic and swordplay, but ultimately the crisis is resolved through the use of a scientific (in this case geometry) principle.