The Warlock in Spite of Himself
10 best books like The Warlock in Spite of Himself (Christopher Stasheff): Another Fine Myth, Crystal Singer, The Norse Myths, Midnight at the Well of Souls, Spellsinger, The Dragon and the George, Myth Directions, Heir of Sea and Fire, The Silver Crown, The Hour of the Gate
| Author | Robert Lynn Asprin |
| ISBN | 0441013465 |
“C'mon kid. Think a minute, even if it hurts.”
Skeeve
used to be a magician apprentice until an assassin (who paid for the deed with his life right away) brought an untimely end to his master, but not before the latter summoned a demon.
“The Demon curled its lips back, revealing...
| Author | Anne McCaffrey |
| ISBN | 0345327861 |
I read this book as a youth and loved it, but reading it now at age 45 it does not quite hold the same appeal. I see a woman that is hell-bent on remaining without attachments. She is very bright and talented, but remains aloof emotionally (the come-and-go sexual relationships), socially, psychologically...
| Author | Kevin Crossley-Holland |
Here are thirty-two classic myths that bring the Viking world vividly to life. The mythic legacy of the Scandinavians includes a cycle of stories filled with magnificent images from pre-Christian Europe. Gods, humans, and monstrous beasts engage in prodigious drinking bouts, contests of strength,...
Midnight at the Well of Souls
| Author | Jack L. Chalker |
| ISBN | 0743435222 |
Nathan Brazil, a cargo ship-for-hire owner, detours from his route to answer a distress call. A hidden stargate hurls him and his passengers to the Well World, the master control planet for the cosmos created by the now-gone godlike race who designed the universe. Now someone wants to find the Well of...
| Author | Alan Dean Foster |
| ISBN | 0743498259 |
When I was young and dumb--even dumber than I am now--I spent a summer as a live-in staff member at a prestigious, World's-Top-Hideaways-list-making New Zealand luxury lodge, waiting tables and working housekeeping. For a hundred bucks a week in my pocket. This is one of the numerous downsides to having...
The Dragon and the George
| Author | Gordon R. Dickson |
| ISBN | 0345350502 |
Jim Eckert was a dragon. He hadn't planned it that way, but that's what happened when he set out to rescue his betrothed. Following her through an erratic astral-projection machine, Jim suddenly found himself in a cockeyed world - locked in the body of a talking dragon named Gorbash.
That wouldn't...
| Author | Robert Lynn Asprin |
| ISBN | 0441013848 |
This review is dedicated to Iceland team of UEFA Euro 2016. Guys, you showed everybody you do not have to be a high-paid pro to play a good game.
“When old friends get together, everything else fades to insignificance."- War, Famine, Pestilence, and Death.
Every chapter of...
| Author | Patricia A. McKillip |
| ISBN | 0345012518 |
By the vow of her father and her own desire, Raederle was pledged to Morgon, Riddle-Master of Hed. But a year had passed since Morgon disappeared on his search for the High One at Erlenstar Mountain, and rumors claimed he was dead.
Raederle set out to learn the truth for herself, though her small gift...
| Author | Joel Rosenberg |
| ISBN | 0451159837 |
MAGIC'S DEADLY EDGE
The stronghold called Home was prospering, and karl's dream of bringing freedom to everyone in this land peopled by wizards and warriors, lords and slaves, dwarfs and elves and dragons was at last coming true. But by attacking slaver caravans, by offering Home as a haven to any...
| Author | Alan Dean Foster |
| ISBN | 0446341819 |
Alan Dean Foster has written, according to Wikipedia, over 100 novels, and as I was (re)reading The Hour Of The Gate I was trying to work out in my head if, based on sheer volume alone, Foster would rank as my favorite author.
I counted up the books I've read by him, and it's 18. The only other authors...
| Author | Patricia A. McKillip |
| ISBN | 0283985828 |
A riddle is a tale so familiar you no longer see it; it's simply there, like the air you breathe, the ancient names of Kings echoing in the corners of your house, the sunlight in the corner of your eye; until one day you look at it and something shapeless, voiceless in you opens a third eye and sees it as you have...
| Author | Joel Rosenberg |
| ISBN | 0451453506 |
CAPTIVES OF SORCERY...
It began as just another evening of fantasy gaming, with James, Karl, Andrea, and the rest ready to assume their various roles as wizard, cleric, warrior, or thief. But sorcerous gamemaster Professor Deighton had something else planned for this unsuspecting group of college...
| Author | Robert Lynn Asprin |
| ISBN | 0441013627 |
Skeeve and Aazh were minding their own business in an inn they ended up owing as a result of the events of the first book. Their leisure time was interrupted by a soldier who brought an invitation to the great and powerful magician Skeeve (ha!) to accept a position of a court magician in a nearby kingdom....
