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| Title | : | Thieves' World (Thieves' World #1) |
| Author | : | Robert Lynn Asprin |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 308 pages |
| Published | : | September 15th 1982 by Ace Books (first published October 1st 1979) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Anthologies. Short Stories. Science Fiction Fantasy |
Robert Lynn Asprin
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 308 pages Rating: 3.84 | 7146 Users | 162 Reviews
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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. The task of securing rights was probably significant. I'd be curious if this experiment--a shared setting and usable set of characters--has ever been repeated. The logical conclusion would be open-source or copylefted material, and the only thing I know of is the Jenny Everywhere project. Sadly the most common example these days is tie-in novels and licensed properties. So the essay itself, "The Making of Thieves' World", is the standout piece, as being partially a fascinating insight on wrangling together this material, as well as a bit about how this outstanding example of worldbuilding came together. On this reading (versus decades ago) the best stories trade places with the others, with the hardscrabble, character-driven ones being more involving and resonant than the boilerplate sword-and-sorcery adventure stuff that attracted me originally. Strangely, the story that I most remembered, "The Secret of the Blue Star", has aged poorly because of real-world changes to gender politics. The drama circling Lythande's "Secret" is so particularly heavy-handed and telegraphing that one wonders if any reader at the time was truly surprised by the twist ending. But I'm curious what this story would look like if written today. Also, the later accusations made against Marion Zimmer Bradley are only highlighted by the fact that a character here, Bercy, is concocted as a romantic or sexual object but her description signals her as being inappropriately young.
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| Original Title: | Thieves' World |
| ISBN: | 0441805914 (ISBN13: 9780441805914) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Thieves' World #1 |
| Characters: | Molin Torchholder, Cappen, Kadakithis, Amar |
| Setting: | Sanctuary |
| Literary Awards: | Locus Award Nominee for Best Anthology (1980), World Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Anthology/Collection (1980), Balrog Award Nominee for Best Collection/Anthology (1980) |
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Ratings: 3.84 From 7146 Users | 162 ReviewsCommentary Epithetical Books Thieves' World (Thieves' World #1)
The first book of one of my favorite anthologies of all time.Some real winners and losers here, but I'll review just this specific book (not the whole series)Lynn Abbey, Robert Lynn Asprin, and Christine deWees really brought an 'A' game. Marion Zimmer Bradley and Poul Anderson completely phoned it in.The characters, themes, and atmosphere of this series/anthology is top-notch, and there's a lot more hits than misses. This first book is not vital to the appreciation of the series, but it sureThieves' World (1979), the anthology edited by Robert Asprin, was one of the THE primary darlings of the early 1980s. This shared world anthology kicked off the entire idea of a shared world, and deserves a place in the history books just for that.But was it really that good?No, but it was fun and it caught the imagination of the public, and that's all that's really required for a hit. Given the option between being good and selling books, this anthology sold books, and that makes is pretty
This was the first "Shared World" series, at least as far as I know, and it is still the best in my opinion. I thought the idea was great, to get a lot of good writers telling stories in the same basic universe, the same city even, and be able to use other people's characters and settings. It worked for me.
Maybe the fifth star is from nostalgia. I can admit that. Just like I admit I made sure I got the edition marked with the cover I still remember so well.Sanctuary. This thing has been dreamt of forever. Cynosure and Tanelorn are two other names for it, as well. A great concept. One writer builds a world. Others inhabit it. Their characters dance together briefly. Some live, some die. They mingle, the powers that inhabit this shadowy city. I like it. I love it.And such good writing! No, no
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. My favorite stories from this first volume are Poul Anderson and Marion Zimmer Bradley, my favorite character is the thief Shadowspawn by Andrew Offutt who went on to write a standalone novel Shadowspawn.This one paragraph from Anderon's story says more about the series then 10,000 words from myself could
Shared World anthologies. What a brilliant idea! The concept was that a setting would be provided and some basic rules set down, such as 'no killing another author's character without permission.' And then recruit some top notch writers to come and play.This book still has a nice fat place on my shelf.
This is one of those books I have know of - at least the title for many many years but never thought I would have the opportunity to read.This is a classic fantasy book from the end of the 70s. Now I am sure there are more learned readers out there than me who can say for sure but I believe this was one of the first truly shared worlds. The idea being is that rather than each time a fantasy story is to be told a new world has to be made. There is in fact one already created and waiting for your
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