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Thieves' World®

Thieves' World®, Book 1

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Thieves' World®

By: Robert Lynn Asprin - editor, Lynn Abbey - editor
Narrated by: Jonathan Johns
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Missing Game of Thrones? Dare to "be pulled into political intrigues, watch new gods replace old, and witness fortunes rise and fall and rise again" (Book Riot).

A classic series for a new generation of fantasy adventure fans, Thieves' World® paved the way for the shared-world anthology tradition with epic worldbuilding, unforgettable characters, and nonstop action thanks to the legendary authors who contribute to it.

The series' groundbreaking debut features stories by John Brunner, Lynn Abbey, Poul Anderson, Andrew J. Offutt, Robert Lynn Asprin, Joe Haldeman, Christine DeWees, and Marion Zimmer Bradley, who populate the lawless city of Sanctuary with orphans and wizards, fortune tellers and emperors, merchants and madams, spies, assassins, and, of course, thieves.

©1979 Robert Lynn Asprin (P)2023 Tantor Action & Adventure Fantasy Fiction Humorous Military Comedy
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The writing and use of language was generally good, but the whole book is basically a series of loosely connected stories. As such, there wasn’t much character development and the story never felt like it was moving towards some kind of resolution.

Probably the most annoying aspect for me was the lack of description at key moments, whether this is due to poor writing or poor narration (not taking enough of a pause between chapters) I’m not sure. There were times when the location or setting would change without any explanation, leaving me wondering “how did we get here?” making it difficult to imagine what exactly is going on.

A better title would be ‘World of Meh’

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