Robert Asprin 1946-2008
 Myth-Nomers and Im-Pervections |
A moment of silence please for fantasy/SF author, Robert Asprin, who has passed away at 62. Author of the delightful MYTH Adventures, a seemingly never-ending series of novellas, which chronicled the lovable Skeeve, Aahz, Tananda, the pet dragon Gleep, and the carnival of other characters making up the M.Y.T.H. mythos.
I very much enjoyed reading my way through almost all of the 19 books, which began in 1978 and may not end with the latest published just this year. For 30 years I and others have followed Skeeve grow from an inept wizard’s apprentice to the wealthy CEO of his own magical adventuring company. Many LOLs were had in these pages, and many there are many more to come as other readers discover the series.
Robert Asprin will be sorely mythed.
RIP to one of the funniest SF writers in the genre. Robert Aspirin will surely be mythed.
Comment by flyingsirkus — May 24, 2008 @ 1:24 am
Don’t forget Thieves’ World!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thieves'_World
I never actually read any Aspirin, other than his contributions to the Thieves’ World books (Which were comprised of stories written by many authors, the only other name I remember being Diane Duane,I think.)
But Thieves’ World stuck in my mind growing up… a LOT. Though it was hard to get the final books.
It was like a mature Middle Earth. It was where I first heard of anti-rape devices being vaginally implanted, which, when raped, would close sharp teeth onto the invading penis, cutting it off. That haunted me in 8th grade, hehehe.
I remember the tavern with the name “Unicorn” in it… I really don’t remember much, come to think of it. But it was awesome at the time.
Comment by ClintJCL — May 24, 2008 @ 3:09 pm
But yea, all that was fantasy, not science fiction. :)
Comment by ClintJCL — May 24, 2008 @ 3:13 pm
Oops, you’re absolutely right. It was late and I was sad.
Comment by flyingsirkus — May 24, 2008 @ 4:33 pm
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