FANTASY ANTHOLOGY SERIES: Thieves’ World. Robert Lynn Aspirin JUST died, and it reminded me of how much I absolutely LOVED this fantasy-anthology-series growing up as a kid. I have the original printing of the first 10 or so books. And now they are going to maybe make movies?!?!?! That would be SO awesome.
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 a hold of the “final” book(s).
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 “Vulgar Unicorn”, which was an awesome name for a tavern… And I remember some of the characters names, such as Shadowspawn, Enas Yorl, etc. I really don’t remember much, come to think of it. But it was so freakin’ awesome at the time that I read it (middle school!)
May 26, 2008 at 12:15 AM
Wow, how sad… very upset by this.
I was a fan of Thieves World as well as his much lighter stuff in the Myth series. Wow.
June 4, 2008 at 8:29 PM
Never read Theives World, but wished I had. Sounds as innovative and witty as his other stuff.
I forgot about it, but he also wrote a series called Phule’s Company, which was just okay. I was glad when he got back to MYTH.