Skeeve is an magicians apprentice, but when his master gets killed, he finds himself alone in the world with Aahz a demon the magician created as a practical joke to scare Skeeve. 'One of the joys of travel is visiting new towns and meeting new people' The series starts with ' Another Fine Myth', in which each chapter starts with a quotation, for example:

Sprague de Camp, although Asprin says that his major source of inspiration was the 'Road to'-movies from the 40s with Bing Crosby and Bob Hope. The humour is slapstick, and is partly similar to the writings of L. The Myth-series is a humourous series in which the reader will follow a rather odd and crazy duo consisting of a demon named Aahz and an magicians apprentice named Skeeve. Robert Asprin is mostly known for his novels that takes place in the world of fantasy. A rather original way to tell a story, although it didn't work that good. In this novel one will follow the war between reptiles and insects from the eyes of the reptiles. In the next sf-novel, ' The Bug Wars' (1980), the military plays a central role as well. When the authorities tries to destroy this rather odd rebellion, the 'official' army is inferior the corporations armys.Īsprin received inspiration to this story from the time when Asprin worked at Xerox Corporation and often was annoyed by public authorities bureaucracy and inefficiency. Large corporations patience with the public authorities comes to an end, and they creates armys of their own. His first novel was published in the end of the 70s ' The Cold Cash War' (1977).

Robert Asprin Robert (Lynn) Asprin (1946-), american, living in New Orleans. More links to sites about Robert Asprin can be found among my.Robert Asprin, a biography about the humourous fantasy author, auhtor of Myth Inc.

Another Fine Myth by Robert Lynn Asprin