It seems that a couple of months ago, fantasy/sf author Robert Asprin died. Asprin was probably most widely known for his creation of the Myth Adventures series, which is how I was introduced to him. For my nineteenth birthday, a high school buddy who had come down on vacation, presented me ...

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Author: Naomi Novik Pages: 384 Year Published: 2006 While the premise of His Majesty's Dragon is rather simple: what if dragons were used as an "air force," during the Napoleonic Wars, Naomi's Novik's execution of the concept is wonderfully entertaining. The story begins with the capture of a dragon ...

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Author: Kevin Brockmeier Pages: 272 Year Published: 2007 If you were to die, who would remember you? Your spouse? Your children? Co-workers? Maybe even your parents? That's the premise behind this "urban fantasy" by Kevin Brockmeier. Brockmeier creates a world - The City - in which the newly ...

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