''Myth Conceptions'' is a
fantasy novel
Fantasy literature is literature set in an imaginary universe, often but not always without any locations, events, or people from the real world. Magic, the supernatural and magical creatures are common in many of these imaginary worlds. Fa ...
by American writer
Robert Lynn Asprin
Robert Lynn Asprin (June 28, 1946 – May 22, 2008) was an American science fiction and fantasy author and active fan, known best for his humorous series '' MythAdventures'' and '' Phule's Company''.
Background
Robert Asprin was born in St. J ...
published in 1981.
Plot summary
''Myth Conceptions'' is a novel in which the apprentice wizard Skeeve serves a demon from Perv and they are hired as court wizards to defeat an army.
Reception
Greg Costikyan
Greg Costikyan (born July 22, 1959, in New York City), sometimes known under the pseudonym "Designer X", is an American game designer and science fiction writer.
Costikyan's career spans nearly all extant genres of gaming, including: hex-based wa ...
reviewed ''Myth Conceptions'' in ''
Ares Magazine'' #8 and commented that "the field of humorous science fiction has too long been without a steady practitioner. Asprin fills the gap admirably, and it is to be hoped that he will continue in the same rich vein."
Reviews
*Review by Tom Staicar (1982) in
Amazing Science Fiction Stories
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, September 1982
*Review by Don D'Ammassa (1993) in
Science Fiction Chronicle
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, #166 September 1993
References
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1981 novels