Infobox writer image bob asprin laughing.jpg name Robert Lynn Asprin caption Robert Asprin, 1993 pseudonym Bob Asprin birth date Birth date 1946 06 28 df yes birth place St. Johns, Michigan St. Johns , Michigan ... War influences influenced signature website Robert Lynn Asprin June 28, 1946 May 22, 2008 ref http www.mythadventures.net Asprin s homepage News of his death ref was an American science fiction and fantasy ... and Phule s Company series Phule s Company series. Background Robert Asprin was born in St ... Presentation Best Dramatic Presentation for The Capture , a cartoon slide show written by Asprin ... recursive Drama.htm ref Early writing Asprin s first novel, The Cold Cash War , an expansion of an earlier ... the series with the novel Sanctuary . In 1978, Asprin began the MythAdventures series, chronicling ... Donning Starblaze , Meisha Merlin and, as of 2008, Wildside Press . In the 1990s, Asprin s Phule ... and financial problems, Asprin stopped writing in the 1990s. He had two books on The New York ... an agreement with the IRS, ref http www.crescentblues.com 4 5issue int asprin delcarlo2.shtml Robert Asprin and Eric Del Carlo No Quarter , Crescent Blues, Volume 4, Issue 5 August 2002 . ref that encouraged .... Later work One of Asprin s last projects was NO Quarter , originally co authored with Eric Del ... that is the focus of the plot, it is set in the same milieu as Asprin s Griffen McCandles novels .... NO Quarter was published November 2009 by DarkStar Books http www.darkstarbooks.net . Asprin s ofttimes ... 2010. Death and aftermath Asprin died of a myocardial infarction at home in his bed on May 22, 2008 ... ref ref http sfscope.com 2008 05 author robert asprin dies.html SFScope Notice of Death from Natural ... 2002 Robert Asprin s Myth Adventures Volume One Books 1 6 July 2006 Robert Asprin s Myth Adventures ... , cartoon slide show written by Asprin and illustrated by Phil Foglio nominated for a 1976 Hugo Award References Reflist External links Commons category Robert Lynn Asprin http scifan.com writers ... more details
For the magician from Robert Asprin s books, see MythAdventures . For the type of miniature Shinto shrine , see Setsumatsusha . disambig ... more details
Phule may refer to Jyotirao Phule , a social reformer from India Savitribai Phule , a female social reformer from India Phule character , a character created by Robert Asprin disambig ... more details
Unreferenced date July 2009 Palliard Press was a small, independent comic book publishing house co founded by Phil Foglio , illustrator of such titles as Buck Godot , Girl Genius , and Robert Lynn Asprin Robert Asprin s MythAdventures , and Greg Ketter , owner of DreamHaven Books in Minneapolis , Minnesota . Palliard Press published several titles over its short existence, most notably the humorous science fiction miniseries Buck Godot Zap Gun For Hire The Gallimaufry , and the erotic series Xxxenophile , both illustrated by Foglio. Palliard also published a collection of Tim Barela s gay comic strip , Leonard and Larry . Category Defunct comics and manga publishers Category Science fiction publishers comics stub US publish company stub ... more details
The Capture Guardians of Ga Hoole The Capture Animorphs Animorphs Book 6 The Capture , a novel by K.A. Applegate The Capture film The Capture film , a 1950 film starring Lew Ayres and Teresa Wright The Capture , a humorous slideshow written by Robert Asprin and illustrated by Phil Foglio, nominated for the 1976 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation Guardians of Ga Hoole The Capture Guardians of Ga Hoole Book 1 The Capture , a novel by Kathryn Lasky See also Capture disambiguation disambig Guardians of Ga Hoole The Capture by Kathryn Lasky ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Image TheColdCashWarPaperback.JPG thumb right Dell paperback edition, August 1978. Cover painting by Wayne Barlowe . The Cold Cash War is a 1977 science fiction novel by Robert Asprin . Based on an earlier short story of the same title, it is set in a dystopian future. In this future, corporations, referred to as Zaibatsu , have moved some aspects of their competition from the economic to the military. The action takes place among mercenary soldiers. At times the conflict is under rules of engagement where killsuits are used. The killsuit is a reverse powered armor , acting to immobilize the soldier when the on board computer decides that a lethal hit has been sustained. But sometimes the rules break down, and lethal weapons and violence are used. DEFAULTSORT Cold Cash War, The Category Novels by Robert Asprin Category 1977 novels Category 1970s science fiction novels Category Dystopian novels 1970s sf novel stub ... more details
Infobox book name Phule s Paradise image File Phule s Paradise by Robert Asprin cover.png image caption Cover of the 1992 first edition paperback author Robert Asprin illustrator cover artist Robert Grace country United States language English language English series Phule s Company series Phule s Company genre Science fiction publisher Ace Books pub date February 1992 media type Print paperback pages 256pp first edition isbn ISBN 0441662536 oclc congress preceded by Phule s Company followed by A Phule and His Money Phule s Paradise is the second novel of the comic science fiction comic military science fiction Phule s Company series Phule s Company series by Robert Asprin . The book, first published by Ace Books in February 1992, follows Willard J. Phule and his misfit company military company as they defend a casino on a space station against the local organized crime baron. The book reached the New York Times Best Seller list New York Times Best Seller list in 1992. ref name Vargas Cite news last Vargas first Ramon Antonio location New Orleans, Louisiana title Robert Asprin, wrote comedic fantasies newspaper The Times Picayune date May 26, 2008 Newsbank database requires subscription ref Plot The book begins when Phule and his Omega Mob receive orders to report to the space station Lorelei, a resort space station home of many casinos. The Omega Mob is contracted to defend the Fat Chance Casino from take over by organized Crime. Phule splits 50 of the troops from the company, giving them permission to operate under cover in order to gain intelligence on the crime syndicate. He supplements the lost legionnaires with actors and trains the whole unit, actors and legionnaires ... Lynn Asprin phule s paradise&cd 5&hl en&ct clnk&gl us title Phule s Paradise by Robert Lynn Asprin first David last Hart publisher SFReader.com archivedate July 29, 2010 ref References reflist Asprin ... Category Novels by Robert Asprin Category American science fiction novels Category 1992 novels ... more details
Meisha Merlin Publishing was an independent publishing company founded in 1996 by former New York book editor Stephen Pagel and Kevin and Brian Murphy. The Decatur , Georgia U.S. state Georgia based company specialized in publishing fantasy and science fiction trade hardcover and trade paperback books. During their nine years of operation, Meisha Merlin built a large stable of fantasy and science fiction authors that included Kevin J. Anderson , Janny Wurts , Jack McDevitt , Robert Asprin Robert Lynn Asprin , Robin Wayne Bailey , Storm Constantine , S.P. Somtow , Karen Lee Killough , Phyllis Eisenstein , Allen Steele , Andre Norton , George R. R. Martin , Robert A. Heinlein , and many others. Their books were sold via Amazon.com and through the large network of national chain bookstore and independent booksellers throughout the USA. In April 2007 Meisha Merlin announced on their website that they would cease operations the following month ref cite web author Strock, Ian Randal url http sfscope.com 2007 04 meisha merlin going out of bus.html title Meisha Merlin Going Out of Business publisher SFScope date 2007 04 23 accessdate 2009 05 24 ref References Reflist Category Defunct book publishing companies of the United States Category Science fiction publishers Category Publishing companies established in 1996 sf stub US publish company stub ... more details
Unreferenced auto yes date December 2009 A mosaic novel is a novel in which individual chapters or short stories share a common setting or set of characters with the aim of telling a linear story from beginning to end, with the individual chapters, however, refracting a plurality of viewpoints and styles. Examples include the Wild Cards series begun by George R. R. Martin and the Thieves World series of Robert Lynn Asprin and others. Thieves World overtly used and may have coined the term mosaic novel for this practice of sharing a world and vision amongst several authors. See also portal Novels Chain novel Short story collection DEFAULTSORT Mosaic Novel Category Novel forms Category Collaborative fiction Lit stub ... more details
Chumley can refer to Chumley Huffington , a character in Yu Gi Oh GX Chumley, a fictional walrus from the animated cartoon Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales Chumley, a fictional troll from Robert Asprin s MythAdventures series. Chumley s , a pub in New York City Bernard Chumley , fictional character from sketch show Little Britain Austin Chumlee Russel, also spelled Chum Lee on business cards , a featured employee of the Gold and Silver Pawnshop on the History Channel show Pawn Stars See also Chulmleigh IPAc en icon t m l i respell Chum lee , Saxon hill top town in England disambig ... more details
id Anne McCaffrey name Anne McCaffrey ref Late in the 1990s Nye began work with Robert Asprin to extend ... MythAdventures Myth told Tales 2003 with Robert Asprin Myth Alliances 2003 with Robert Asprin Myth taken Identity 2004 with Robert Asprin Class Dis Mythed 2005 with Robert Asprin Myth Gotten Gains 2006 with Robert Asprin Myth Chief 2008 with Robert Asprin Myth Fortunes 2008 with Robert Asprin Dreamland ... in the world of Xanth Novels The Magic Touch 1996 License Invoked 2001 with Robert Asprin Strong Arm ... more details
headed by made up quotes by famous or semi famous persons. ref cite book last Asprin first Robert title ... referred to another nice mess . After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using ... a typo in the catalog. ref name intro Author s Introduction from M.Y.T.H. INC. LINK by Robert Asprin. unconfirmed ref According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road ... . ref Cite book title Sweet Myth tery of Life author Robert Asprin page 100 isbn 0441001947 year 1995 ..., females are Djeanies. ref Cite book title Sweet Myth tery of Life author Robert Asprin page ... want a Trofi wife. Books The first Myth Adventures series was written by Asprin alone for the now ... in Robert Asprin s Myth Adventures Volume 1 and Volume 2 Meisha Merlin, 2006 2007 . ref isfdb title ... editions changed hands again, this time to Wildside Press . ref name FAQ Robert Asprin died in May 2008, but Nye intended that year to write the books which she and Asprin had planned We had big plans ... . Myth Adventures.net. Retrieved 2011 07 29. ref In 2010, Baen Books published a collection of Asprin ... issues followed, featuring an original story by Asprin and artist Jim Valentino which attempts to bridge ... Greek myths , and has nothing to do with Mr. Asprin s work. The Board Game A board game called Myth ... online comic DEFAULTSORT Mythadventures Category Novels by Robert Asprin Category Fantasy ... more details
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ref improve date August 2010 Willard J. Phule is the name of the fictional main character in a series of books by Robert Asprin , beginning with Phule s Company , the most recent being Phule s Errand . Willard J. Phule is the super rich heir apparent of Phule Proof Munitions, currently serving in the Space Legion . His Legion name is Jester, and holds the rank of Captain, being addressed thus as Captain Jester, and occasionally and inappropriately as Captain Phule or Captain Clown. Originally his legion name was Lieutenant Scaramouche promoted after incident in the first book and then referred to as Captain incorrectly in following books , but after being court martialed for ordering the strafing of a peace conference, Captain Jester is shipped off to command the Omega Company, a dumping ground for the Legion s foul ups and misfits. Applying his business sense and wealth to the running of the unit, he soon turns it around, winning the almost fanatical loyalty of his troops and turning the Omega Mob , as it is affectionately nicknamed, into a crack unit. Phule is a strong willed individual, with a strong dislike for stereotyping, and not infrequently finds himself in conflict with other authority figures such as his father. Although of a wealthy background, he takes pride that his own fortune is largely self made although he started his business empire with a loan from his father, that loan was swiftly repaid. He is also very loyal to his people, going far above what officers would normally do for their soldiers and reacting aggressively to insults towards them. However, Phule can be over industrious he has been known to work himself to the point of exhaustion. Phule is the lead character in six novels, to date. These are in chronological order Phule s Company Phule s Paradise A Phule and His Money Phule Me Twice No Phule Like an Old Phule Phule s Errand References Reflist Asprin Phule s Company Category Characters in written science fiction Category Fictional soldie ... more details
wiktionarypar Nunzio Nunzio may refer to A masculine Italian name . James Maritato born 1972 , who has used it as his ring name Nunzio redirects here . People Other people with the name include Gregory Corso , AKA Gregory Nunzio Corso 1930 2001 , a Beat poet Nunzio DeFilippis , an American writer of comic books and television Nick Discepola born 1949 , an Italian born Canadian politician whose given name is Nunzio Nunzio Ferraiuoli 1661 1735 , an Italian painter of the Baroque period Nunzio Gallo 1928 2008 , an Italian singer and actor Joseph Nunzio Latino born 1937 , the current Roman Catholic Bishop of Jackson Mississippi, USA as of June 2010 Nunzio Provenzano 1923 1997 , a Genovese crime family soldier Fiction Nunzio, a Myth Adventures Characters character in the Myth Adventures series created by Robert Asprin Sacred Silence , an Italian film originally titled Pianese Nunzio, 14 anni a maggio disambig Category Italian masculine given names de Nunzio it Nunzio ... more details
in the Thieves World omnibus Sanctuary , Robert Asprin, ed. ref Asprin, ed., Sanctuary 1992 Science ... Morris , Robert Asprin , Lynn Abbey , Andrew Offutt , and C.J. Cherryh . For nearly a decade, Janet ... , Asprin, ed. A Man and His God, Shadows of Sanctuary 1981 , Asprin, ed. Wizard Weather, Storm Season 1982 , Asprin, ed. An End to Dreaming, Whispers 5 1982 , Schiff, ed. High Moon, Face of Chaos , 1983 , Asprin and Abbey, ed. What Women Do Best, Wings of Omen 1984 with Chris Morris , Asprin and Abbey, ed. Hell to Pay, The Dead of Winter 1985 Asprin and Abbey, ed. Power Play, Soul of the City 1986 ... Sanctuary is for Lovers, Blood Ties 1986 with Chris Morris , Asprin and Abbey, ed. Wake of the Riddler, Aftermath 1987 , Asprin and Abbey, ed. Red Light, Love Light, Uneasy Alliances , 1988 by Chris Morris, Asprin and Abbey, ed. See also portal Novels Gorgidas Lochos Homosexuality in the militaries ... more details
about the bloblike animated television character Herculoids the pet dragon from Robert Asprin s books MythAdventures GLEEP , which stood for Graphite Low Energy Experimental Pile , was a long lived experimental United Kingdom British nuclear reactor . Run for the first time on August 15, 1947, it was the first reactor to operate in Western Europe . It was built at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment , a former Royal Air Force airfield , near Harwell, Oxfordshire in an aircraft hangar . It was a graphite Neutron moderator moderated , air cooled reactor and used 11,500 natural uranium fuel aluminium clad rods inserted into 676 horizontal fuel channels. With a normal power output of just 3 kilowatt s, it was initially used for investigations into reactor design and operation, and later for the calibration of instruments for measuring neutron flux. It had an exceptionally long life for a reactor of 43 years, being shut down in 1990. The fuel was removed in 1994 and the control rod s and external equipment the following year. A project to completely dismantle it was started in 2003 and completed in October 2004. See also List of nuclear reactors External links http www.research sites.com Research Sites Restoration Limited Nuclear Technology Category Nuclear research reactors Gleep Category Graphite moderated reactors ... more details
Refimprove date February 2011 Another Fine Myth is a 1978 novel by Robert Lynn Asprin , and is the first book in the Myth Adventures series. Plot synopsis Skeeve, a Magician paranormal magician s apprentice and wannabe thief from the dimension Klah, tries to learn the basics of magic from Master Magician Garkin for several months but to no avail.Skeeve can do little more than float a feather or light a candle using magic. Wanting to convince Skeve that being a thief is not as good as being a magician, Garkin summons a demon . During the summoning an assassin barges into the hut, and Garkin and the assassin kill each other. Skeeve is left alone with the demon. To Skeeve s surprise the demon politely introduces himself as Aahz. Aahz explains that demon is slang for Dimension Traveler. He further explains that there are thousands of dimensions with different races in them, and that he is from the dimension of Perv, making Aahz a Pervect, while Skeeve is a Klahd. Aahz is a master magician like Garkin but loses his magical powers during the summoning ritual and becomes stranded in Klah. Aahz volunteers to take Skeeve on as his apprentice and teach him magic. The pair then embark on a series of misadventures as they try to evade more assassins trailing Skeeve. They decide to confront Isstvan, a dangerous master magician who plans to conquer all the other dimensions. Along the way they meet, and swindle, a demon hunter named Quigley. They encounter the assassins, and are saved by Skeeve s new magic. With information from the assassins they encounter Frumple, a merchant who transports them to the dimension of Deva where the Deveels live so they can visit the Bazaar to find something to use against Isstvan. On Deva, Aahz abandons Skeeve while he searches for a solution to their Isstvan problem. Skeeve gets into all kinds of trouble. First Skeeve bonds himself to the dragon Gleep ... mythcomic.php MythAdventures online comic Category Novels by Robert Asprin Category 1978 novels Category ... more details
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wiktionarypar myth A myth is, broadly, any worldview based traditional story , or collection or study thereof Sacred narrative , which validates a religious system Myth of origins , which purports to describe the origin of some feature of the natural or social world Creation myth , symbolic narrative of how the world began and how people first came to inhabit it Etiological myth , intended to explain the origins of cult practices, natural phenomena, proper names and the like Political myth , ideological explanation for a political phenomenon that is believed by a social group Mythology , a body of myths e.g., Greek mythology or the academic discipline that studies myths Fable Folklore , a broad body of cultural traditions Folkloristics , the formal, academic discipline devoted to the study of folklore Legend , narrative that is perceived as within human history with certain qualities of verisimilitude Urban legend , contemporary legend or modern story with motivating significance Myth may also refer to Myth computer game series , a series of real time tactical computer games The Myth film The Myth film , a film starring Jackie Chan Myth History in the Making , a platform game by System 3 The Myth , nickname of Cuban bodybuilder Sergio Oliva 1941 M.Y.T.H. Inc., a corporation in Robert Asprin s MythAdventures series Myth TV , a prefix in the MythTV open source software project Myth warez , an underground PC game cracking group Myth The Xenogears Orchestral Album , an album by Yasunori Mitsuda See also Mythology Mythopoeia genre disambig de Myth fr Myth it Myth ... more details
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