Another Fine Myth

Myth Adventures, Book 1

By: Robert Asprin

Narrated by: Noah Michael Levine

Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins

Publisher's summary

Skeeve is a magician’s apprentice (and a wanna-be thief) until an assassin’s bolt kills his master, Garkin. Along with Aahz, the green-scaled, purple-tongued demon and master magician summoned by Garkin, he sets out on a quest to get even. The road to vengeance is bound to prove rocky, however, because Skeeve can barely light a candle with his beginning magic, and Aahz has lost his own considerable magical abilities as a consequence of Garkin’s summoning spell. Before they can confront the power-mad wizard who ordered Garkin’s assassination, they must survive a trip to a weird alternate dimension, encounters with Impish hit-men and a somewhat dull but persistent demon hunter who rides a friendly war unicorn, outwit a sharp-dealing Deevel, and deal with other uncanny enemies and even stranger friends...all without killing each other in the process!

The Green-Haired Lady...“Relax, handsome,” she purred. “You’re about to get pounded for offending my honor. You might as well get a little of the sweet along with the bitter.” Before I could protest further, she kissed me. Long and warm and sweet, she kissed me. I had never been kissed by anyone except my mother. This was different! The fight, the dragon, Aahz, everything faded from my mind. I was lost in the wonder of that moment. “Hey!” A rough hand fell on my shoulder and pulled us apart. “Is this shrimp bothering you, lady?” The person on the other end of that hand was no taller than I was, but he was twice as broad and had short, twisted tusks protruding from his mouth. His cronies had fanned out behind him, effectively boxing me in against the dung-heap. I looked at the girl. She shrugged and backed away. It looked like I was going to have to fight all of them. Me and the dragon. Terrific. I remembered my skinning knife. It wasn’t much, but it was all I had. As casually as I could, I reached behind me and tugged at my shirt, trying to pull it up so I could get at the knife. The knife promptly fell down inside my pants. The wrecking crew started forward.

©1988 Robert Asprin (P)2013 Audible, Inc.

Great book, couldn't get past Aahz's voice

The book is the same one you and I remember. It's magical, it's funny, and Noah does a fairly decent, if a bit "meh" performance.

I have an issue, however, with his voicing for Aahz. It reminds me of a mix between Moe from The Simpsons, and Adam Sandler in Little Nicky....not what I was expecting and, while I realize my idea of his voice isn't everyone's, I find the voice unpleasant to listen to after a while.

If you like the book, buy the Audible, it's nice to listen to for a different perspective. Just be prepared for Little Moaahz.

Anp hilarious story!

Aspirin writing holds up very well many years later. Gripping yarn. The only thing I don’t understand is why they had a Sean Connery accent for one of the characters, other than that outstanding!

So fun

This book was absolutely fun. No other words - it’s funny and quirky and you’ll find yourself smiling through the whole thing.

love this series

great reader and performance.
fun story. i read this years ago and really enjoyed the audiobook!!

GLEEP! (That's dragon for 'Great Read.)

This was a fun story with a really amazing narrator. It could have bene a full cast recording instead of one person. Noah LeVine mimicked Danny DeVito and Sean Connery so well you'd swear they were in on the audiobook. I'd read the book a long time ago, but had forgotten enough that this was almost a new experience. Asprin wrote wonderful stories, and Levine brings this one to life with great skill.

Love this book

I first read this book in a compendium in 7th grade. The first book I couldn’t put down and wasn’t forced to read. It is an easy light entertaining read. I remember reading the author saying it was lightly based the Bob Hope Bing Crosby road movies, which I still need to watch.

I really like the Myth series

I really enjoy the Myth series. This book is what got me started in reading for enjoyment.

Magically Hilarious

Robert Aspirin is a master of mixing humor into an engaging story. Loved this series.

Still Great!

I read this series when I was a teenager, and now I'm sharing it with my daughter. The Myth series is so much fun to read and now to listen to. I love the narrator, I feel like he really captures the characters, especially Skeeve and Ahz...although I have to say Tanda is a little disturbing lol. Great job by the author and narrator

Hilarious adventure

I remember reading this years ago. It is refreshing to just listen again. It reminds me of a jerry Lewis and dean martin flick.