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.

Humorously Magical

I love Robert Asprins Humor and the Quotes at the beginning of every chapter adds to the experience

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