Blows to Comedy: Carlin & Asprin died... : (
I just found out one of my longtime favorite authors died about a month ago:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Asprin
I just finished reading Myth-gotten Gains today. I am pretty down because although he wasn't always my most favorite or varied author, his books were fun and also intelligent without being dumbed down. He had an awesome sense of humour and of the few of his serious books I've read are well written and compelling.
My favorite series are the Myth & Phule (fool) series. I highly recommend the first as a comedy fantasy series and the second as a silly sci-fi read, they aren't the most intellectually challengeing or anything but there are good puns and amusing twists that you don't always expect and the characters are usually well-formed. I started reading them in high school and got more than a few good ideas and life lessons from them. I pretty much based my character Aazhie off of Asprin's Aazh and Roger Zelazny's "Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming" demon Azzie Elbub. I've changed a lot since reading the books and so have my characters, but the spiritings of th is about the same.
It's sappy, but I'm really going to miss him and his work. It's a blow to find out about him and George Carlin around the same time, so I'm going to be doing a lot of re-reading and re-watching Carlin bites. :(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Asprin
I just finished reading Myth-gotten Gains today. I am pretty down because although he wasn't always my most favorite or varied author, his books were fun and also intelligent without being dumbed down. He had an awesome sense of humour and of the few of his serious books I've read are well written and compelling.
My favorite series are the Myth & Phule (fool) series. I highly recommend the first as a comedy fantasy series and the second as a silly sci-fi read, they aren't the most intellectually challengeing or anything but there are good puns and amusing twists that you don't always expect and the characters are usually well-formed. I started reading them in high school and got more than a few good ideas and life lessons from them. I pretty much based my character Aazhie off of Asprin's Aazh and Roger Zelazny's "Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming" demon Azzie Elbub. I've changed a lot since reading the books and so have my characters, but the spiritings of th is about the same.
It's sappy, but I'm really going to miss him and his work. It's a blow to find out about him and George Carlin around the same time, so I'm going to be doing a lot of re-reading and re-watching Carlin bites. :(