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Роберт Асприннің фантастикалық романдар сериясы MythAdventures немесе Myth Adventures – Роберт Линн Асприн жасаған фантастикалық серия. Асприннің 1978 жылдан 2002 жылға дейін жарық көрген он екі романынан кейін ол Джоди Линн Наймен бірге тағы жеті кітап жазды. 2008 жылдың мамыр айында қайтыс болғаннан кейін Най сериалды өз бетімен жалғастырды. Бірінші кітап осы атаумен жарнамаланды, «Бір жақсы бұзылыс», Оливер Хардидің өзінің комедиялық серіктесі Стэн Лорелге бағытталған жиі қолданылатын сөзінен, «Бұл сіз мені тағы бір жақсы бұзылуға әкелдіңіз». (Бұл сөз «басқа бір жақсы бұзылыс» дегенді білдіреді.) Каталогты өзгерту тым кеш болғандықтан, Асприн «Миф» кітабын серияға айналдырса, оны пайдалану әлдеқайда жақсы болады деп шешті. Олар атауды өзгертіп, каталогта қате жазылған деп мәлімдеді. Асприннің айтуынша, «Мифтік оқиғалар» сериясының бастапқы шабыты комедиялық фильмдер сериясы «Жолға бастар жол» болды, онда Бинг Кросби мен Боб Хоуп көшпелі алаяқтар / авантюристтер ретінде ойнайды. Бас қала – Блут, көрнекті адамдар – Вильгельм Диспетчер, Драхцир және Иднью: Вуд Жазушылар, ерлі-зайыпты еркек-құрттар командасы (Венди мен Ричард Пиниге құрмет ретінде). Бұл жерде күш желілерінің аз болуы сиқырды шектейді, ал басқа әлемдегілер ескі вампирлер үшін қорқынышты жәндіктер болып саналады. Базардағы Скивтің үйінің артқы есігі бар, ол Лимбоға апарады. (Қан, Лимбо)
Fantasy novel series by Robert Asprin
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
Джахк: Адамдық өлшем, онда орташа тұрғындар қысқа және семіз немесе өте жұқа. Жыл сайын үлкен ойын өткізіліп, Вейг немесе Та Хоу осы өлшемнің астанасы болатынын анықтайды. Ойыншылар басқа бір түр, өте мықты және үлкен. «Үлкен ойынның» жеңімпазы Кубокқа ие болған, бірақ қорқынышты нәрсе қазір Аахз иелігінде, Скив «Жындар» командасын құрғаннан кейін оны үш жолғы жекпе-жекте жеңіп алды. Жеңістен кейін және кейіннен Трофидің тәркіленуі (және онымен бірге Джахтың астанасын таңдау әдісі) өлшемді басқару үшін Ортақ кеңес құрылды. («Жок», «Вегас», «Тахо»)
Fantasy novel series by Robert Asprin
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
Авис: сезімтал құстарға толы өлшем. Қызығушылық тудыратын жерлер жоқ. Әуе кемесін ұша алмайтын және жүзікше түріндегі тағамдарды ұнататын болсаңыз ғана Avis-ке бармаңыз. (Латын тілінен аударғанда «құс» деген мағынаны білдіреді. Танда сонымен қатар Rentals-қа сілтеме жасайды, бұл Skeeve-ді таңғалдырады, бұл Avis Rent a Car System-нен шыққан.)
Fantasy novel series by Robert Asprin
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
Гастропо: шаяндар тәрізді адамдар мекендейтін өлшем. Көліктің ең жақсы түрі – жаяу жүру, бірақ бір блокты жылжыту үшін бірнеше сағат қажет. Қарап келуді жөн көрмейді. Тананда айтқандай, олардың жүктері жоқ, бірақ жүк көп. (Биологиялық категорияда шаяндар – бұл кеудеқұстар. «Escargot» француз тілінен «шаян» дегенді білдіреді; «t» үнсіз, сондықтан ол «жүк» деген сөзбен рифмаланады.)
Fantasy novel series by Robert Asprin
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
Аркадия: Хус есімді еңбекқор «филантроп» «басқарып отырған» жағымды өлшем. Бұл жерде адамдар өте қиын жағдайлардан құтқарып қалған, ал сахна артында олардың құтқарылуына риза болған адамдар болған. (Аркадия – бұл поэзиялық мағынада, таза далада өмір сүрудің керемет көрінісі.)
Fantasy novel series by Robert Asprin
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
Коу-Тоу: Американың «Жабайы батысына» ұқсайтын өте шалғай өлшем, бірақ ол шынымен адамдар үшін өсіру орны, сондықтан вампир сиырлары олардың қанын сорып алады. Ол жерде сиқырлы күш желілерінің үлкен байланысы бар.
Fantasy novel series by Robert Asprin
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
Scamaroni: Иіс сезуге бейімделген нәсілдің өлшемдері, олар соқырлардан тұрады. («Алаяқ» = алдап ойнау.)
Fantasy novel series by Robert Asprin
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
Кобол: технологияны сүйетіндер үшін. («COBOL», және мүмкін «кобольд»)
Fantasy novel series by Robert Asprin
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
Ронко: Теледидар мен жарнамаға толы өлшем. («Ронко»)
Fantasy novel series by Robert Asprin
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
Ух: Ауылдық өлшем, ол қорқақ, қой сияқты шопаголиктар мекендейді. («Қыс».)
Fantasy novel series by Robert Asprin
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
Сеар: Топырақта тіршілік ететін ұсақ тіршілік иелері мекендейтін шөл дала. («Sear», «sere»)
Fantasy novel series by Robert Asprin
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
Ori: Тұрғындары үй мысықтарына ұқсайтын өлшем.
Fantasy novel series by Robert Asprin
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
Уолт: Жерлестеріміз шошқа мен түлкі араласқан түрге ұқсайды, олар би билеуімен танымал. («вальц»)
Fantasy novel series by Robert Asprin
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
Қызу: ең суық температурасы 120 ° F-тан жоғары. («Жылыту»= «қызу»)
Fantasy novel series by Robert Asprin
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
Молдер: Бәрі әрқашан өзгеріп жатқандай көрінетін қараңғы, ылғал орын. Тіпті аяғың астындағы жер де өсіп, қозғалып жатқандай. («Молдер»)
Fantasy novel series by Robert Asprin
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
және т.б. : Екі жағында бірдей ғимараттар бар бір ұзын, түзу жол. Бұл жерде бір-біріне ұқсайтын тіршілік иелері тұрады. Сұр костюм, сұр шаш, сұр бет, екі қол. Барлығы бірдей уақытта және бір бағытта қозғалады.
Fantasy novel series by Robert Asprin
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
Бампп: Қалың өсімдіктер мен апельсин гүлдері өскен кең алап. көк аспан мен қызыл таулар. Бұл жерде үлкен жылан тәрізді жылан-құстар мекендейді.
Fantasy novel series by Robert Asprin
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
Малл: Бұл жерде шоттар жинағыштар пайда болды, және Скив 350 000 алтын теңгеге қарыз болды.
Fantasy novel series by Robert Asprin
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
Мифтің алған тұлғасы
Fantasy novel series by Robert Asprin
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
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Fantasy novel series by Robert Asprin
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
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Fantasy novel series by Robert Asprin
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
Импер: Импер туралы көп нәрсе белгілі емес, бірақ ол Деваға жақын және Имперлер Девеелдермен қаржылық жағынан жеңіліске ұшырады. Имперлер Девеелдерді (олар физикалық жағынан оларға ұқсайды) сәл табыспен имитациялауға тырысты. Имперлер туралы ең жақсы айтылған нәрсе – олар әдемі киінеді. («Imp»)
Fantasy novel series by Robert Asprin
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
Троллия: Чамли мен Танданың туған өлшемі. Еркектер – Тролль, ал әйелдер – Троллоп. («Тролль», «троллоп»)
Fantasy novel series by Robert Asprin
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
Ринасп: Танда жұмысқа алынғанда қорқынышты тағдырға ұшыраған өлшем. (Көрінетіндей, «Асприн» сөзінің буын алмасуы.)
Fantasy novel series by Robert Asprin
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
Аркиа: «доға жасаған» өлшем.
Fantasy novel series by Robert Asprin
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
Зоорик: Гномдардың туған жері, олар қаржылық шеберлер екені көрінеді. («Цюрихтің гномдары», ағылшын тілінде айтылған.)
Fantasy novel series by Robert Asprin
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
Ратислава: Оның егеуқыр тұрғындары өте қуатты сиқырлық құрылғы жасады, содан кейін ол ұрланып, өлшемнен шығарылды. (Аты, кемінде, Братислава, Словакиядан шыққан.)
Fantasy novel series by Robert Asprin
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
Мантико: Мантикор нәсілінің туған жері.
Fantasy novel series by Robert Asprin
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
Джинжер: Джинндердің туған жері және операциялық базасы. Джинндер, Имперлер сияқты, Девеелдердің кескілеу тактикасынан зардап шекті, сондықтан олар бөтелкелер мен шамдарда эмигранттық сиқыр еңбегін ұсына бастады. Еркектер – Джинндер, әйелдер – Джени. («Джинн», «джинни», I Dream of Jeannie, сонымен қатар «имбирь»)
Fantasy novel series by Robert Asprin
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
Трофи: бизнесмендері жоқ өлшем, керісінше, барлығы бәйгеде жеңіледі. Бұл сонымен қатар үйленуге белгілі өлшем. Көптеген өлшем саяхатшылары Трофи әйелін қалайды. («Кубок», «трофейная жена»)
Fantasy novel series by Robert Asprin
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
Купид: кішкентай қуыршақ тәрізді адамдардың туған жері. Олар толыққанды бойға жеткенде жас Клахдтар сияқты көрінеді.
Fantasy novel series by Robert Asprin
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
Каф: Горгон тәрізді тіршілік иелері бар өлшем, олардың тірі шаштары бар және барлық өлшемдерде ең жақсы кофе пісіреді.
Fantasy novel series by Robert Asprin
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
Мини: кішкентай, кішкентай Миникиндердің туған жері.
Fantasy novel series by Robert Asprin
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
Туэ: кішкентай, төрт қолды Туэлердің туған жері. Кішкентай кәсіби күресшілер «Қорқынышты Туэлер» танымал, «Туэ Турлары» би тобы және олардың хатшылық жұмысы; «Tue Fingered Typists».
Fantasy novel series by Robert Asprin
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together. After his death in May 2008, Nye has continued the series on her own. The first book was advertised under that title, Another Fine Mess, from Oliver Hardy's often used catchphrase directed towards his film comedy partner Stan Laurel, supposedly "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into." (The actual catchphrase referred to "another nice mess".) After it was too late to change the catalog, Asprin decided that using "Myth" would be much better if the book would become a series. They changed the title and claimed a typo in the catalog. According to Asprin, the original inspiration for the Myth Adventures was the Road to comedy movie series, which stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as wandering con artists/adventurers. Chief city is Blut, notable people are Vilhelm the Dispatcher, and Drahcir and Idnew: the Woof Writers, a husband and wife team of werewolves (homages to Wendy and Richard Pini). The low amount of force lines limit magik here, and offworlders are viewed as terrifying monsters by the older vampires. Skeeve's house in the Bazaar has a back door which opens into Limbo. (Blood, Limbo)
Jahk: Humanoid dimension where the average inhabitants are either short and obese or extremely thin. Every year, the Big Game is played to determine whether Veygus or Ta Hoe is the capital of the dimension. Players are practically another species, extremely muscled and large. The winner of the Big Game used to claim the Trophy, but the hideous thing is now in the possession of Aahz, after the Skeeve founded team "The Demons" won it in a three way brawl. Following their victory and subsequent confiscation of the Trophy (and with it Jahk's method of selecting their capital) a Common Council was put together to rule the dimension. ("Jock", "Vegas", "Tahoe")
Avis: Dimension full of sentient birds. No areas of interest. Do not visit Avis unless you can fly and you like foods of the crawly variety. (Latin for "bird". Tanda also makes references to Rentals, which mystifies Skeeve, this comes from the Avis Rent a Car System.) Gastropo: A dimension full of snail like inhabitants. The preferred mode of transport is walking, although that takes hours just to move a block. Unadvisable to visit. As Tananda would put it, they have no cargo but plenty of es cargo(t). (In biological categorization, snails are gastropods. "Escargot" is French for "snail"; the "t" is silent, so it rhymes with "cargo".) Arcadia: A pleasant dimension "controlled" by a hard working "philanthropist" named Hoos. Apparently populated by people that he's bailed out of tight situations, it's implied that behind the scenes Hoos was largely responsible for putting them in the situations they were so grateful for having been rescued from. (Arcadia, a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness.) Kow Tow: An extremely remote dimension that superficially resembles the American "Wild West", but is actually a breeding ground for humans so that the vampire cows can suck their blood. Contains a huge nexus of magic force lines. Scamaroni: A dimension with a smell oriented race that has a reputation for being made up of suckers. ("Scam" = con game.) Kobol: A dimension of technology enthusiasts. ("COBOL", and possibly also "kobold".) Ronko: A dimension filled with televisions and advertising. ("Ronco")
Wuh: Rural dimension that is home to cowardly, sheep like shopaholics called Wuhses. ("Wuss".) Sear: A bleak desert dimension inhabited by tiny soil dwelling critters. ("Sear", "sere")
Ori: A dimension whose inhabitants resemble house cats. Walt: The natives look a bit like a mix between storks and ostriches, and are famous for their dancing prowess. ("waltz")
Febrile: Coolest temperature is over 120 °F. ("Febrile"= "feverish")
Molder: A dark, damp place where everything always seems to be changing. Even the ground seems to grow and move under your feet. ("Molder")
Etc. : One long, straight road with identical buildings on both sides. Inhabited by creatures that look and dress identical. Gray suits, gray hair, gray face, two arms. All move at the identical time and in the same direction. Bumppp: Wide meadow filled with thick plants and orange flowers. blue sky and pink mountains. Inhabited by large snake creatures that appear to be hostile. Mall: Its where the Bill collectors came from, and where Skeeve apparently ran up 350,000 gold pieces in debt. Myth Taken Identity
Ghord: From "Myth Fortunes" (Gordian Knot)
Dimensions that have been mentioned but not explicitly depicted:
Imper: Not much is known about Imper except that it is close to Deva and the Imps were wiped out financially by the Deveels. The Imps have since tried to mimic the Deveels (whom they physically resemble) with only marginal success. The kindest thing anyone has said about Imps is that they are snappy dressers. ("Imp")
Trollia: Chumley and Tanda's home dimension. The males are Trolls, and the females are Trollops. ("Troll", "trollop")
Rinasp: A dimension that suffered a ghastly fate when Tanda was hired to go there on a collection job. (Apparently a syllable swap of "Asprin".) Archiah: The dimension that "invented archery". Zoorik: Home of the Gnomes, who are implied to be financial wizards. ("Gnomes of Zürich", pronounced in English.) Ratislava: Whose rat inhabitants created an extremely powerful magical device that was then stolen and taken off dimension. (The name, at least, comes from Bratislava, Slovakia.) Mantico: Home of the formidable Manticore race. Djinger: Home and base of operations for the Djinns. The Djinns, like the Imps, were hit hard by the cut throat tactics of the Deveels, so they started providing emigrant magickal labor in bottles and lamps. Males are Djinns, females are Djeanies. ("Djinn", "genie", I Dream of Jeannie, probably also "ginger")
Trofi: A dimension that has no businessmen, instead, everything is won in contests. It is also the dimension known for matchmaking. Many dimension travelers want a Trofi wife. ("Trophy", "trophy wife")
Cupid: Home of small doll like people. They appear as young Klahds, when they are actually fully grown. Caf: A dimension of Gorgon ish creatures with living hair that brew the best coffee in all the known dimensions. Mini: Home to the tiny, diminutive Minikins. Tue: Home to the small, four armed Tues. Known for tiny professional wrestlers called Terrible Tues, a dance troup called the Tue Tours, and their secretarial work; Tue Fingered Typists.
Қысқа әңгімелері
2010 жылы Baen Books Асприннің қысқа мифтік әңгімелер жинағын "Мифті түсіндірулер" деген атпен жариялады. Бұл жинақта Роберт Асприннің жасаған көптеген әлемдерінде болған қысқа әңгімелер мен повестьтер бар. Ол Миф бойынша барлық қысқа әңгімелерді қамтиды деп жарнамаланған.
In 2010, Baen Books published a collection of Asprin's short myth stories under the title Myth Interpretations. This collection contains short stories and short novels taking place in many worlds that Robert Asprin created. It is advertised as containing all of the Myth short fiction.
Суретті романдар
Алғашқы роман 1980-ші жылдардың ортасында WaRP Graphics комикс кітаптарының сегіз бөлімді сериясына бейімделді. Фил Фоглио суреттемесімен және кеңінен қайта жазылып, кейіннен Starblaze Graphics баспасынан екі түрлі-түсті графикалық роман ретінде жарық көрді, ал 2007 жылы Airship Entertainment (Фоглиолардың баспа компаниясы) материалды бір томдық кітап ретінде қайта басып шығарды. Содан кейін тағы төрт саны жарық көрді, онда Асприн мен суретші Джим Валентиноның бірінші және екінші романдар арасындағы оқиғаны байланыстыруға тырысқан түпнұсқа әңгімесі бар. (Apple Comics екінші серияны ортасынан қабылдады.) 2010 жылы Airship Entertainment осы әңгімені веб-комикс ретінде қайта жариялауды бастады. Бұл 2016 жылдың ақпан айынан бастап тоқтатылды, сонымен қатар Airship Entertainment-тің ескі веб-сайты бұзылған кезде Buck Godot және Phil & Dixie туралы веб-комикстер де қолжетімсіз болды. Екінші роман кейіннен Кен мен Бет Митчронидің тағы сегіз бөлімді комикс сериясына бейімделді және 1987 жылдан 1989 жылға дейін Apple баспасынан жарық көрді. Бұл екі кейінгі серияның ешқайсысы да графикалық роман жинағына ие болған жоқ. Фоглио сонымен қатар көптеген романдардың алғашқы басылымдарының мұқабаларын және ілеспе суреттерін жасады. Ол мұқаба суреттерін салуды бастамас бұрын, Келли Фриас серияның ең алғашқы кітаптарының мұқабаларын жасаған.
The first novel was adapted into an eight part WaRP Graphics comic book series in the mid 1980s. Illustrated and heavily rewritten by Phil Foglio, the series was later collected into two full color graphic novels published by Starblaze Graphics, and in 2007 Airship Entertainment (the Foglios' publishing concern) reprinted the material in a single volume. Four more issues followed, featuring an original story by Asprin and artist Jim Valentino which attempts to bridge the action between the first and second novels in the series. (Apple Comics took over the second series halfway through.) In 2010, Airship Entertainment began re releasing the story as a web comic. Though this has been offline since sometime in February 2016, along with webcomic republications of Buck Godot and What's New with Phil & Dixie, when Airship Entertainment's old website broke down. The second novel was later adapted into another eight part comic series by Ken and Beth Mitchroney and published by Apple from 1987 through 1989. Neither of these two later series enjoyed a graphic novel collection. Foglio has also done the cover art and accompanying illustrations for the first editions of most of the novels. Before he started the cover illustrations, Kelly Freas did the covers of the first editions of the earliest books of the series.
Кино және театр
1980 жылдары Уэнди мен Ричард Пини, WaRP Graphics иелері, өздерінің туындысы Elfquest-ті фильмге бейімдегеннен кейін Another Fine Myth адаптациясын толық метражды фильмге айналдыру мүмкіндігін қарастырып жатқандары туралы қысқа ғана уақытқа хабарлар тарады, бірақ соңғысы әлі күнге дейін концепциядан әрі жылбады.
Short lived rumors circulated in the 1980s that Wendy and Richard Pini, owners of WaRP Graphics, were considering turning their adaptation of Another Fine Myth into a feature length movie after doing so with their own property, Elfquest, though the latter has yet to even make it past concept to this day.
Ойын үстелі
Myth Fortunes атты үстел ойыны Mayfair Games компаниясымен әзірленді және 1990 жылы сатылды.
A board game called Myth Fortunes was developed by Mayfair Games and sold in 1990.