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Title: No Phule Like an Old Phule by Robert Asprin, Peter J. Heck ISBN: 0-441-01152-7 Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: 30 March, 2004 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Maybe not Asprin's Phinest, but still Good Phun
Comment: Maybe I'm just more easily pleased than some readers, but I'm sure that nobody would have rated this book only one or even three stars if it hadn't had Robert Asprin's name on the front. "No Phule Like an Old Phule" may not be up to the very high standard of the early Myth books, but it was still fun to read. It doesn't take a PhD to figure out most of the puns-there's a self-important Texas hunter called "Austin Tay-Shun", for example-but I read Asprin's books for R&R. Let's face it, a story that features a giant Rabbit as hero isn't likely to be Great Literature.
"When a system is set up to deal with misfits and incompetents, the addition to the mix of someone actually capable may cause a greater disturbance than the addition of a weak cog to a functioning organization."
That's the rabbit he's talking about.
Rating: 2
Summary: Disappointing
Comment: This series has gone way down hill from its great beginning. Now it is weak, boring and dull.
My interpretation of the series was that when you have a group of unusual people and a problem you should find an unusual solution. And I think part of the fun was watching Phule find the unusual solution. So how come Phule hardly shows up at all?
The writing is confusing. They introduced a 'Lepoid', a new alien. But what does it look like? How does it act? Took me until near the end of the book to put the poor descriptions together. Things come out of no where; it looks like this is an attempt to surprise us, I'd rather have a solid setup and then a surprise!
Shoot the editor! There are words missing in the middle of the text. Didn't anyone bother to proof read this? (Shoot whoever 'set' the type or however they do it these days, too).
If you haven't read this series before then don't start with this one, go back and read the first in the series, Phule's Company, it's much better. You might read this if you've already read the rest of the series, but remember: I warned you, you'll be disappointed.
Rating: 1
Summary: Ghostwritten series increasingly weak
Comment: The first two novels in this series were mental popcorn: fluff, but enjoyable light satire. Unfortunately they've gone downhill. I'm not sure who to blame more - Asprin, who appears to be simply fulfilling a contractual obligation, or Heck, the "co-writer" who is ghostwriting. (Asprin is only marginally better at meeting deadlines than was Douglas Adams.)
As others have noted, adding characters to an increasingly unwieldy cast doesn't improve the universe. It also doesn't fix a slapdash plot.
In addition, there are multiple sloppy continuity errors. The main character is named Willard Phule. His father refers to him as "Wilfred". Then all future references go back to "Willard". The previously Filipino cook inexplicably morphs into a Jamaican homebwah. Phule himself, in previous books disdained paying bribes; here he explicitly says that he doesn't mind bribing and that breaking rules is part of business.
I'm not a rabid fanboy, but obvious errors jump out at me. It makes me realize that I'm reading, as opposed to immersing me in the narrative. It's a sign that either the author doesn't care about his work, the editors don't care enough to actually read carefully - or both.
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Title: Myth Alliances (Asprin, Robert. Myth Adventure Series, 1.) by Robert Asprin, Jody Lynn Nye ISBN: 1592220096 Publisher: Meisha Merlin Publishing Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Myth-Told Tales (Myth Adventures) by Robert Asprin, Jody Lynn Nye ISBN: 1592220010 Publisher: Meisha Merlin Publishing Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $8.00 |
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Title: Phule Me Twice by Robert L. Asprin, Peter J. Heck ISBN: 0441007910 Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: 05 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Something M.Y.T.H. Inc by Robert Asprin ISBN: 0441010830 Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: 29 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: A Phule and His Money by Robert L. Asprin, Peter J. Heck ISBN: 0441006582 Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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