Thieves' World®

Thieves' World®, Book 1

De: Robert Lynn Asprin - editor, Lynn Abbey - editor

Narrado por: Jonathan Johns

Missing Game of Thrones? Dare to "be pulled into political intrigues, watch new gods replace old, and witness fortunes rise and fall and rise again" (Book Riot).

A classic series for a new generation of fantasy adventure fans, Thieves' World® paved the way for the shared-world anthology tradition with epic worldbuilding, unforgettable characters, and nonstop action thanks to the legendary authors who contribute to it.

The series' groundbreaking debut features stories by John Brunner, Lynn Abbey, Poul Anderson, Andrew J. Offutt, Robert Lynn Asprin, Joe Haldeman, Christine DeWees, and Marion Zimmer Bradley, who populate the lawless city of Sanctuary with orphans and wizards, fortune tellers and emperors, merchants and madams, spies, assassins, and, of course, thieves.

©1979 Robert Lynn Asprin (P)2023 Tantor

Before Game of Thornes

These stories, written by multiple authors well known in the genre, are amazing tales that are seem tailor made for a big anthology tv series and it's a wonder they haven't been adapted previously... sex, murder, acts of valor, castle intrigue, demons and djinns, wizards and wars... all here and feel as fresh today as they did when I read them in high school.

Great start to a great series

Finally! Thieves World has long deserved audiobook versions. I have just finished the first of the new Tantor audiobooks of the series, and I am extremely happy. They are very well done. Some differences in pronunciation from what i would have expected, but what i expected may not be "correct" and fantasy fans have to expect names and fantasy words to sound different from what they hear in their mind on occasion. 🙂 Most of us probably hear "Caronne", "Ranke", "Ilsig", or "S'Danzo" differently!
I am happy to say all 9 of the original tales appeared - I was a touch nervous that "The Secret of the Blue Star" ight have been left out. They did leave out the final essay, "The Making of Thieves' World" by Robert Lynn Asprin. That is too bad. But it is a minor issue.
_Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn_ has also been released, 2 weeks after the first volume, I hope they keep that schedule and release each volume 2 weeks apart, but the rest of the volumes are not yet available for preorder.
It's a good time to be a Thieves' World fan. Between this and the upcoming RPG it is nice to see the setting still getting interest. We saw some great stuff last time this happened, from 2002-2007 with the Irrune era and the Green Ronin RPG, I really hope things go at least that well this time. 🙂

Terrible narrator but one of the best series in Fantasy.

I been watching for this too come to audiobook forever. It really is ahead of it's time and highly recommended for any fantasy affectionato. unfortunately totally ruined by the worst narrator

Great Memories

I was in grade school years the first time I read this series.

These are now some of my favorite stories from my youth.

I have been waiting 20 years for this

The Thieves World series is the first modern fantasy shared author collab universe, by some of fantasy's best writers. This series will sweep you into the dark and gritty fantasy world that spawned them all! It is a great world by some amazing authors and it is well acted . Give it a try and be swept away!