License Invoked [Mass Market Paperback]

Robert Asprin (Author), Jody Lynn Nye (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Baen; First Edition edition (February 27, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671319787
• ISBN-13: 978-0671319786
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 3.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,240,111 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not a successful collaboration, April 1, 2001

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aelfheld (Weatherford, Texas USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: License Invoked (Mass Market Paperback)

Having been a fan of Robert Asprin for a number of years, and having been impressed with prior collaborations of Jody Lynn Nye, I found "License Invoked" a disappointment. Little about this book has the ring of truth necessary for a good fantasy. The characters have an unpleasant, one-dimensional feel to them: a perpetually annoyed, insecure, English government agent; an upper-class Englishwoman masquerading as an Irish 'acid-folk' singer; a French Quarter denizen on the government payroll. Combined with goverment agencies specialising in the paranormal (X-Files anyone), a Satanic version of tele-evangelism, and you are left with a mixture that doesn't jell. There is a certain disconnected air to the story, as if neither Asprin or Nye had any real interest in the tale.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not his best, March 15, 2001

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This review is from: License Invoked (Mass Market Paperback)

I'll usually buy anything by Robert Asprin - his "Cold Cash War" makes my top ten sci-fi books ever. This book read like a poor attempt to create another Thieves World franchise. The characters aren't engaging, the events fairly ho-hum. Save your time. Read his Myth series instead.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Minus 1 star for a mixed beginning, May 2, 2003

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Arref Mak (Pittsburgh, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: License Invoked (Mass Market Paperback)

I'm glad to see Asprin back to writing on a regular schedule.

These two authors 'invoke' a good story with personable chemistry between the protagonists. So why only two stars?

The beginning, so important to hooking a reader, is a jumble of mixed messages, and doesn't do justice to the plot or characters assembled.

Never confuse a reader as to whether you are going to "romp" or deliver careful characters. When the material starts out slyly poking fun with odd government agencies like "O.O.P.S.I.E.", you expect you are going to read "screwball comedy", which is a place the authors have creative gifts.

But this is actually a murder and black magic story -- a pretty good one.

If you can roll past the first thirty pages of mixed signals, you might find a nice story here.