Turn the Other Chick [Mass Market Paperback]

Esther Friesner (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 28, 2006

One good turn deserves another and those unpredictable amazons are in action again, swords sharpened, chainmail polished, and makeup in place, ready to fight the good fight on the field of battle. And, if you think they're just male wish-fulfilment fantasies, you'd better say it under your breath and out of their earshot, because these barbarian babes were born to battle.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

The fifth volume in editor Friesner's series of stories about "chicks in chainmail" marks promotion to hardcovers, between which lie 22 stories, author profiles, and Friesner's acerbic feminist introduction. Few of the stories are anything other than zany, although Jody Lynn Nye's "Defender of the Small" will move cat lovers. In "The Truth about the Gotterdammerung," Eric Flint merrily savages Wagner and the Norse pantheon, while Casandra Claire's "The Girl's Guide to Defeating the Dark Lord" sends up evil potentates (it isn't the only story here to do so), and Jim C. Hines' "Over the Hill" addresses the question of retirement for barbarian (or even civilized, for that matter) swordswomen. Harry Turtledove's "Of Mice and Chicks" is plain zany, his wife Laura Frankos' "A Late Symmer Night's Battle" expresses a bent for Shakespeare, and all in all the book is a romp for the humor-unimpaired and must reading for Xena fans. Roland Green
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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Baen (February 28, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1416520538
• ISBN-13: 978-1416520535
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,246,316 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #94 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Fantasy > Anthologies

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Stories, April 21, 2006

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Joshua Koppel (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Turn the Other Chick (Mass Market Paperback)

It has taken a long time for this volume to come out and make it to mass market paperback. I have mixed feelings about this fifth collection of Chicks in Chainmail stories.

This series takes the artists' ideas of women warriors, mainly chainmail bikinis, and pokes fun at the whole concept. Or it used to. In this volume the reader is treated to a very nice selection of stories involving women warriors. They are very-well written and quite entertaining. But the humor aspect is missing. A couple of the stories are a little lighter but most lack the digs of the early collections.

If you are looking for more of the type of humor found earlier in this series, you might be disappointed. But you won't be disappointed in the quality of the writing presented here. An excellent collection of stories but I miss the humor. There were some jokes (some even repeated by more than one author) but not like there used to be. There was also a larger percentage of transgender and transvestite issues than in previous volumes. I personally did not find this as a flaw but was just surprised at some of the similarities of issues amongst the stories.

5.0 out of 5 stars Chicks/Chainmail, June 22, 2009

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DSMom (KY USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Turn the Other Chick (Hardcover)

I thought this book was GREAT. It is the style that I've come to expect from Esther Friesner as editor. I love this series and am so glad that it being continued. The only thing that I did miss is a Riva story with Dennis and her realm where math is magical, by Margaret Ball. I love this character-I have even bought the novel with these characters. I may not have thought about buying this if I hadn't seen it this series. I also missed the Ladies Aid & Armor Society by Elizabeth Winterborn. Guess you can't have everything every time. I wish I could give Turn the Other Chcik more than 5 stars. And, I loved the story about the warrior and the cats-you've got to read this! I would tell anyone to read it;just don't ask for my copy.

3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I'm forced to give this 5 stars simply because it's so good., November 15, 2005

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noman (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Turn the Other Chick (Chicks in Chainmail) (Hardcover)

The story Mightier Than the Sword by John G. Hemry alone is worth the price of the book. As usual a great series of short stories. A BUY and KEEP book at any price.