Customer Reviews

Turn the Other Chick

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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.

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.

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.

I got the original "Chicks in Chainmail" in high school, and it is one of my favorite fantasy books. "Turn the other Chick" is also quite good, continuing one or two stories from the original. This is "amazon humor" with strong women, tons of puns and some sexy scenes (making some of the stories PG). I had a lot of fun with it.