Two Bit Heroes (DAW Book Collectors, No. 870) [Paperback]

Doris Egan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 7, 1992

A thrilling new adventure of Theodora and Ran from the author of The Gate of Ivory. Drawn back to Ivory both by her love for Ran and her fascination with magic, Theodora leaves with Ran on an investigation for a noble family, and their mission gets them trapped between the Emperor's troops and a dangerous band of outlaws. Original.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: DAW (January 7, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0886775000
• ISBN-13: 978-0886775001
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,147,641 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious brilliance, May 28, 2001

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This review is from: Two Bit Heroes (DAW Book Collectors, No. 870) (Paperback)

Both this book and Gate of Ivory are among my favorite novels ever, and Guilt-edged Ivory is pretty good. Egan is witty, her characters are vivid and have all sorts of intriguing problems, and these are among the best novels ever written on folklore and anthropological fieldwork. These books are in some ways better, or at least more fun, than classics such as leGuin's Left Hand, Gentle's Golden Witchbreed, etc. What's really fun about this series is that it takes on the fantasy cliche in which there's a place for everyone, if she only finds it. Our heroine (named Theodora, or lover of God, and hailing from a highly athiestic and practical world) here is eminently adaptable--too much so, according to her husband--and the big question is thus what happens when one is willing to adapt to anything, communicate effectively across culture and time, and really like people, however odd they may be. Like, say, bandits who have kidnapped you (and your husband) and are trying to come up with an effective terrorist strategy to encourage the government to buy them off.... Egan's exploration of all this is amazingly fun to read. Hope she writes more. More. MORE.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Why was there never a sequal?, May 13, 1999

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L. H. Christenson "crackbonkers" (Forest Grove, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Two Bit Heroes (DAW Book Collectors, No. 870) (Paperback)

One of my favorite series so far, and for some strange and mysterious reason we haven't seen anything from Doris Egan since! I don't understand, these books are wonderful! If you can find this series, you won't be disappointed. Doris - if you're out there, I'm waiting!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love this! Write more!, February 13, 2001

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"drannoc" (Corvallis, OR USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Two Bit Heroes (DAW Book Collectors, No. 870) (Paperback)

This series (Gate of Ivory, Two-Bit Heroes, & Guilt-Edged Ivory) has a wonderful, almost stream of conciousness tone. The heroine's world-view comes through crystal clear. Doris Egan builds an incredibly rich world. Really, REALLY good!!