I liked these stories. However, the Idiot Award goes to author and editor for preceding the first story with an introduction that gives away the central plot twist: and after the author had worked so hard to keep the reader guessing. For that matter, the cover artist blows it even before you open the book. Why is it that SFF editors always seem to assume that short story anthologies are read by people who already know the characters, or even the stories? I've not read much M. Z. Bradley nor, as far as I remember, any Thieves' World fiction. All they needed to do was to put the author's notes about writing the story AFTER the story, not before it! Sheesh! MB 14-xi-2023 ( )

I read this book because I had read about the character in a short story. I think the short story that Lythande was in was better but this book was still good too. ( )

the feminist blue star adept of Thieves's World in other adventures

This is a collection of her short stories set in Thieves World.
They all follow a mage named Lythande. I loved this book as a teen, especially the last story. ( )

I was sad when dissent in the Thieves' World family reared its head so quickly. Lythande was one of my favorite characters. I loved MZB's work, and I'm sad there will be no more. On the other hand...

"...for the romance of Lythande's magic is that she crosses worlds at will; she can be not only wherever but whenever she chooses..." ( )