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An uproarious new novel in the tradition of Robert Asprin and Terry Pratchett! For someone who's immortal, Never Dead Ned manages to die with alarming frequency--he just has the annoying habit of rising from the grave. But this soldier might be better dead than face his latest assignment. Ogre Company is the legion's dumping ground--a motley, undisciplined group of monsters whose leaders tend to die under somewhat questionable circumstances. That's where Ned's rather unique talents come in. As Ogre Company's newly appointed commander, Ned finds himself in charge of such fine examples of military prowess as a moonstruck Amazon, a very big (and very polite) two-headed ogre, a seductively scaly siren, a blind oracle who can hear (and smell) the future, a suicidal goblin daredevilpilot, a walking tree with a chip on its shoulder, and a suspiciously goblinesque orc. Ned has only six months to whip the Ogre Company into shape or face an even more hideous assignment, but that's not the worst of his problems. Because now that Ned has found outwhy he keeps returning from dead, he has to do everything he can to stay alive. . . . In the Company of Ogres does for fantasy, what A. Lee Martinez's previous novel,Gil's All Fright Diner, did for horror--and elves and goblins may never be the same!… (más)
Not my favorite book by him partially because I found I really didn't like any of the characters. Its hard to care if the live if you don 't like them. ( )
Þokkalegasta grín með steríótýpur goblina, orka, ogra, trölla, amasóna og fleiri furðuskepna. Nema hvað að flestar þeirra eru saman komnar í herflokki málaliða sem er búinn að fá nýjan herstjórnanda. Það þótti réttast að senda bókara til að stýra herflokknum eftir að allir fyrri foringjanir dóu eftir ákaflega stuttan feril en þessi hefur þann merkilega eiginleika að hann snýr alltaf aftur til lífs. Sem veitir ekki af því hann er stöðugt að hrökkva upp af við stjórn herliðsins. ( )
Synopsis: Never Dead Ned isn't particularly talented at anything beyond dying - and returning from the dead. He does well as a bookkeeper, but the people in charge send him to a Company of Ogres (an Amazon, a Siren, Elves, Orcs, Gnomes) to whip them into shape so that they make money for the people running the enterprise. Although they don't like him at first, the group comes to appreciate Ned, saving him from an evil wizard and teaching him about loyalty. Review: An interesting story about accepting yourself and appreciating others. ( )
Información procedente del Conocimiento común alemán.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
Für Mom, und zwar für beide. Für Michele (bitte hier eigenen Witz einsetzen). Für den DFW Writer's Workshop, der wo mir beigebracht hat, bessere Sachen zu schreiben. Für mich, weil ich dumm und dickköpfig genug war, es bis hierher zu schaffen. Und für Jim Varney.
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Información procedente del Conocimiento común alemán.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
Sein Name war Never Dead Ned, doch das war nur ein Spitzname.
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Información procedente del Conocimiento común alemán.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
An uproarious new novel in the tradition of Robert Asprin and Terry Pratchett! For someone who's immortal, Never Dead Ned manages to die with alarming frequency--he just has the annoying habit of rising from the grave. But this soldier might be better dead than face his latest assignment. Ogre Company is the legion's dumping ground--a motley, undisciplined group of monsters whose leaders tend to die under somewhat questionable circumstances. That's where Ned's rather unique talents come in. As Ogre Company's newly appointed commander, Ned finds himself in charge of such fine examples of military prowess as a moonstruck Amazon, a very big (and very polite) two-headed ogre, a seductively scaly siren, a blind oracle who can hear (and smell) the future, a suicidal goblin daredevilpilot, a walking tree with a chip on its shoulder, and a suspiciously goblinesque orc. Ned has only six months to whip the Ogre Company into shape or face an even more hideous assignment, but that's not the worst of his problems. Because now that Ned has found outwhy he keeps returning from dead, he has to do everything he can to stay alive. . . . In the Company of Ogres does for fantasy, what A. Lee Martinez's previous novel,Gil's All Fright Diner, did for horror--and elves and goblins may never be the same!
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