Tall Stories: Omnibus 5

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For Tall Stories: Omnibus 5 - Two humorous fantasy tales.

This book is for readers who enjoy humorous fantasy stories. The author, Tom Holt, creates a unique world where the hero, Malcolm Fisher, unexpectedly becomes ruler of the world and the protagonist in the second story, Jason Derry, has trouble balancing his life as a suburban teenager and a hero. The book's most unique feature is its comedic elements that parody traditional fantasy tropes.

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Tall Stories: Omnibus 5

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ISBN: 9781841493459
Authors: Tom Holt
Publisher: Orbit
Date of Publication: 2004-08-05
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Fantasy
Goodreads rating: 3.71
(rated by 218 readers)

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Tall Stories is another omnibus containing two of Tom Holt's beloved comic fantasies. In Expecting Someone Taller, all he did was run over a badger—sad, but hardly catastrophic. But it wasn’t Malcolm fisher’s day, for the badger turned out to be none other than Ingolf, last of the Giants. With his dying breath, Ingolf reluctantly handed to Malcolm two Gifts of Power and made him ruler of the world. But can Malcolm cope with the responsibility? In Ye Gods!, being a hero bothers Jason Derry. It’s easy to get maladjusted when your mom’s a suburban housewife and your dad’s the Supreme Being. It can be a real drag slaying monsters and retrieving golden fleeces from fire-spitting dragons, and then having to tidy your room before you can watch Star Trek. But it’s not the relentless tedium of imperishable glory that finally brings Jason to the end of his rope; it’s something so funny that it’s got to be taken seriously. Deadly seriously.
 

For Tall Stories: Omnibus 5 - Two humorous fantasy tales.

This book is for readers who enjoy humorous fantasy stories. The author, Tom Holt, creates a unique world where the hero, Malcolm Fisher, unexpectedly becomes ruler of the world and the protagonist in the second story, Jason Derry, has trouble balancing his life as a suburban teenager and a hero. The book's most unique feature is its comedic elements that parody traditional fantasy tropes.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.