{"product_id":"chicks-ahoy-paperback","title":"Chicks Ahoy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEsther Friesner\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Popular Chicks in Chainmail Series Set New Standards (and Sales Figures) for Humorous Fantasy. Here're the First Three books in One Specially-Priced Omni-Trade Volume. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere they come, and they're out for blood. For too long, they say, have hot blooded babes in brass bras and chain link bikinis been held up to scorn as the embodiment of male fantasy wish-fulfillment and non-fictionality. You think their swords won't cut, their clubs won't crush? You think they look \u003ci\u003ecute\u003c\/i\u003e? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's time to take sword-swinging amazons more seriously. Well, maybe not \u003ci\u003etoo\u003c\/i\u003e seriously. After all, the popular Chicks in Chainmail series wasn't known for stark drama and solemn think-pieces. In fact, they made a lot of people laugh. And now the first three books in the series are combined in one attractively-priced Omni-Trade Paperback volume. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- \u003ci\u003eChicks in Chainmail\u003c\/i\u003e (The look at the lighter side of amazons that started it all.) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- \u003ci\u003eDid You Say \u003c\/i\u003eChicks\u003ci\u003e?\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eSmile\u003c\/i\u003e when you say that, you wimpy noncombatant!)\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- \u003ci\u003eChicks 'n Chained Males\u003c\/i\u003e (Those men just can't take care of themselves, so send in the amazons!) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's all right to have a laugh or two. The swordswomen like a good laugh as much as the next amazon. Just don't let them get the idea that you're laughing \u003ci\u003eat\u003c\/i\u003e them, instead of \u003ci\u003ewith\u003c\/i\u003e them--if you know what's good for you . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStories of fierce female fighters by Harry Turtledove, Roger Zelazny, Elizabeth Moon, Jan and S.M. Stirling, K. D. Wentworth, Lawrence Watt-Evans and more--including Esther Friesner herself.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEsther Friesner is winner twice over of the coveted Nebula Award (for the Year's Best short Story, 1995 and 1996) and is the author of over thirty novels, including the \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e best-seller \u003ci\u003eWarchild\u003c\/i\u003e, and more than one hundred short stories. For Baen she edited the five popular \"Chicks in Chainmail\" anthologies. Her works have been published in the UK, Japan, Germany, Russia, France and Italy. She lives in Connecticut with her husband, two children, and two rambunctious cats.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 880\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.84 x 7.67 x 5.18 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 07, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42169400590471,"sku":"9781439133019","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/35b53510d45a34c6229033700a6579c0.webp?v=1733341380","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/chicks-ahoy-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}