{"id":701,"date":"2026-01-03T20:53:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T20:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/thieves-world-01-asprin-robert\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T20:53:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T20:53:36","slug":"thieves-world-01-asprin-robert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/thieves-world-01-asprin-robert\/","title":{"rendered":"Thieves World 01 &#8211; Asprin, Robert"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='book-preview'>\n<h3>Book Preview<\/h3>\n<p class=\"calibre3\"><b class=\"calibre2\">THE GATE OF THE FLYING KNIVES<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"calibre3\"><b class=\"calibre2\">THE PRICE OF DOING BUSINESS<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"calibre3\"><b class=\"calibre2\">THE SECRET OF THE BLUE STAR<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"calibre3\"><b class=\"calibre2\">Marion Zimmer Bradley<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"calibre3\"><b class=\"calibre2\">THE MAKING OF THIEVES&#8217; WORLD<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"calibre3\"><b class=\"calibre2\">The  perceptive  reader  may  notice  small  inconsistencies  in  the characters<\/b> <b class=\"calibre2\">appearing in  these stories.  Their speech  patterns, their  accounts of certain<\/b> <b class=\"calibre2\">events, and their  observations on the  town&#8217;s pecking order  vary from time<\/b> <b class=\"calibre2\">to<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"calibre3\"><b class=\"calibre2\">These are not inconsistencies! <\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"calibre3\"><b class=\"calibre2\">The reader  should consider  the contradictions  again, bearing  three things<\/b> <b class=\"calibre2\">in<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"calibre3\"><b class=\"calibre2\">First; each story is told from  a different viewpoint, and different people  see<\/b> <b class=\"calibre2\">and hear  things differently.  Even readily  observable facts  are influenced by<\/b> <b class=\"calibre2\">individual perceptions and opinions.  Thus, a minstrel narrating  a<\/b> <b class=\"calibre2\">conversation<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"calibre3\"><b class=\"calibre2\">with a magician would give a different account than would a thief witnessing<\/b> <b class=\"calibre2\">the<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"calibre3\"><b class=\"calibre2\">Second; the citizens of Sanctuary are by necessity more than a little  paranoid. <\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"calibre3\"><b class=\"calibre2\">They tend to either omit or slightly alter information in conversation. This  is<\/b> <b class=\"calibre2\">done more reflexively than out of premeditation, as it is essential for survival<\/b> <b class=\"calibre2\">in this community. <\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"calibre3\"><b class=\"calibre2\">Finally, Sanctuary  is a  fiercely competitive  environment. One  does not  gain<\/b> <b class=\"calibre2\">employment  by  admitting  to  being &#8216;the  second-best  swordsman  in  town&#8217;. <\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr style='margin: 30px 0; border-top: 1px solid #eee;'>\n<p style='text-align:center;'>Read the full book by downloading it below.<\/p>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/download-is-starting\/?url=https%3A\/\/mega.co.nz\/%23%21J1B3hIzY%216uJeJEkUznguc9wi6LrO7rWuv7Zqz_WWkqzlbX9JKME' class='download-btn' target='_blank'>DOWNLOAD EPUB<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Book Preview THE GATE OF THE FLYING KNIVES THE PRICE OF DOING BUSINESS THE SECRET OF THE BLUE STAR Marion Zimmer Bradley THE MAKING OF THIEVES&#8217; WORLD The perceptive reader may notice small inconsistencies in the characters appearing in these stories. Their speech patterns, their accounts of certain events, and their observations on the town&#8217;s &#8230; <a title=\"Thieves World 01 &#8211; Asprin, Robert\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/thieves-world-01-asprin-robert\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Thieves World 01 &#8211; Asprin, Robert\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":700,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-robert-asprin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}