The Exploits of Ebenezum

The Ebenezum Trilogy #1-3 Omnibus

by Craig Shaw Gardner

Book club edition (11588) reprinting A Malady of Magiks, A Multitude of Monsters and A Night in the Netherhells.

Genres: Fantasy, Humor, Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy

437 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1987

About the author

Craig Shaw Gardner was born in Rochester, New York and lived there until 1967, when he moved to Boston, MA to attend Boston University. He graduated from Boston University with a Bachelor's of Science degree in Broadcasting and Film. He has continued to reside in Boston since that time.

He published his first story in 1977 while he held a number of jobs: shipper/receiver for a men's suit manufacturer, working in hospital public relations, running a stat camera, and also managed of a couple of bookstores: The Million Year Picnic and Science Fantasy Bookstore.

As of 1987 he became a full time writer, and since then he has published more than 30 novels and more than 50 short stories.

He also published under these pseudonyms:

Peter Garrison

Reviews

[Neil · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this series a lot when I was younger, but successive re-reads revealed it to not be as funny, or even as good in general, as I had remembered. The author likes to re-use jokes in the individual books, which is much more obvious when it is in omnibus format.

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found this to be funny and entertaining.

[Marianne · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is kind of a dorky trilogy about an apprentice of a sneezing magician. Not as well done as Pratchett, and not as ridiculous as Xanth. There are much better absurd things, but I think a younger reader may enjoy it.