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Mythology #4
Advanced Mythology
Keith Doyle has made it to graduate school! In between classes and hanging out with his magical friends, the Little Folk, he has a new job as a copywriter for PDQ advertising agency, working on a campaign for a revolutionary electronic device. His plans for the party to end all parties on Hollow Tree Farm are coming along nicely. Things are not so rosy for the Little Folk. They’re being haunted not only by malevolent spirits passing through their cellar, but a Big Person who has discovered Keith’s supposedly well-camouflaged invitation to all creatures magical. Keith finds himself in danger trying to keep out of the hands of the industrial spy to protect not only the trade secrets of his client’s firm, but his friends and their home. Can Keith’s ingenuity and his limited magic keep the elves from being revealed to the world? Will the party ever take place? Will Keith ever get his hands on one of those wonderful devices?
408 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1999
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About the author
Jody Lynn Nye
309 books286 followersJody Lynn Nye lists her main career activity as ‘spoiling cats.’ When not engaged upon this worthy occupation, she writes fantasy and science fiction books and short stories.
Before breaking away from gainful employment to write full time, Jody worked as a file clerk, book-keeper at a small publishing house, freelance journalist and photographer, accounting assistant and costume maker.
For four years, she was on the technical operations staff of a local Chicago television station, WFBN (WGBO), serving the last year as Technical Operations Manager. During her time at WFBN, she was part of the engineering team that built the station, acted as Technical Director during live sports broadcasts, and worked to produce in-house spots and public service announcements.
Over the last twenty-five or so years, Jody has taught in numerous writing workshops and participated on hundreds of panels covering the subjects of writing and being published at science-fiction conventions. She has also spoken in schools and libraries around the north and northwest suburbs. In 2007 she taught fantasy writing at Columbia College Chicago. She also runs the two-day writers workshop at DragonCon, and is a judge for the Writers of the Future contest, the largest speculative fiction contest in the world.
Jody lives in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, with her husband Bill Fawcett, a writer, game designer, military historian and book packager, and three feline overlords, Athena, Minx, and Marmalade.
Before breaking away from gainful employment to write full time, Jody worked as a file clerk, book-keeper at a small publishing house, freelance journalist and photographer, accounting assistant and costume maker.
For four years, she was on the technical operations staff of a local Chicago television station, WFBN (WGBO), serving the last year as Technical Operations Manager. During her time at WFBN, she was part of the engineering team that built the station, acted as Technical Director during live sports broadcasts, and worked to produce in-house spots and public service announcements.
Over the last twenty-five or so years, Jody has taught in numerous writing workshops and participated on hundreds of panels covering the subjects of writing and being published at science-fiction conventions. She has also spoken in schools and libraries around the north and northwest suburbs. In 2007 she taught fantasy writing at Columbia College Chicago. She also runs the two-day writers workshop at DragonCon, and is a judge for the Writers of the Future contest, the largest speculative fiction contest in the world.
Jody lives in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, with her husband Bill Fawcett, a writer, game designer, military historian and book packager, and three feline overlords, Athena, Minx, and Marmalade.
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January 24, 2019
Keith Dooley has completed his degree and approaches the next challenge of working toward his MBA...spending time with his girlfriend...taking care of the Hollow Tree Industry orders...making sure his little people friends are safe...training his new growing magical abilities...AND...suddenly finding himself BACK in the world of advertising with a wonderful new product and new bigger responsibilities....Whew!!!! And … if that wasn't enough, someone has started asking too many questions about "magic" and just exactly who is Keith and how does he do what he does.
AND...I guarantee, the last two chapters in this book will completely fill you with wonder and joy and a sense of a bigger world around us.
In this, the fourth and final book of her wonderful Mythology 101 series, Jody Lynn Nye continues to build her amazing world of legendary people and creatures who live side-by-side with a society that has lost the ability to believe. While crafting a story of the impact of contemporary society on mythological cultures she also takes you by the hand and shows you that people are basically the same...no matter their race, culture, or ancestry... and that caring and the ability to accept someone unlike themselves is only as simple a matter of reaching out a hand to help.
While this IS the fourth and final book in the series, and the characters continue to grow and develop throughout, you can read this book as a stand alone. The author gives you a complete sense of the characters and where they have come from to be where they are.
I can only hope that … someday... Jody Lynn Nye may once more journey back to the world of Mythology.
AND...I guarantee, the last two chapters in this book will completely fill you with wonder and joy and a sense of a bigger world around us.
In this, the fourth and final book of her wonderful Mythology 101 series, Jody Lynn Nye continues to build her amazing world of legendary people and creatures who live side-by-side with a society that has lost the ability to believe. While crafting a story of the impact of contemporary society on mythological cultures she also takes you by the hand and shows you that people are basically the same...no matter their race, culture, or ancestry... and that caring and the ability to accept someone unlike themselves is only as simple a matter of reaching out a hand to help.
While this IS the fourth and final book in the series, and the characters continue to grow and develop throughout, you can read this book as a stand alone. The author gives you a complete sense of the characters and where they have come from to be where they are.
I can only hope that … someday... Jody Lynn Nye may once more journey back to the world of Mythology.
August 9, 2018
I’ve really enjoyed these books, and it’s a shame there are no more in the series.
March 16, 2019
Couldn’t put it down!
Loved the humor incorporated into the plot. Even the claustrophobic part was okay with me! I look forward to reading more.
Loved the humor incorporated into the plot. Even the claustrophobic part was okay with me! I look forward to reading more.
October 1, 2013
I've loved this entire series. Never knew about this particular book until recently. Glad I found it. Looks like it was also left open for another. One can only hope.
June 3, 2019
Great escapist fare.
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