Chicks in Chainmail series

[Morose]

Have any of you read these? Apparently there are six seven of them now, although I missed the last two.

Chicks in Chainmail series

1. Chicks in Chainmail (1995)
2. Did You Say Chicks?! (1998)
3. Chicks 'n Chained Males (1999)
4. The Chick is in the Mail (2000)
5. Turn the Other Chick (2004)
6. Chicks Ahoy 2010 - I think this is the first three in one book.
7. Chicks and Balances (2015)

I didn't know a new one came out in 2015, it was so long since the one before that I was not looking for it.


There is also a novel which I have not seen nor could I find a link quickly.

Mathemagics: A Chicks in Chainmail Novel (1996)

[Morose]

Chicks in Chainmail with Larry Elmore cover art.

Contents

"Introduction" (Esther Friesner)
"Lady of Steel" (Roger Zelazny)
"And Ladies of the Club" (Elizabeth Moon)
"Exchange Program" (Susan Shwartz)
"Goddess for a Day" (Harry Turtledove)
"Armor-Ella" (Holly Lisle)
"Career Day" (Margaret Ball)
"Armor/Amore" (David Vierling)
"The Stone of War and the Nightingale's Egg" (Elizabeth Ann Scarborough)
"The Growling" (Jody Lynn Nye)
"The New Britomart" (Eluki bes Shahar)
"On the Road of Silver" (Mark Bourne)
"Bra Melting" (Janni Lee Simner)
"The Old Grind" (Laura Frankos)
"The Way to a Man's Heart" (Esther Friesner)
"Whoops!" (Nancy Springer)
"The Guardswoman" (Lawrence Watt-Evans)
"Teacher's Pet" (Josepha Sherman)
"Were-Wench" (Jan Stirling)
"Blood Calls to Blood" (Elisabeth Waters)
"Maureen Birnbaum in the MUD" (George Alec Effinger)

[Morose]

Did You Say Chicks?! With Cover art by Larry Elmore

Contents

"Introduction" (Esther Friesner)
"No Pain, No Gain" (Elizabeth Moon)
"Slue-Foot Sue and the Witch in the Woods" (Laura Frankos)
"A Young Swordswoman's Garden Primer" (Sarah Zettel)
"The Old Fire" (Jody Lynn Nye)
"Like No Business I Know" (Mark Bourne)
"A Bone to Pick" (Marina Frants and Keith R. A. DeCandido)
"The Attack of the Avenging Virgins" (Elizabeth Ann Scarborough)
"Oh, Sweet Goodnight!" (Christina Briley and Walter Vance Awsten)
"A witch in Time" (Doranna Durgin)
"Don't You Want to Be Beautiful?" (Laura Anne Gilman)
"A Night with the Girls" (Barbara Hambly)
"A Quiet Knight's Reading" (Steven Piziks)
"Armor Propre" (Jan Stirling and S. M. Stirling)
"A Big Hand for the Little Lady" (Esther Friesner)
"Blade Runner" (K. D. Wentworth)
"Keeping Up Appearances" (Lawrence Watt-Evans)
"La Différence" (Harry Turtledove)
"Tales from the Slushpile" (Margaret Ball)
"Yes, We Did Say Chicks!" (Adam-Troy Castro)
"About the Authors" (uncredited)

[Morose]

Chicks 'n Chained Males Larry Elmore cover

Contents

"Introduction" (Esther Friesner)
"Myth Manners' Guide to Greek Missology #1: Andromeda and Perseus" (Harry Turtledove)
"Chain, Link, Fence" (Steven Piziks)
"Fool's Gold" (Elizabeth Moon)
"In for a Pound" (Lawrence Watt-Evans)
"Death Becomes Him" (Marina Frants) - sequel to "A Bone to Pick" from the previous volume
"Straight Arrow" (Susan Shwartz)
"Bad Heir Day" (Rosemary Edghill)
"Why Do You Think They Call It Middle Earth?" (Susan Casper)
"Leg Irons, the witch, and the Wardrobe" (Laura Frankos)
"Shiftless" (Josepha Sherman)
"May/December at the Mall" (Brian D. Akers)
"Yo, Baby!" (Jan Stirling)
"Don't Break the Chain!" (Jody Lynn Nye)
"Cross CHILDREN Walk" (Esther Friesner)
"...But Comedy is Hard" (Kate Daniel)
"Baubles, Bangles and Beads" (Kevin Andrew Murphy)
"Hallah Iron-Thighs and the Five Unseemly Sorrows" (K. D. Wentworth)
"Miss Underwood and the Mermaid" (Sarah Zettel)

[Morose]

The Chick Is in the Mail Larry Elmore cover

Contents

"Introduction" (Esther Friesner)
"To His Iron-Clad Mistress" (poem) (Kent Patterson)
"Sweet Charity" (Elizabeth Moon)
"The Catcher in the Rhine" (Harry Turtledove)
"With the Knight Male (Apologies to Rudyard Kipling)" (Charles Sheffield)
"Patterns in the Chain" (Steven Piziks)
"Arms and the Woman" (Nancy Kress)
"Fun with Hieroglyphics" (Margaret Ball)
"Troll by Jury" (Esther Friesner)
"Looking for Rhonda Honda" (William Sanders)
"The Case of Prince Charming" (Robin Wayne Bailey)
"Incognito, Ergo Sum" (Karen Everson)
"Chain of Command" (Leslie What and Nina Kiriki Hoffman)
"The Thief & The Roller Derby Queen: An Essay on the Importance of Formal Education" (Eric Flint)
"The Right witch" (Doranna Durgin)
"Foxy Boxer Gal Fights Giant Monster King!" (Pierce Askegren)
"Hallah Iron-Thighs and the Change of Life" (K. D. Wentworth)
"About the Authors" (uncredited)

[Morose]

Turn the Other Chick lower quality cover art by Mitch Foust

Contents

"Introduction" (Esther Friesner), reprinted on-line here.
"Mightier Than the Sword" (John G. Hemry), reprinted on-line here.
"A Late Symmer Night's Battle" (Laura Frankos), reprinted on-line here.
"Psyched Up" (Michael D. Turner), reprinted on-line here.
"Branded" (Jan Stirling), reprinted on-line here.
"The Girl's Guide to Defeating the Dark Lord" (Cassandra Claire), reprinted on-line here.
"She Stuffs to Conquer" (Yvonne Coats), reprinted on-line here.
"The Gypsy Queen" (Catherine H. Shaffer)
"Over the Hill" (Jim C. Hines)
"A Sword Called Rhonda" (D. S. Moen)
"Giants in the Earth" (Esther Friesner)
"Rituals for a New God" (Wen Spencer)
"I Look Good" (Selina Rosen)
"Combat Shopping" (Lee Martindale)
"Battle Ready" (J. Ardian Lee)
"A Woman's Armor" (Lesley McBain)
"Hallah Iron-Thighs and the Hall of the Puppet King" (K. D. Wentworth)
"Princess Injera Versus the Spanakopita of Doom" (Robin Wayne Bailey)
"Brunhilde's Bra" (Laura J. Underwood)
"Smoke and Mirrors" (Steven Piziks)
"The Truth About the Gotterdammerung" (Eric Flint)
"Defender of the Small" (Jody Lynn Nye)
"Of Mice and Chicks" (Harry Turtledove)
"About the Authors" (Esther Friesner)

[Morose]

Chicks Ahoy Cover Art by Clyde Caldwell


Couldn't find a contents list for this one. I think this is the first three combined in one book.

[Morose]

Chicks and Balances more lower quality art by Tom Wood

Contents

"Introduction" (Esther Friesner)
"A Chick Off the Old Block" (Jody Lynn Nye)
"The Girls from the Hood" (Jim C. Hines)
"Smackdown at Walmart" (Elizabeth A. Vaughan)
"The Mammyth" (Harry Turtledove)
"Give a Girl a Sword" (Kerrie L. Hughes)
"Bite Me" (Steven Harper Piziks)
"Dark Pixii" (Wen Spencer)
"A Warrior Looks at 40" (Julie S. Mandala)
"Roll Model" (Esther Friesner)
"Second Hand Hero" (Jean Rabe)
"Burying Treasure" (Alex Shvartsman)
"Calling the Mom Squad" (Sarah A. Hoyt)
"Rabid Weasels" (Robin Wayne Bailey)
"A Girl's Home Is Her Rent-Controlled Castle" (Laura Resnick)
". . . And Your Enemies Closer" (Lee Martindale)
"Knot and the Dragon" (P. C. Hodgell)
"The Rules of the Game: A Poker Boy Story" (Dean Wesley Smith)
"Beginner's Luck" (Linda L. Donahue)
"One Touch of Hippolyta" (Laura Frankos)
"Saving Private Slime" (Louisa Swann)
"Unearthing the Undying Armor" (Elizabeth Ann Scarborough)
"Fashion and the Snarkmeisters" (Kristine Kathryn Rusch)
"About the Authors" (Esther Friesner)

[The Semi-Retired Gamer]

I actually intended to give these a chance sometime but I never got around to it.

[Morose]

Feb 20, 2023 11:48:13 GMT -5 The Semi-Retired Gamer said:

I actually intended to give these a chance sometime but I never got around to it.

I have read several of them, most of the stories are pretty good, but there are a few duds.

[The Semi-Retired Gamer]

Feb 20, 2023 12:35:57 GMT -5 Morose said:

Feb 20, 2023 11:48:13 GMT -5 The Semi-Retired Gamer said:

I actually intended to give these a chance sometime but I never got around to it.

I have read several of them, most of the stories are pretty good, but there are a few duds.

Duds are probably inevitable but at least there were more good ones.

[Morose]

Feb 20, 2023 18:32:10 GMT -5 The Semi-Retired Gamer said:

Feb 20, 2023 12:35:57 GMT -5 Morose said:

I have read several of them, most of the stories are pretty good, but there are a few duds.

Duds are probably inevitable but at least there were more good ones.

Some of them are really funny too.

[The Semi-Retired Gamer]

Feb 20, 2023 19:36:15 GMT -5 Morose said:

Feb 20, 2023 18:32:10 GMT -5 The Semi-Retired Gamer said:

Duds are probably inevitable but at least there were more good ones.

Some of them are really funny too.

Cool!  I always enjoyed reading the Myth Adventures series by Robert Asprin so that makes me want to read these.

[Morose]

Feb 21, 2023 18:38:01 GMT -5 The Semi-Retired Gamer said:

Feb 20, 2023 19:36:15 GMT -5 Morose said:

Some of them are really funny too.

Cool!  I always enjoyed reading the Myth Adventures series by Robert Asprin so that makes me want to read these.

The Myth Adventures series was a lot of fun.

[The Semi-Retired Gamer]

Feb 22, 2023 21:39:48 GMT -5 Morose said:

Feb 21, 2023 18:38:01 GMT -5 The Semi-Retired Gamer said:

Cool!  I always enjoyed reading the Myth Adventures series by Robert Asprin so that makes me want to read these.

The Myth Adventures series was a lot of fun.

I need to read all of them. I believe I missed the last two.

[simrion]

Feb 23, 2023 3:59:45 GMT -5 The Semi-Retired Gamer said:

Feb 22, 2023 21:39:48 GMT -5 Morose said:

The Myth Adventures series was a lot of fun.

I need to read all of them. I believe I missed the last two.

Yeppers Myth was a fun read. Gotta read them again one of these days. Chicks in Chainmail I have not read.

[simrion]

Ahhhh...that explains it. They're short story anthologies. Completely under the radar here. Some really good authors in those too!

[The Perilous Dreamer]

Feb 23, 2023 12:34:02 GMT -5 simrion said:

Ahhhh...that explains it. They're short story anthologies. Completely under the radar here. Some really good authors in those too!

I am a big fan of short stories. I wish my job was to tell authors which short stories are good springboards to novels and which ones are better left as they are.

[mao]

In a similar style, I had all the books of "Maco Women With Guns"

[Morose]

Feb 23, 2023 16:03:27 GMT -5 mao said:

In a similar style, I had all the books of "Maco Women With Guns"

There is the RPG, there are also books?
MACHO WOMEN WITH GUNS - Matt and Mav's Unofficial Tribute to the MWWG RPG

[The Semi-Retired Gamer]

Feb 23, 2023 15:48:10 GMT -5 The Perilous Dreamer said:

Feb 23, 2023 12:34:02 GMT -5 simrion said:

Ahhhh...that explains it. They're short story anthologies. Completely under the radar here. Some really good authors in those too!

I am a big fan of short stories. I wish my job was to tell authors which short stories are good springboards to novels and which ones are better left as they are.

Short stories are some of the best!

[The Perilous Dreamer]

Feb 24, 2023 11:54:14 GMT -5 The Semi-Retired Gamer said:

Feb 23, 2023 15:48:10 GMT -5 The Perilous Dreamer said:

I am a big fan of short stories. I wish my job was to tell authors which short stories are good springboards to novels and which ones are better left as they are.

Short stories are some of the best!

Short stories are great, I have always been a fan.