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A gamer's life is a hard one

So his little kingdom here is called Xanth. (I am a severe disappointment to Piers Anthony fans: I totally didn't recognize the word when I saw it. ...
Wed, Nov 25 | from Honolulu Star-Bulletin

A summer reading list for students who need a little more imagination

Piers Anthony: "Incarnations of Immortality" series, "Xanth" series For more mature readers (15 and up), Piers Anthony takes mythology to a whole new level in the "Incarnations of Immortality" series. The series answers such immortal questions (pardon ...
Tue, Jun 16 | from Examiner.com

The books of 'Lost' and TV-inspired book clubs

CA It was a gateway drug to sci-fi and fantasy in many ways." Lindelof said he also read a lot of Piers Anthony as a kid and is an expert on "The Wizard of Oz." Cuse, known to be the "Narnia" scholar on the show, notes Flannery O’Connor as his greatest ...
Thu, Mar 19 | from Los Angeles Times Blogs

Jody Lynn Nye (A-Kon® 20! Dallas, Texas)

Jody co-authored the Visual Guide to Xanth with best-selling fantasy author Piers Anthony, and edited an anthology of humorous stories about mothers in science fiction, fantasy, myth and legend, entitled Don’t Forget Your Spacesuit, ...
Thu, Nov 20 | from Kon® 20! Dallas, Texas

Ogre, Ogre by Piers Anthony - Review - BookCrossing

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Sun, Nov 9 | from BookCrossing Feed for Books Recently Released

Between the Lines: New titles for the nightstand

USA - Two to the Fifth" by Piers Anthony (Tor, $24.95, 304 pages): In the sci-fi and fantasy genres, the award-winning Anthony is recognized for nonpareil ...
Mon, Oct 20 | from Sacramento Bee

TV Review: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 1

In his 1993 novel Killobyte , Piers Anthony creates something similar with a sophisticated virtual reality system; his characters argue that virtual sex is better than the real thing precisely because of the impossibility of pregnancy. ...
Thu, Oct 16 | from The Sci Fi Catholic

A Spell for Chameleon (Xanth, Book 1) by Piers Anthony

Del Rey (1987), Mass Market Paperback, 352 pages.
Fri, Oct 10 | from ntutak's books from LibraryThing

5-Squared: Guards! Guards! - Terry Pratchett

As for comparing him to Piers Anthony, there are certainly similarities, but I think Pratchett's humor is a lot more mature. When Piers Anthony started out with the Xanth novels, they were very creative and had a great amount of ...
Thu, Oct 9 | from Squared

Are Video Games Bait for Book Sales?

- Oct 6, 2008 Legend Entertainment based a whole series of adventures on novels from popular writers like Piers Anthony, Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman, Terry Brooks, ...
Mon, Oct 6 | from PC World

Making fun of Piers Anthony, followed by other comments on books I ...

Piers Anthony's But What of Earth? is an astonishing book, a novel he had originally written in the '70s and which was subsequently rewritten at the publisher's insistence but apparently without Anthony's permission. ...
Thu, Oct 2 | from halifax

PaperBack Swap: Night Mare (Xanth, Bk 6) by Piers Anthony, Book ...

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Fri, Sep 26 | from PaperBackSwap New Postings (2.0)

Someone comes to town Someone Leaves Town

This was a unique story with intricate character development, even in minor characters. It was fantasy/sci-fi without being Piers Anthony bullshit. The pictures painted in my mind conjured tastes and smells as well as visions of dialogues, and actions. I highly recommend it to anyone who...
Sat, Sep 20 | from I just finished reading...'s topics

Judge a Book by its Cover: Virile Horses and Luscious Man Boobies

I like how Knight Moves sounds like a Bob Seger song, looks like an early-80s Piers Anthony novel, and has a "War Games"-era computer font. OK, so let's avg those elements out: Seger song charted = 1977 Piers Anthony's "On a Pale Horse" ...
Wed, Sep 17 | from Judge a Book by its Cover

Revisted Reviews: Zombie Lover by Piers Anthony

I craved for a fantasy read and stumbled onto Piers Anthony (my first time reading him) and who could turn down a book titled Zombie Lover? Our 15-year-old, black wave hero Breanna takes the reader on a tour of Xanth (and other worlds) ...
Mon, Jul 28 | from bookchronicle (WordPress)