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Originally Posted by The Redbaron
OP - can't believe the Xanth series went for over 30 novels! Was one of the first series I read when I started high school... even by the time I finished they were only up to part 10! Absolutely loved it, but could see how it would go downhill after so many...
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It's hard to say it went downhill because the stuff continued to sell well and even increased its sales as he went (in his own words) from a trilogy to a trilogy of trilogies to a trilogy of trilogy trilogies.
Some formulas wear well.
Plus, Xanth books for the most part are standalone or short arcs, so somebody picking one up at random isn't lost or compelled to read previous or even succeeding volumes. In that respect, it's not the same as other series that create an overarching narrative.
Me, I generally favored the stories dealing with Bink and his descendants and the rest, while amusing, didn't quite strike a chord.
What strikes me most odd is that nobody's tried to adapt Xanth to the movies; its right up Tim Burton's alley, after all. (Helena Bonham Carter could easily do Iris.)
