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Originally Posted by TheLongshot
The only thing I have to add is that Piers Anthony's best series are non-Xanth. He's admitted himself that he pretty much does it for a paycheck. If I recommended anything, it would be the Incarnations Of Immortality.
Jason
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Anthony's early work showed a great deal of talent. I liked and recommend _Macroscope_, _Prostho Plus_, the Orn/Omnivore/0X series, _Cthon_ and _Pthor_, and several of the others. The first Xanth book was charming with an original premise, but the series deteriorated rapidly.
The problem is that Anthony is one of the best in the SF field at taking an idea and running with it, but one of the worst at knowing when to
stop. He runs ideas into and
under the ground.
Yes, he does Xanth for the money. He takes the revenues and buys up undeveloped virgin land around him in Florida to
keep it virgin and undeveloped. I admire the motive, but can't read the resulting work.
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Dennis