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Originally Posted by TrevorViking
All this Piers Anthony talk triggers an old memory of the SFBC (science fiction book club).
I cycled memberships in that thing many times back in the 80s I guess it was. Think I’d get like 6 hardcover books for about $10 total, then have to buy one more for maybe $10 shipped. Very very vague memories of where these books are now, or how many of them I actually read. I’m more a deal collector than a book collector or reader I must admit. But anyway, the Xanth books were often in my purchases back then, but I think I quickly tired of his style.
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I had a membership in that a few times and failures to send the card back in resulted in two books I loved. (Even though I wouldn't have picked either.) The first was
Guards, Guards! by Terry Pratchett, serving as my gateway into Discworld novels. (Although it was a
looooong time before I learned there were more.) The second was
The Shape-Changer's Wife by Sharon Shinn.
On the other hand, I also ended up with
Beauty. (I don't remember the author.) That book had some truly horrifying stuff in it, including lots of rape, partial self-dismemberment, and a depiction of Hell that's the most awful I've ever read.