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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
I'd make it the first three, but your tolerance level may be greater.
When and where did you try to get them? I don't think they are in print in the US. Norman did the first 6 or so for Ballantine books, then shifted to DAW Books when Don Wollhiem was still alive. He got dropped by DAW after Don's daughter Betsy took over upon his death. Norman claims his sales were fine, thank you, and blames getting dropped on Betsy and editor Sheila Gilbert, who objected to the female slavery motif. They were picked up some years back by a US porn publisher called Masquerade Press, but that no longer exists.
Schmitz had a gentle and wry humor, and a lively sense of the absurd. Russell might have been able to do it, though I get a different feel from his work and I'm not sure he'd have quite the right fit.
I don't really see Christopher Anvil fitting either, though I think I see why you do.
Sadly, Schmitz had completed a sequel to _The Witches of Karres_, but the manuscript was lost in a move.
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If there was a bundle of the first 5 Xanth books then I would do it, I have not yet tried and I am irritated by the geographic restrictions I have encountered so far at Fictionwise. Baen Books has been great as there are no such restrictions.
Fictionwise sells the Gor books. I think there is a bundle deal of the first 16 books, if deal is the right word. I attempted to purchase the first book last week.
https://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/p3/E-Reads/? this is a link to blurb about the publisher.
Trying to fill Schmitz's shoes is a tall order and I think they have done a good job, just the humour is not up to the same standard. I have just finished Sorceress of Karres and I liked it. I hope there is a couple more in the pipeline. A schmitz sequel would be wonderful of course.
I am about to start an Anvil book tonight so we shall see I guess.
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Ok. I have read the Anvil book and I have to agree with your earlier sentiment.