[DMcCunney]

Originally Posted by clockworkzombie

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 is a retailer, reselling books from publishers. Baen is a publisher. The restrictions Fictionwise imposes are those imposed by the publishers whose books they resell, and the publisher restrictions are there because publishers buy rights to publish books in particular geographic areas. Outside the publisher's area, the book may well be under contract to a different publisher entirely, who will unleash the attack lawyers if their territorial toes are stepped on.

Retailers make money selling things, so I'm sure Fictionwise would like to sell you the books. They aren't allowed to, but that's not their idea or fault.

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.

That URL fails here, with an IIS error. Going directly to Fictionwise and searching for John Norman, I see links to bundles of Gor books 1-16 and 17-26, both both links point to non-existent pages. For whatever reason, it appears the Gor books are not currently available from Fictionwise.

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'll get around to Wizard at some point. I have it here, but have a high enough regard for the original that I rather expect to be disappointed in the sequel by other hands.

I am about to start an Anvil book tonight so we shall see I guess.

Edit

Ok. I have read the Anvil book and I have to agree with your earlier sentiment.

I like Anvil's work, and have been rereading the Interstellar Patrol stories courtesy of Baen's re-issues. But there are many different strains of humor, from the pun to the pratfall, and you can't normally substitute one for the other.

L. Sprague de Camp did an assortment of humorous fantasy in collaboration with Fletcher Pratt. He did an essay for a critical anthology on writing humorous fantasy. It largely failed, because you can analyze and explain the technical aspects of constructing a story, but you can't tell someone how to be funny.
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Dennis