Piers Anthony
Piers Anthony is an extremely prolific author who has published novels
on such extensive subjects as fantasy, science fiction, martial arts
action, post-apocalypse, horror, space opera, and erotica.
Anthony was born in 1934 in Oxford, England and given a whole plethora of names by his mother: Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob. At a young age, his family left England, ending up in the United States after difficulties in Spain at the dawning of World War II. Anthony struggled throughout school-taking three years to make it through the first grade.
In 1962-after his wife Cam agreed to support him-he became a full-time writer. This too got off to a slow start, but he eventually Chthon and then began his famous Xanth series of novels. Inside of a ten-year span, Anthony produced 21 New York Times paperback bestsellers.
Anthony favors series, first with Xanth, but also with such best-selling series as Apprentice Adept and Incarnations of Immortality.
Anthony has been nominated for both Hugo and Nebula awards and won a British Fantasy Society best novel award.
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| Aton | |
Chthon |
Phthor |
| Of Man and Manta | |
Omnivore |
Orn |
Ox |
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| Battle Circle | |
Sos the Rope |
Neg the Sword |
Var the Stick |
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| Jason Striker Martial Arts | |
Jason Striker Martial Arts |
Jason Striker Martial Arts Volume II |
Mistress of Death |
Amazon Slaughter and the Curse of the Ninja |
Ninja's Revenge |
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| Cluster | |
Vicinity Cluster |
Thousandstar |
Chaining the Lady |
Viscous Circle |
Kirlian Quest |
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| Xanth | |
Xanth |
Demons Don't Dream |
A Spell for Chameleon |
Harpy Thyme |
The Source of Magic |
Geis of the Gargoyle |
Castle Roogna |
Roc and a Hard Place |
Centaur Isle |
Yon Ill Wind |
Ogre, Ogre |
Faun and Games |
Night Mare |
Zombie Lover |
Dragon on a Pedestal |
Xone of Contention |
Crewel Lye: A Caustic Yarn |
The Dastard |
Golem in the Gears |
Swell Foop |
Up in a Heaval |
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Heaven Cent |
Cube Route |
Man from Mundania |
Currant Events |
Piers Anthony's Visual Guide to Xanth (with Jody Lynn Nye) |
Pet Peeve |
Isle of View |
Stork Naked |
Question Quest |
Air Apparent |
The Color of Her Panties |
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| Tarot | |
God of Tarot |
Faith of Tarot |
Vision of Tarot |
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| Apprentice Adept | |
Split Infinity |
Robot Adept |
Blue Adept |
Unicorn Point |
Juxtaposition |
Phaze Doubt |
Out of Phaze |
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| Bio of a Space Tyrant | |
Refugee |
Executive |
Mercenary |
Statesman |
Politician |
The Iron Maiden |
| Incarnations of Immortality | |
Being a Green Mother |
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Bearing an Hourglass |
For Love of Evil |
With a Tangled Skein |
And Eternity |
Wielding a Red Sword |
Under a Velvet Cloak |
| Kelvin of Rudd (with Robert Margroff) | |
Dragon's Gold |
Orc's Opal |
Serpent's Silver |
Mouvar's Magic |
Chimaera's Copper |
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| Pornucopia | |
Pornucopia |
The Magic Fart |
| Mode | |
Virtual Mode |
Chaos Mode |
Fractal Mode |
Dooon Mode |
| Geodyssy | |
Isle of Woman |
Hope of Earth |
Shame of Man |
Muse of Art |
| ChroMagic | |
Key to Havoc |
Key to Destiny |
Key to Chroma |
Key to Liberty |
| Nonfiction | |
Biography of an Ogre |
How Precious Was That While |
Letters to Jenny |
Alfred |
| Others | |
The Ring (with Robert Margroff) |
Firefly |
Hasan |
Dead Morn (with Roberto Fuentes) |
Macroscope |
Balook |
The E.S.P. Worm (with Robert Margroff) |
Tatham Mound |
Prostho Plus |
Mer-Cycle |
Race Against Time |
Alien Plot |
Triple Détente |
The Caterpillar's Question (with Philip Jose Farmer) |
Bamboo Bloodbath |
Killobyte |
Kiai! (with Roberto Fuentes) |
If I Pay Thee Not in Gold (with Mercedes Lackey) |
Rings of Ice |
Earth |
Steppe |
The Willing Spirit (with Alfred Tella) |
Amazon Slaughter |
Spider Legs (with Clifford Pickover) |
But What of Earth (with Robert Coulson) |
Volk (with Brad Linaweaver) |
Pretender (with Frances Hall) |
Quest for the Fallen Star (with James Richey and Alan Riggs) |
Mute |
Dream a Little Dream (with Julie Brady) |
Hard Sell |
Realty Check |
Shade of the Tree |
The Gutbucket Quest (with Ron Leming) |
Ghost |
The Secret of Spring (with Jo Anne Taeusch) |
Total Recall |
Tortoise Reform |
Through the Ice (with Robert Kornwise) |
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