I think many of us had that moment with Piers Anthony.
Illyria: We cling to what is gone. Is there anything in this life but grief? Wesley: There's love. There's hope...for some. There's hope that you'll find something worthy...that your life will lead you to some joy...that after everything...you can still be surprised. Illyria: Is that enough? Is that enough to live on?
'Shells'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Dana - Jul 23, 2021 3:15:05 pm PDT #26838 of 28079
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
-t - Jul 23, 2021 3:20:03 pm PDT #26839 of 28079
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yeah. Sort of a series of moments of increasing badness.
EpicTangent - Jul 23, 2021 4:23:08 pm PDT #26840 of 28079
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Honestly, I Googled in the hopes that maybe someone gently pointed out to him that his books were coming across as kinda pedophilic and he maybe mended his ways. But no, doubling down was, apparently, his path. *shudder*
-t - Jul 23, 2021 4:59:40 pm PDT #26841 of 28079
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I remember thinking "I don't think I want to read this series anymore" and later "I don't want to read his stuff anymore" and later still "I don't want to remember his stuff anymore" and now I cringe a little seeing his name mentioned.
EpicTangent - Jul 23, 2021 8:03:43 pm PDT #26842 of 28079
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
From my Googling, I apparently got out before things got REALLY troubling. But even the articles about the worst of them make me wish for brain bleach.
meara - Jul 23, 2021 9:15:46 pm PDT #26843 of 28079
I don’t think I even want to know how troubling things got. I enjoyed one or two of his series but doubt I can reread them now. And even then remember the Xanth series as like “wait, what the…”
Sophia Brooks - Jul 24, 2021 6:19:34 am PDT #26844 of 28079
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Yes, I did enjoy the wordplay in his books, and also that a woman could be king, not queen, but then PROBLEMS. Which are probably signaled by the self centered nature of Piers Anthony (if you say it real fast) forming the word Xanth.
shrift - Jul 24, 2021 3:00:25 pm PDT #26845 of 28079
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I'm glad Consuela was here to give her opinion of The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant. I read those Donaldson books when I was working through the entire fantasy & science fiction section of my small town library. If anyone told me those were their favorite books, I would consider that a giant red flag and block them in real life. A world of no.
Consuela - Jul 24, 2021 11:29:05 pm PDT #26846 of 28079
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
A world of no.indeed.
Toddson - Jul 27, 2021 10:53:58 am PDT #26847 of 28079
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell is $1.99 on Amazon in case you haven't read it (I must confess that I haven't ... yet).