He comes across as a bit of a prick in the Author's Notes, though.
You're not wrong.
Tara: That was funny if you've studied Taglarin mystic rites and... are a total dork... Riley: Then how come Xander didn't laugh?
'Selfless'
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."
Ginger - May 14, 2008 3:39:24 pm PDT #5794 of 28358
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
juliana - May 14, 2008 3:39:40 pm PDT #5795 of 28358
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I can re-read one of Piers Anthony's Xanth novels in a day flat. I've made it through the first 9 in the last week and a half. And it's AWESOME. He comes across as a bit of a prick in the Author's Notes, though.
Heh. I loved those in middle school, but they're definitely NOT ones I'm re-reading, I know they'd come off worse than I remember...and I remember them being pretty dang misogynistic and annoying
Yeah, same here.
Dana - May 14, 2008 3:40:26 pm PDT #5796 of 28358
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Did you ever read his ones about the ...shoot, what were they? Two worlds, one with magic and one without?
Yep. The Adept something novels, I think. Got rid of those along with the Xanth novels.
Gris - May 14, 2008 3:58:22 pm PDT #5797 of 28358
Hey. New board.
I don't think they're misogynistic, exactly. He treats the male and female characters at an equally surface level. In fact, I'd say that his heroines are generally more interesting and capable than his heroes, though I'm admittedly biased towards female characters in all fiction.
That game sounds like fun!
The Author's Notes are funny, because he TRIES to play it like he's a "cool" guy but really all they are are him saying "Stop sending me pages and pages of puns! Stop sending me books to autograph! In fact, stop sending me letters at all! They annoy me, I like my solitude, leave me alone! Also, buy my books. Also, I rock."
§ ita § - May 14, 2008 4:17:54 pm PDT #5798 of 28358
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
And it's AWESOME.
No it's not. Take that back.
P.M. Marc - May 14, 2008 4:17:57 pm PDT #5799 of 28358
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I have read a lot of Anthony. His short stories are a world of OH JOHN RINGO NO.
OMFG, appalling sexist crap!
beth b - May 14, 2008 4:18:14 pm PDT #5800 of 28358
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
adept series was really fun
what I remember from the Xanath series -- woman generally smarter than men, mostly because men could be distracted by thoughts of panties
Jessica - May 14, 2008 4:34:25 pm PDT #5801 of 28358
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The Incarnations of Immortality series were my Anthony crack of choice. I remember trying to read a Xanth novel once and being thoroughly put off by just about everything in it.
meara - May 14, 2008 4:54:50 pm PDT #5802 of 28358
The Incarnations of Immortality series were my Anthony crack of choice
Those ones I still have, but haven't re-read in a long time. I'm sure I will one of these days, though....since I still have them...
Susan W. - May 14, 2008 5:07:20 pm PDT #5803 of 28358
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Having decided it's past time I read War and Peace, I ordered a copy of the Pevear translation, vowing to read it in a couple of months when I'm between WIPs.
Maybe I should've bought a translation available in paperback, because this thing is right up there with a Riverside Shakespeare or Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible for weight. I knew W&P is a massively long book, but...wow. Taking this thing with me on the bus, which is the main time I have to read, is going to do interesting things to my shoulders.