What would teenagers read if it weren't for Piers Anthony?
Too much Danielle Steele and non fiction about the Old West.
In middle school it was too much Sweet Valley High and Dragon Lance.
You have reached Ritual Sacrifice. For goats, press one or say 'goats.' To sacrifice a loved one or pet, press the pound key.
Phone Menu Voice ,'Conviction (1)'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
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."
askye - Oct 25, 2005 10:15:43 am PDT #9305 of 10002
Thrive to spite them
Frankenbuddha - Oct 25, 2005 10:17:50 am PDT #9306 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
What would teenagers read if it weren't for Piers Anthony?
I got hooked on the Chronicles of Amber instead, plus other random Zelazny (Doorways in the Sand is actually my fave of his - I still love it). Also lots and lots of horror fiction (Stephen King and Peter Straub topping the list).
The only Anthony I read were the first few Incranations, but I lost interest.
I couldn't make it past page 4 on Interview with a Vampire.
I did read all of Covenant though. I was hooked on how unrelentingly bleak it all was.
Fred Pete - Oct 25, 2005 10:19:01 am PDT #9307 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
I was hooked on how unrelentingly bleak it all was.
The Bloodguard kept me interested.
Sophia Brooks - Oct 25, 2005 10:20:51 am PDT #9308 of 10002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I was hooked on Interview With a Vampire in college, but not high school-- Piers Anthony was more around 5th and 6th grade. I read so much at that point in my life that the ratio of crap to decent stuff was probably pretty good. But I averaged about 10 - 12 books per week from the library, plus whatever was around at home.
Connie Neil - Oct 25, 2005 10:21:23 am PDT #9309 of 10002
brillig
Xanth got boring quickly. Zelazny and Andre Norton did it for me.
Atropa - Oct 25, 2005 10:23:41 am PDT #9310 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I couldn't make it past page 4 on Interview with a Vampire.
When you're a sixteen-year old babybat, it's THE BEST BOOK EVAR!!
Of course, if I were a sixteen-year old babybat nowadays, I'd be hooked on Vampire Kisses and Kissing Coffins. More than I am right now, I mean.
Jessica - Oct 25, 2005 10:24:15 am PDT #9311 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I knew Xanth was crap even when I was reading them, but the sheer volume of books in the series kept me reading because there was something comforting about the knowledge that I'd never run out. Other series, I'd get to the end and then be pissed that there weren't more of them, and at least Xanth never disappointed me that way.
Atropa - Oct 25, 2005 10:25:50 am PDT #9312 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I knew Xanth was crap even when I was reading them, but the sheer volume of books in the series kept me reading because there was something comforting about the knowledge that I'd never run out.
Yep, same here.
§ ita § - Oct 25, 2005 10:49:12 am PDT #9313 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Yeah -- when he seems to be writing faster than you can read, at first that felt good, and then it felt really bad.
Emily - Oct 25, 2005 1:23:47 pm PDT #9314 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
What would teenagers read if it weren't for Piers Anthony?
Heinlein? Oddly, I think I got both Anthony and Heinlein from my father. Actually, I think I got Stranger from my mother. But we've worked past that now.
I knew Xanth was crap even when I was reading them, but the sheer volume of books in the series kept me reading because there was something comforting about the knowledge that I'd never run out.
Yeah. I made it all the way to that one about the devil until my patience grew too thin (and, perhaps, my taste too great) and it joined the thrown-across-the-room club. It's an elite club for me -- just that and a romance novel, possibly a Jude Deveraux or Johanna Lindsey oh my god why do I still remember their names!?
(Edited, as it happens, to try to camouflage my "actually" addiction. In fact, I just use it socially. Really, I can stop any time I want to.)