Anthony, Piers

Overview

Works:	912 works in 3,010 publications in 7 languages and 100,679 library holdings
Genres:	Fantasy fiction Fiction Science fiction Biographies Humorous fiction Young adult works Novels Autobiographies Personal correspondence Criticism, interpretation, etc
Roles:	Author, Editor, Creator
Classifications:	PS3551.N73, 813.54

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Piers Anthony

Bio of an ogre : the autobiography of Piers Anthony to age 50 by Piers Anthony( Book )
Letters to Jenny by Piers Anthony( Book )
How precious was that while : an autobiography by Piers Anthony( Book )
Piers Anthony's visual guide to Xanth by Piers Anthony( Book )
Piers Anthony by Michael R Collings( Book )

Children's literature review. excerpts from reviews, criticism, and commentary on books for children and young people by Tom Burns( )
Piers Anthony, biblio of an ogre : a working bibliography by Phil Stephensen-Payne( Book )
Return to Centaur : (or : What kind of Foal am I?) : being the first part of the adaptation of "Isle of view" by Piers Anthony by Richard Pini( Book )
Alfred : a fictionalized biography of my father based on journals, letters, and experience by Piers Anthony( Book )
Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob : (1934-)( )
Contemporary authors( Book )
Fantasy and the self-referential in Anthony and Escher by Edward William Hunter( )
Contemporary authors : new revision series by Gale Research Inc( Book )
Piers Anthony Papers by Piers Anthony( )
Piers Anthony collection by Piers Anthony( )
by Piers Anthony( )
Hi Piers : the official homepage of Piers Anthony and Xanth( )

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Most widely held works by Piers Anthony

On a pale horse by Piers Anthony( Book )

31 editions published between 1983 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,904 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Zane belongs to a world in which the scientific revolution has been followed by the revolution of magic, and he is thrust into the role of Death

Bearing an hourglass by Piers Anthony( Book )

27 editions published between 1984 and 2012 in English and held by 1,586 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Norton, grief-stricken over the death of his child and the suicide of his beloved, volunteers to become the Incarnation of Time and finds himself enmeshed in Satan's foul plot to destroy all that is good

Wielding a red sword by Piers Anthony( Book )

19 editions published between 1986 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,480 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Mym was a dutiful son, but rather than agree to his father's choice for his marriage, he took up the Red Sword, symbol of office of the Incarnation of War, in order to ameliorate some of the suffering caused by Earth's constant petty wars. But Mym discovered that Satan was waiting to trap him, and he must now take desperate measures to outwit the evil genius who aimed to destroy the world

With a tangled skein by Piers Anthony( Book )

23 editions published between 1981 and 2008 in English and held by 1,465 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Niobe's only chance of revenging her lover's murder is to solve a maze of riddles devised by Satan. But since her strength is beauty, not intelligence, the question becomes whether her failure has already been woven into the Tapestry of Fate

Being a green mother by Piers Anthony( Book )

25 editions published between 1987 and 2012 in English and German and held by 1,465 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Orb, a mythical female plays her magic harp and Satan appears. Phrophecy had said she would marry Evil

A spell for Chameleon by Piers Anthony( Book )

47 editions published between 1977 and 2019 in 4 languages and held by 1,344 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

At age 25 Bink was exiled from the magic land of Xanth because he had no magic spell that was observable to his people. But both the good genie and the magic wall chart insisted that he did. How could he prove he had magic?

Centaur aisle by Piers Anthony( Book )

29 editions published between 1981 and 2002 in English and Russian and held by 1,338 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Dor, magician king in training for the magic land of Xanth, is left in charge when the current king must go on a trade mission. When he doesn't return Dor and the Queen must go on a quest to find him and bring him back

And eternity by Piers Anthony( Book )

17 editions published between 1990 and 1999 in English and Russian and held by 1,295 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Three women form a triumvirate and pursue a mysterious quest that takes them through numerous trials and their souls become the proving ground for eternal questions of good, evil, and divinity

For love of evil by Piers Anthony( Book )

14 editions published between 1988 and 2000 in English and held by 1,273 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In twelfth-century France, Parry grows into a powerful sorcerer and then a powerful Inquisitor. Living in depravity, he ends his days at the gates of hell

Demons don't dream by Piers Anthony( Book )

26 editions published between 1993 and 2019 in 3 languages and held by 1,249 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Two young adventurers are drawn into the world of Xanth through a computer game and find themselves in a desperate race against time when treachery, danger, and deceit place Xanth itself in peril, as they learn that some things are more important than winning

Night mare by Piers Anthony( Book )

37 editions published between 1982 and 2002 in 4 languages and held by 1,214 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Night Mare centers around Mare Imbrium, one of the night mares charged with delivering bad dreams to the people of Xanth. Imbri carries half a soul, her fee for being the unwilling steed of the half-nymph Tandy. She is unwilling to relinquish her soul, though the conscience that comes with it impedes her ability to deliver bad dreams. The Night Stallion, ruler of the gourd realm, banishes Imbri to the day world and sends her to meet Trent, King of Xanth, with an ominous message. Mare meets the relentless, unforgiving Horseman and for the night mare, everything begins to become a horrible nightmare!

Ogre, ogre by Piers Anthony( Book )

28 editions published between 1982 and 2002 in 3 languages and held by 1,125 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When Tandy and Nymph becomes lost in the magical land of Xanth, she is forced to rely on the ugly ogre, Smash, to rescue her

Out of Phaze by Piers Anthony( Book )

18 editions published between 1987 and 1992 in English and held by 1,114 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Mach sometimes dreams about Phaze where magic abounds when things seem hard in his logical world, Proton. One day he awakes in Phase to discover that he has changed places with Bane, a resident of Phase

Virtual mode by Piers Anthony( Book )

16 editions published between 1991 and 2008 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,113 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Two young people in love search for each other in separate realities

Castle Roogna by Piers Anthony( Book )

29 editions published between 1979 and 2002 in 3 languages and held by 1,104 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Millie had been a ghost for 800 years. But now, restored by the magic of Xanth, she was again a maddeningly desirable woman. She could have had any man she wanted ... except the one she did want, Jonathan the zombie. To grant Millie her desire, and to prove his right to rule Xanth in the future, young Magician Dor embarked on a quest for the elixir which would restore Jonathan to full life. But the potion could be found only in the past ... so, through a magic tapestry, to the past he went, taking over the body of a barbarian warrior. The first person he encountered there was Jumper, a giant spider--a nightmare monster, but a staunch friend and much-needed ally in peril-haunted, ancient Xanth. Then Dor met Millie--800 years younger, but just as lovely. And he realized that, in his new body, he was no longer twelve years old

Geis of the Gargoyle by Piers Anthony( Book )

20 editions published between 1994 and 2019 in English and held by 1,099 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The latest adventure of Gary Gargoyle in the land of Xanth. It centers on a geis, a magical compulsion, an obligation of honor which the bearer must complete before the spell is lifted. In this case, the hero's geis is to save a river from pollution

The source of magic by Piers Anthony( Book )

33 editions published between 1979 and 2002 in English and Spanish and held by 1,090 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

King Trent orders Bink to find out about the source of Xanth's magic

Harpy thyme by Piers Anthony( Book )

19 editions published between 1993 and 2019 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,087 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Gloha, the beautiful offspring of a chance mating between a harpy and a goblin, asks the Good Magician Humfrey for help in finding the one true love with whom she can share her life and is sent on a perilous quest in search of truth, friendship, and eventually happiness

Crewel lye : a caustic yarn by Piers Anthony( Book )

21 editions published between 1984 and 2002 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,080 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Jordan was once a valorous knight before he was killed. Now he is a ghost riding his horse on dangerous missions over 400 years into the past

Dragon on a pedestal by Piers Anthony( Book )

29 editions published between 1983 and 2002 in 3 languages and held by 1,067 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Gap Dragon had escaped from the Gap and was ravaging across the land. The forget-spell that had covered the Gap was breaking up into small forget-whorls that wandered about, giving amnesia to all they touched. There was trouble on Xanth

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