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A gamer's life is a hard one

25 Nov 2009 20:50:04 PST

It must be even longer than I thought since I've read a Xanth novel.) When I got home, he had been in the middle of renaming his flag to — wait for it ...

Original story at Honolulu Star-Bulletin .

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A summer reading list for students who need a little more imagination

16 Jun 2009 16:02:03 PDT

Anthony's "Xanth" series is more light-hearted, and makes a nice end-piece for the "Captain Underpants" set as they become middle-schoolers. Rife with panty jokes, literal puns (ie a "heart attack" from a neighboring kingdom), and silly, but strangely ...

Original story at Examiner.com .

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The Top 20 Greatest Fantasy Writers of All-Time

09 Apr 2009 17:14:54 PDT

CA Anthony’s most popular and longest running series is Xanth started in 1977. Anthony has written essentially one Xanth novel every year since then. The Xanth novels blend colorful characters with humorous plots that have managed to stay fresh for over ...

Original story at Comics2Film .

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Kindle 2: The real-world review

09 Mar 2009 11:54:40 PDT

Take for example the Xanth books are $5.59 (it was $7 something but I see they lowered the price) but the paperback for A Spell for Chameleon is $3.95, The Source of Magic is $4.95. I don't see the value there. If the Kindle version were less than the ...

Original story at DVICE .

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Opinion: TRG Companions of Xanth Part 5

30 Dec 2008 10:55:54 PST

Written by rss@youtube.com (retrogamerclay)
Part 5 of our wonderful tour of the world of Xanth! Will we ever make it through the Void? And what about the Realm of Earth? Author: retrogamerclay Keywords: xanth "companions of xanth" "pc game review" review retro "the retro gamer" Added: December 30, 2008

Original story at YouTube .

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Jody Lynn Nye (A-Kon® 20! Dallas, Texas)

20 Nov 2008 13:54:05 PST

Jody co-authored the Visual Guide to Xanth with best-selling fantasy author Piers Anthony, and edited an anthology of humorous stories about mothers in science fiction, fantasy, myth and legend, entitled Don’t Forget Your Spacesuit, ...

Original story at Kon® 20! Dallas, Texas .

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Xanth news and blogs - December 05, 2009

05 Dec 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Xanth news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• Holy Blazing Moonlight Batman! -- from Road Crew Magazine
• Yesterday's Dreams Promo Trailer -- from Google Video - -site:youtube.com Xanth "Piers Anthony" OR Ogre OR Mundania OR Bink OR Piers OR Magician OR Chameleon OR Humfrey OR novel OR "Isle of View" OR Anthony OR "Tor Books" OR "Centaur Aisle" OR "The Color of Her Panties" OR magical OR Mundanes OR Zombie OR Ragna OR harpies OR Hardcover OR Golem OR softcover OR Dor OR novels OR Mistshore OR SVS OR Lackey OR puns OR "summoning the stork" OR "science fiction and fantasy" OR Icedlin OR Macroscope
• New Releases from WheelMan Press in Time for the Holiday Season - PRLog.Org -- from press release
• Ashley - Because Memes are fun and I'm bored shitless -- from Ashley
• That was odd... - NaNoWriMo days 21, 22, and 23 -- by Nick from That was odd...
• goose-lane.com » Blog Archive » Chameleon (disambiguation) -- from goose-lane.com
• Bethzookie's Babble-On - Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 2 ... -- from Bethzookie's Babble-On
• Harry Potter and Rikki-Tikki-Tavi — The Hog's Head -- from The Hog's Head
• Crime and Punnishment -- by Nathan from Stratovania
• Books Received: October 2008 - SFScope - Science Fiction, Fantasy ... -- from SFScope

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AGONIZER: An Interview with Piers Anthony

16 Nov 2008 08:00:00 PST

Written by Michael A. Novelli
not that I'm complaining), but his characters are remarkably easy to spend time with, so if you can keep your sensibilities from being offended too much in the first few chapters of any given Xanth story, it's worth it in the end."

Original story at the agony booth .

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Two to the fifth / Piers Anthony.

28 Oct 2008 09:58:20 PDT

cover image The future of Xanth is in frightful peril. A powerful magical bird named Ragna Roc has embarked on a campaign to become absolute ruler of that mystical realm. Those who swear loyalty to him are spared. ...

Original story at catalog.westervillelibrary.org .

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Two to the fifth by Anthony, Piers.

24 Oct 2008 11:11:08 PDT

The future of Xanth is in frightful peril. A powerful magical bird named Ragna Roc has embarked on a campaign to become absolute ruler of that mystical realm. Those who swear loyalty to him are spared. The rest simply disappear, ...

Original story at Lebanon County Library System .

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Have lunch with your favorite author

23 Oct 2008 18:08:14 PDT

USA - Oct 23, 2008 This title is the 32nd entry in his Xanth series, involving more threats to the mythical realm when Ragna Roc decides to become "supreme ruler. ...

Original story at Sacramento Bee .

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Books you LOVED as a kid and now... not so much

14 Oct 2008 16:18:43 PDT

Anyway, the two series I loved the most were the "Xanth" series and "Adept" series- I thought they were ALL TIME CLASSICS. I had them, in order, on my bookshelf and I must have read them 10 times each. And then I kissed a girl yada yada ...

Original story at asoiaf.westeros.org .

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Twilight 2 (New Moon) Gets Green Light | The Movie Blog

14 Oct 2008 00:00:00 PDT

Xanth (Piers Anthony) Alex Cross (James Patterson) REBOOT plz (Maybe with Chwitel Ejifor?). Martin Vail (William Diehl) The Corps (WEB Griffin) Kinsey Milhone aka Alphabet Series (Sue Grafton) Myron Bolitar (Harlan Coben) ...

Original story at The Movie Blog .

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A Spell for Chameleon (Xanth, Book 1) by Piers Anthony

10 Oct 2008 20:53:58 PDT

Del Rey (1987), Mass Market Paperback, 352 pages.

Original story at ntutak's books from librarything . Related stories include: Piers Anthony: A Spell For Chameleon (The Magic of Xanth, Volume One) - bookmooch.com , A Spell for Chameleon (Xanth, Book 1) - beenup2.com and ... The Great Geek Manual

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DVD Review of Mother of Tears | Mania.com

10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 PDT

Written by Tim Janson
Book Buzz: Piers Anthony Returns to Xanth (Monday, October 13, 2008) Book Review of The Living Dead (Monday, October 13, 2008). Buy These Related Products. Taboo Charming Mother - Vol. 6: Immoral Tears · Tears in the Rain ...

Original story at Comics2Film . Related stories include: Book Buzz: Latest Star Wars Novel Hits Shelves This Week | Mania.com - Comics2Film , DVD Review of The Munsters The Complete Series | Mania.com - Comics2Film

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Two to the fifth

08 Oct 2008 21:00:00 PDT

Written by The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
cover image. Anthony, Piers. New York : Tor, 2008. 302 p. : map ; 24 cm. The future of Xanth is in frightful peril. A powerful magical bird named Ragna Roc has embarked on a campaign to become absolute ruler of that mystical realm. ...

Original story at catalog.cincinnatilibrary.org .

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Dragon on a Pedestal (Xanth, Bk 7)

03 Oct 2008 23:44:24 PDT

Written by Piers Anthony
There is trouble in Xanth again. The Gap Dragon had escaped and was ravaging across the land, the forget-spell was causing mass amnesia, three-year old Ivy was headed right for a hungry dragon. Could things get any worse? Probably....

Original story at PaperBackSwap New Postings (1.0) .

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Word Count for Sunday 14th September

14 Sep 2008 06:27:56 PDT

Written by Kari Sperring
I turned my home state of Florida into the Land of Xanth. Piers Anthony What places have inspired you today?

Original story at Novel in 90 .

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Review: A Spell for Chameleon (Xanth #1)

25 Aug 2008 10:31:21 PDT

Written by Tan
My first foray into Piers Anthony’s world of Xanth and it certainly didn’t disappoint. At first I wasn’t sure what to expect but I’ll say that it made Alice on Wonderland seem like a dull world! Great characters and a great story put ...

Original story at doublebarreled (WordPress) .

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Tor’s e-book giveaway: Someone is WRONG on the Internet | TeleRead ...

19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT

Written by Chris Meadows
So they did things like publish the latest Piers Anthony Xanth novel (”Don’t groan, people. That stuff sells!“) because they had the broader market to be concerned with. And people need to remember that Tor doesn’t just publish SF. ...

Original story at TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home .

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Confuzzled Books: Shame of Man by Piers Anthony

02 Jul 2008 00:00:01 PDT

About the Author: Piers Anthony is probably better known for his fantasy series on the world of Xanth. He mostly writes fantasy and science fiction. He has written other novels about historical fiction such as this series. ...

Original story at Confuzzled Books .

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The Legacy of Xanth: an influential children's book

12 Jun 2008 09:32:00 PDT

Written by Phil Sumpter
Xanth is a land of centaurs, dragons and basilisks, where every citizen has a special spell only he or she can cast. I had a vivid imagination and hunger for adventure, so this kind of multifarious reality provided me with ample food ...

Original story at Narrative and Ontology .

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Piers Anthony - Xanth 01-26

10 May 2008 14:23:05 PDT

Written by fatbird
img]http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee84/Bird_FAT/PD4x/PiersAnthony.jpg[/img] Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob (born August 6, 1934 in Oxford, England) is an English American writer in the science fiction and fantasy genres, ...

Original story at In PDA4x We Trust .

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Inside Star Trek Academy | Mania.com

14 Oct 2007 23:30:45 PDT

Written by Pat Ferrara
Other notable releases this week include Max Brooks’ zombie horror thriller World War Z on paperback (which got a rave review from our own staffer Brian Thomas) and the 31st Piers Anthony Xanth novel Air Apparent on hardback. ...

Original story at Comics2Film .

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Joseph-Beth Booksellers: A Spell For Chameleon review

14 Oct 2007 00:00:01 PDT

Written by Joseph-Beth
The first book in the Xanth series, “A Spell for Chameleon” follows the adventures of Bink, an inhabitant of Xanth. Bink is going to be exiled on his 25th birthday, because he doesn’t have a magic “talent” In Xanth, every human must ...

Original story at Joseph .

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Another Magical Film Franchise: Piers Anthony's Xanth Series ...

10 Nov 2006 17:07:54 PST

Written by Jette Kernion
I started reading Piers Anthony's Xanth series in junior high. The books are about a land called Xanth (pictured at right) that is shaped suspiciously like Florida, where everyone has magical powers. In fact, if you don't demonstrate ...

Original story at Cinematical .

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