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 A Spell for a Chameleon - Piers Anthony
Newest Review: ... loose. A Spell For Chameleon is the first in the ever-growing series of Xanth books, which totalled 29 books at the time of ... more  ... my writing this review. It tells the story of Bink, a 25 year-old man with no apparent magical talent. This may not seem important, until the premise of the first three books is explained in the first chapter; in Xanth, everybody has a magical talent, and failure to demonstrate it by their twentyfifth birthday is exiled to Mundania (read: Earth). And therein lies the plot of the novel - Bink must find his magical talent, or be exiled.
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A Spell for Chameleon
Pages: 344, Edition: 1st thus, Mass Market Paperback, Ballantine ... Last Update 09.11.2009 05:40
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A Spell for Chameleon (Xanth Novels)
Pages: 344, School & Library Binding, San Val Last Update 09.11.2009 05:40
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A Spell for a Chameleon - Piers Anthony: The marmite of fantasy (609 words)
by - written on 01/08/05 (Useful, 93 readings)
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I imagine that the world of Xanth is an acquired taste. Piers Anthony's world could well be the Marmite of fantasy fiction - you either love it or you hate it. Personally, I love it. Piers Anthony has a reputation for his creativity and verbosity - he's written more books than a large number of people have ever seen, let alone read. His more serious fantasy and science fiction novels are all good reads in their own right, especially his Tarot series, but I feel that it is in his Xanth books that Anthony really shines. Most of his novels tend towards slightly two-dimensional characters, and even in his more serious works he can never resist a good (or ... Read the complete review
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