Piers Anthony

Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob (born August 6, 1934 in Oxford, England) is a writer in the science fiction and fantasy genres, publishing under the name Piers Anthony. He has written many novels and short stories, but he is most famous for his book series, and particularly for the long-running series set in the fictional realm of Xanth.

His work has often been criticised for overuse of puns, and for overtones of pedophilia - the book most often cited as an exemplar of this is Firefly, in which a sexual relationship between an adult man and a five-year-old girl is portrayed positively (and explicitly).

Table of contents
1 Biographical timeline
2 Partial bibliography
3 See Also
4 External links

Biographical timeline

Partial bibliography

Aton series

Battle Circle series

  1. Sos the Rope (1968)
  2. Var the Stick (1972)
  3. Neq the Sword (1975)

Of Man and Manta series

  1. Omnivore (1968)
  2. Orn (1970)
  3. Ox (1976)

Cluster series

  1. Cluster (1977, aka Vicinity Cluster in UK edition)
  2. Chaining the Lady (1978)
  3. Kirlian Quest (1978)
  4. Thousandstar (1980)
  5. Viscous Circle (1982)

Tarot series

  1. God of Tarot (1977)
  2. Vision of Tarot (1980)
  3. Faith of Tarot (1980)

Apprentice Adept series

  1. Split Infinity (1980)
  2. Blue Adept (1981)
  3. Juxtaposition (1982)
  4. Out of Phaze (1987)
  5. Robot Adept (1988)
  6. Unicorn Point (1989)
  7. Phaze Doubt (1990)

Incarnations of Immortality series

  1. On a Pale Horse (1983)
  2. Bearing an Hourglass (1984)
  3. With a Tangled Skein (1985)
  4. Wielding a Red Sword (1986)
  5. Being a Green Mother (1987)
  6. For Love of Evil (1988)
  7. ...And Eternity (1990)
  8. Under a Velvet Cloak (proposed)

see also: Incarnations of Immortality

Xanth series

His most extensive series, with nearly 30 novels - see Xanth for list.

Bio of a Space Tyrant series

  1. Refugee (1983)
  2. Mercenary (1984)
  3. Politician (1985)
  4. Executive (1985)
  5. Statesman (1986)
  6. The Iron Maiden (2001)

Mode series

  1. Virtual Mode (1991)
  2. Fractal Mode (1992)
  3. Chaos Mode (1993)
  4. DoOon Mode (2001)

Geodyssey series

  1. Isle of Woman (1993)
  2. Shame of Man (1994)
  3. Hope of Earth (1997)
  4. Muse of Art (1999)

ChroMagic series

  1. Key to Havoc (2002)
  2. Key to Chroma (2003)
  3. Key to Destiny (2004)

Non-series fiction

  • Macroscope (1969, nominated for a 1970 Hugo Award)
  • Hasan (1969, 1977 revised)
  • Prostho Plus (1971)
  • Race Against Time (1973)
  • Rings of Ice (1974)
  • Triple Detente (1974)
  • But What of Earth? (1976, 1989 revised)
  • Steppe (1976)
  • Mute (1981)
  • Anthonology (1985, short story collection)
  • Ghost (1986)
  • Shade of the Tree (1986)
  • Pornucopia (1989)
  • Total Recall (1989, movie novelisation)
  • Hard Sell (1990)
  • Firefly (1990)
  • Balook (1990)
  • Tatham Mound (1991)
  • MerCycle (1991)
  • Alien Plot (1992, short story collection)
  • Killobyte (1993)
  • Volk (1996)
  • Realty Check (1999)
  • The Magic Fart (2003)

Autobiographical works

  • Bio of an Ogre (1988, to age 50)
  • How Precious was that While (2001, to age 65)

Collaborations

Dragon's Gold (1987)
  • Serpent's Silver (1988)
  • Chimaera's Copper (1990)
  • Orc's Opal (1990)
  • Mouvar's Magic (1992)

    • Jason Striker series (with Roberto Fuentes)
    Kiai! (1974)
  • Mistress of Death (1974)
  • Bamboo Bloodbath (1974)
  • Ninja's Revenge (1975)
  • Amazon Slaughter (1976)
  • Curse of the Ninja (1976)

    • Related Works

    See Also

    science fiction: authors - novels - short stories - television shows

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