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Summary: The Source of Magic
Review: This book is a very good book. The main character is again, Bink, but this time he has a few side kicks. Chester Centaur, the Magician Humfrey and his sidekick Grundy Golem, and the transformed Crombie the Soldier, who is now a griffin. They search Xanth for the Source of Magic, and you'll have to read it to find out what it is.
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Summary: Not at entertaining as chameleon, but a fine read.
Review: This book is entertaining although it is dry at times, like the first half of the book. thequest took too much time to get into but when they finally did it was very interesting. i would definitely reccomend this book, but dont expect as much as A Spell for Chameleon gave.
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Summary: Not at entertaining as chameleon, but a fine read.
Review: This book is entertaining although it is dry at times, like the first half of the book. thequest took too much time to get into but when they finally did it was very interesting. i would definitely reccomend this book, but dont expect as much as A Spell for Chameleon gave.
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Summary: ONE OF THE BEST IN XANTH!!!
Review: This book is even better than A Spell for Chameleon, which is probably in the top 5 in the Xanth series, and is also the first book (the first is usually the best). This book really takes the cake. Excellent story, wonderful characters, and just plain excellent writing make this book A1
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Summary: Anthony scores again
Review: This book is so good it doesn't even need words to describe it. So I'll keep it short. The second book in Piers Anthony's Xanth series is a wonderful addition to the wonderful world of Xanth. Together again with such awesome characters as Chester Centaur and soldier Crombie Bink takes a journey to the heart of Xanth to get to the core of were Xanths magic comes from. Joined by a few new characters Bink's second adventure is just as exciting as his first.
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Summary: A book that will spark a life time love of Xanth
Review: This is a great book for fantasy lovers. It is the begining of a very involved sieries of books, which is much larger than I had known. Piers Anthony creates a pallet of memorable characters and unlikely adventures that sparks the imagination and leaves the reader wanting more.
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Summary: one of the best in Xanth
Review: This is the second book in Anthony's Xanth series. The world of Xanth is build upon puns, all of the creatures and the landscape is puns taken from real life and used literally. The tone of Xanth is fairly light-hearted, and I've always considered this to be a light fantasy series (as opposed to the more serious and emotionally darker fantasy series). Bink found his magical talent in A Spell for Chameleon , is now married, and works as a magic researcher for King Trent. With his wife nine months pregnant and very angry, Bink is sent off on a quest to discover the source of the magic in Xanth. Bink will be accompanied by his friend, Chester the Centaur, the Good Magician Humphrey, and Grundy the Golem. Being only the second Xanth novel, this one is has a decent story and is well written. Even though I have read this before (years back), I still cared what happened to these characters. The quest for the source of magic is interesting, and the payoff when Bink finds it (as if he wouldn't) is worth the price of admission. This is an excellent Xanth novel with more drama than later books. This is one of the best in the series.
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Summary: Magic's Burnout
Review: This second book in the Xanth saga does not deliver like its predecessor, A Spell for Chameleon. In The Source of Magic, we join Bink and company once again for a journey to find out waht makes the land of Xanth so magical. The quest itself is very boring, drawn out, and redundant. However, the answer to Bink's quest is quite interesting, and worth the read in and of itself.
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Summary: An excellent book!
Review: This was an excellent book. I feel that it may have even topped the first Xanth book. It was just AWESOME!!! I got absorbed extremely fast. This has got to be one of my favorite books ever. It may even be my favorite out of the Xanth novels. As it ended, it began with the adventures of Binks son Dor (which I also loved). I think that it would be a good book for children and even adults. I know adults that have read it, and I read it when I was in 7th grade. All got wonderful results.
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