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Summary: My favorite of the Xanth Series
Review: Piers Anthony really out did himself with this one. I usually take about a week reading a book off and on, but this was so good I finished it in one day. I especially liked how the Zombie Master worked out in the end.
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Summary: Good, good book!
Review: Piers Anthony's wonderful sense of humor and creativity are just two of the things that makes all of his books great to read. The characters are lovable and there are no "slow" spots anywhere in this book.
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Summary: Another Xanth novel . . .
Review: The continuing story of Xanth unwinds further as young Dor,
son of Bink, embarks on a magical journey into the past on a quest for his manhood.I really liked this one.
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Summary: Opens up a new can of worms
Review: The main character of this book is Dor, Bink's son. He is very similar to his father, in that he has good moral sense and humility. His talent of communicating with inanimate objects is good but subtle like his father's immunity to magic, rather than blatantly awesome like King Trent's power of transformation. So, like his father, Dor has trouble with his identity. He goes back in time on a quest to un-zombie a zombie, and this action-packed adventure relates his learning process. He has to make some tough decisions for a twelve-year-old boy. This book is also humorous, thanks to Anthony's interesting personification of the inanimate objects that talk to Dor. He doesn't just talk to them; they can talk to others in his presence, and he can tell them what to do. This book is significant in the series; it makes the character transition without sacrificing the quality, and opens the floodgates for the rest of the series. You also learn a lot about how present Xanth was similar and different from Fourth Wave Xanth. This is one I was able to put myself in, and such an adventure would work wonders on my drear Mundane life. Never gets boring; this is one of the best Xanths.
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Summary: One of the best Xanth Novels.
Review: The story is excellent and when I was a teenager this book was a real comfort to me. I really identified with Dor, the hero, who was given the use of a warrior's body to learn how to become an adult. If you are a teenage boy then this book is a must.
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Summary: Best of Xanth?
Review: The Xanth series is one of the most enjoyable bits of english literature ever to reach print. It is a real achievement to write something so nonsensical that yet rings so true.This book may well be the best of the Xanth series. For my money it is a toss-up between this and the next in the series, "Centaur_Aisle". As I see it the first two volumes ("A_spell" and "The_Source") start out bravely but suffer from teething troubles. In "Castle_Roogna" Piers Anthony reaches the top of his form, holding on to it in "Centaur_Aisle" after which it slowly drops off. When the evil computer makes its entry the series is just about lost (must be a Microsoft Computer, spoiling everything its touches!).
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Summary: Excellent escapism, good puns
Review: This book and others of Piers Anthony got my Son who was (it seems allergic to reading), into books. I don't think that there is anything better that can be said about an author. If he can get young minds attuned to reading there is nothing that these young people can't do. I tried to set a good example for my children, I'm a bookworm, but until my son discovered Piers Anthony, he would not read. He could, he just didn't see the point. I like this author too. I have read a lot of his books and they are all excellent
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Summary: This book fits in the series perfectly!!!
Review: This book is the one of the best books ever written! The Xanth series is the best! A must read!
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Summary: Great Book!
Review: This Book is third in the series The Magic of Xanth by Piers Anthony. It is about a magic land called Xanth, where everyone has a magic talent that no one else could do, which bears a striking resemblance to the state of Florida. It too is a peninsula. It borders a land called Mundania (for obvious reasons)It has land features like "Lake Ogre-Chobee" and "Ogre-Fen-Ogre Swamp." The first two books in the series deal with the adventures of Bink, the supposedly talent less young man. He really has a wizard-level talent: nothing magic can possibly hurt him. He goes on a quest to find his magic talent in the first book, and in the second book he discovers the source of Xanth's magic. Castle Roogna is the story of Bink's, and his wife, Chameleon's son. His name is Dor. His magician-caliber talent is the ability to talk to any, and all inanimate objects. King Trent, the Transformer (who was at one time the evil Magician Trent) sent Dor on a quest to find the Zombie-Master, a magician from eight-hundred years in the past. His task was to gain a zombie restorative potion to bring his nurse, Millie's, eight-hundred year dead zombie boyfriend, Jonathan. To do so, he must travel to the Good Magician Humphrey, a master of information. He needs to go there to learn how to make the huge time jump. Humphrey tells him that he needs to use a potion that will transport him through the magic tapestry in Castle Roogna. When Dor uses the potion, he appears in...Xanth! but not the Xanth he is used to, because he's now eight-hundred years in the past He is in the body of a huge Mundane warrior, and when he turns around he is face to face with a huge, furry, green, ugly, monstrous, and otherwise repulsive spider. He manages to communicate to the spider that he doesn't want to fight just in time to kill a band of attacking goblins. He makes friends with the jumping spider, who is for some very, veeery odd reason called "Jumper". They are captured by a gigantic bird, and meet Millie, eight-hundred-twelve years younger, but with her talent of sex-appeal still very much intact. Dor, who has a crush on Millie in his own time, is absolutley smitten with the teenage version of his childhood fantasy. They experience many adventures on the way to the Zombie-Master, including, but not limited to attempts by Harpies to mate with Dor to infuse their race with one of their alternating generations of human and vulture blood, an attack by a Mundane army, an encounter with a zombie ogre, ornery centaurs, obstinate goblins with warped senses of honor, sex-crazed nymphs and fauns having orgies in the middle of the woods, a huge brain-corral that steeped bodies in preservative fluid, a woodwife (find out for yourself), and a few (hah!) more. By the time Dor meets up with the Zombie-Master, he has another reason to seek him out. King Roogna's unfinished castle (Castle Roogna) is being built, but the huge war between the Harpie's and the goblins (it's complicated) is converging on the castle's sight. If it is allowed to happen, Castle Roogna will be destroyed, ending King Roogna's short reign. And we all know what will happen if that occurs...what you want me to tell you. Like I said, find out for yourself. Read it.
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Summary: Great Book!
Review: This Book is third in the series The Magic of Xanth by Piers Anthony. It is about a magic land called Xanth, where everyone has a magic talent that no one else could do, which bears a striking resemblance to the state of Florida. It too is a peninsula. It borders a land called Mundania (for obvious reasons)It has land features like "Lake Ogre-Chobee" and "Ogre-Fen-Ogre Swamp." The first two books in the series deal with the adventures of Bink, the supposedly talent less young man. He really has a wizard-level talent: nothing magic can possibly hurt him. He goes on a quest to find his magic talent in the first book, and in the second book he discovers the source of Xanth's magic. Castle Roogna is the story of Bink's, and his wife, Chameleon's son. His name is Dor. His magician-caliber talent is the ability to talk to any, and all inanimate objects. King Trent, the Transformer (who was at one time the evil Magician Trent) sent Dor on a quest to find the Zombie-Master, a magician from eight-hundred years in the past. His task was to gain a zombie restorative potion to bring his nurse, Millie's, eight-hundred year dead zombie boyfriend, Jonathan. To do so, he must travel to the Good Magician Humphrey, a master of information. He needs to go there to learn how to make the huge time jump. Humphrey tells him that he needs to use a potion that will transport him through the magic tapestry in Castle Roogna. When Dor uses the potion, he appears in...Xanth! but not the Xanth he is used to, because he's now eight-hundred years in the past He is in the body of a huge Mundane warrior, and when he turns around he is face to face with a huge, furry, green, ugly, monstrous, and otherwise repulsive spider. He manages to communicate to the spider that he doesn't want to fight just in time to kill a band of attacking goblins. He makes friends with the jumping spider, who is for some very, veeery odd reason called "Jumper". They are captured by a gigantic bird, and meet Millie, eight-hundred-twelve years younger, but with her talent of sex-appeal still very much intact. Dor, who has a crush on Millie in his own time, is absolutley smitten with the teenage version of his childhood fantasy. They experience many adventures on the way to the Zombie-Master, including, but not limited to attempts by Harpies to mate with Dor to infuse their race with one of their alternating generations of human and vulture blood, an attack by a Mundane army, an encounter with a zombie ogre, ornery centaurs, obstinate goblins with warped senses of honor, sex-crazed nymphs and fauns having orgies in the middle of the woods, a huge brain-corral that steeped bodies in preservative fluid, a woodwife (find out for yourself), and a few (hah!) more. By the time Dor meets up with the Zombie-Master, he has another reason to seek him out. King Roogna's unfinished castle (Castle Roogna) is being built, but the huge war between the Harpie's and the goblins (it's complicated) is converging on the castle's sight. If it is allowed to happen, Castle Roogna will be destroyed, ending King Roogna's short reign. And we all know what will happen if that occurs...what you want me to tell you. Like I said, find out for yourself. Read it.
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