Piers Anthony

Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob (born August 6, 1934) is a British born author who writes under the name Piers Anthony. He moved to the United States with his family when he was four-years old and became an American citizen in 1958 while he was serving in the U.S. Army.

Anthony writes novels in the science fiction and fantasy genres.He is best known for his series of books set in the imaginary realm of Xanth.

Works

• 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)

• Aton series
  1. Chthon (1967, this was Anthony's first published novel and was nominated for the Hugo and Nebula Awards)
  2. Phthor (1975)

     Anthony gave Charles Platt permission to write two more novels in the Aton series, Plasm (1987) and Soma (1988).

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

• 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)

• ChroMagic series
  1. Key to Havoc (2002)
  2. Key to Chroma (2003)
  3. Key to Destiny (2004)
  4. Key to Liberty (2007)
  5. Key to Survival (2008)

• 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)

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

• 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(2007)

• Of Man and Manta series
  1. Omnivore (1968)
  2. Orn (1970)
  3. 0X (1976) (Note: Title is commonly listed as "OX", but should be written with a zero.)

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

• Pornucopia series
  1. Pornucopia
  2. The Magic Fart (2003)

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

• Xanth series
  1. A Spell for Chameleon (1977)
  2. The Source of Magic (1979)
  3. Castle Roogna (1979)
  4. Centaur Aisle (1982)
  5. Ogre, Ogre (1982)
  6. Night Mare (1983)
  7. Dragon on a Pedestal (1983)
  8. Crewel Lye (1985)
  9. Golem in the Gears (1986)
  10. Vale of the Vole (1987)
  11. Heaven Cent (1988)
  12. Man from Mundania (1989)
  13. Isle of View (1990)
  14. Question Quest (1991)
  15. The Color of Her Panties (1992)
  16. Demons Don't Dream (1993)
  17. Harpy Thyme (1994)
  18. Geis of the Gargoyle (1995)
  19. Roc and a Hard Place (1995)
  20. Yon Ill Wind (1996)
  21. Faun & Games (1997)
  22. Zombie Lover (1998)
  23. Xone of Contention (1999)
  24. The Dastard (2000)
  25. Swell Foop (2001)
  26. Up In A Heaval (2002)
  27. Cube Route (2003)
  28. Currant Events (2004)
  29. Pet Peeve (2005)
  30. Stork Naked (2006)
  31. Air Apparent (2007)
  32. Two to the Fifth (2008)

The Xanth series is still ongoing.

External links

• Official website.
• Quotations from Piers Anthony on Wikiquote.