This is a list of works by
Piers Anthony
Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob (born 6 August 1934) is an American author in the science fiction and Fantasy (genre), fantasy genres, publishing under the name Piers Anthony. He is best known for his :Xanth books, long-running novel series set in ...
.
Fiction
Novels
''Aton''/''Worlds of Chthon'' series
The series is continued by
Charles Platt with Anthony's permission.
# ''
Chthon'' (1967) Anthony's first published novel; nominated for the
Hugo
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Arts and entertainment
* ''Hugo'' (film), a 2011 film directed by Martin Scorsese
* Hugo Award, a science fiction and fantasy award named after Hugo Gernsback
* Hugo (franchise), a children's media franchise based on ...
and
Nebula Award
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s
# ''Phthor'' (1975)
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Battle Circle
''Battle Circle'' is a trilogy of science fiction novels by Piers Anthony. Originally published separately, the trilogy was later combined into a single volume.
Setting
The novels take place on a Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, post-ap ...
'' series
# ''Sos the Rope'' (1968)
# ''Var the Stick'' (1972)
# ''Neq the Sword'' (1975)
Books 1–3 were omnibused as ''Battle Circle'' (1978).
''
Of Man and Manta
Of Man and Manta is a trilogy of science fiction novels written by Piers Anthony. It consists of the three books: ''Omnivore'' (1968), ''Orn'' (1970), and ' (1975).
''Omnivore'' has as its frame the investigation of the deaths of eighteen travel ...
'' series
Source:
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Mundania Press
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# ''Omnivore'' (1968)
# ''Orn'' (1970)
# ''0X'' (1976) Note: title is commonly listed as ''OX'' ("oh-ex"), but should be ''0X'' (Arabic
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zero
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Positional notation (or place-value notation, or positional numeral system) usually denotes the extension to any base of the Hindu–Arabic numeral system (or ...
·Roman
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a letter ...
ten). (Chapter 16: I am speaking for 0X,' the computer said. 'This is the code designation Zero X, or Arabic numeral nothing multiplied by the Roman numeral ten)
Books 1–3 were collected as ''Of Man and Manta'' (1986).
''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'' (2001)
''
Xanth
Xanth ( ) is a series of novels by author Piers Anthony, also known as ''The Magic of Xanth''.
Anthony originally intended for Xanth to be a trilogy, but a devoted fan base persuaded the author to continue writing the series, which is now open-en ...
'' series
Anthony's most extensive series, with 45 novels and growing.
# ''A Spell for Chameleon
''A Spell for Chameleon'' is a fantasy novel by British-American writer Piers Anthony, published in 1977 by Ballantine Books/Del Rey Books. It is the first book of the Xanth series.
Plot introduction
In this adventure, Bink is exiled to Mundani ...
'' (1977)
# ''The Source of Magic
''The Source of Magic'' is a fantasy novel by British-American writer Piers Anthony, the second book of the Xanth series. This novel begins one year after the events of ''A Spell for Chameleon'', and describes the adventures of Bink after he has ...
'' (1979)
# ''Castle Roogna
''Castle Roogna'' is a fantasy novel by British-American writer Piers Anthony, the third book in the Xanth series. The castle itself is also the residence of the present King of Xanth.
Plot summary
Dor, a twelve-year-old magician, is next in ...
'' (1979)
# ''Centaur Aisle
''Centaur Aisle'' is a fantasy novel by American writer Piers Anthony, the fourth book of the ''Xanth'' series.
King Trent has left Xanth on a mission of trade to Mundania and has left Dor as temporary king. When Trent fails to return after some ...
'' (1982)
# ''Ogre, Ogre
''Ogre, Ogre'' is the fifth book of the Xanth series by Piers Anthony
Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob (born 6 August 1934) is an American author in the science fiction and Fantasy (genre), fantasy genres, publishing under the name Piers Anth ...
'' (1982) ''Ogre, Ogre'' was the first paperback original fantasy novel to appear on the ''New York Times'' Bestseller List.
# ''Night Mare
''Night Mare'' is a fantasy novel by American writer Piers Anthony, the sixth book of the ''Xanth'' series . In the book, Xanth is under threat of a barbarian invasion from Mundania. Its only hope is the talents of the Magicians of Xanth and a ...
'' (1983)
# ''Dragon on a Pedestal
''Dragon on a Pedestal'' is a fantasy novel by American writer Piers Anthony, the seventh book of the Xanth series .
This book centers on Princess Ivy, the 3-year-old daughter of King Dor and Queen Irene, the search for her, and the spell on ...
'' (1983)
# ''Crewel Lye
''Crewel Lye: A Caustic Yarn'' is a fantasy novel by American writer Piers Anthony, the eighth book of the Xanth series.
This book is a story within a story as one of Castle Roogna's ghosts, Jordan the Barbarian, tells Princess Ivy his story ...
'' (1984)
# ''Golem in the Gears
''Golem in the Gears'' is a fantasy novel by American writer Piers Anthony, the ninth book of the Xanth series.
Plot introduction
Grundy, a man only a few inches high, is desperate to prove himself and gain respect. He volunteers to ride the Mon ...
'' (1986)
# ''Vale of the Vole
''Vale of the Vole'' is a fantasy novel by American writer Piers Anthony, the tenth book of the Xanth series.
It begins a trilogy including ''Heaven Cent'' and ''Man from Mundania''. The novel was written as a satirical jab at the canalization o ...
'' (1987)
# ''Heaven Cent
''Heaven Cent'' is a fantasy novel by American writer Piers Anthony, the eleventh book of the Xanth series. It is the second book of a trilogy beginning with ''Vale of the Vole'' and ending with ''Man from Mundania.''
Plot introduction
The prot ...
'' (1988)
# ''Man from Mundania
''Man from Mundania'' is a fantasy novel by American writer Piers Anthony. The twelfth book of the Xanth series, it concludes the trilogy of ''Vale of the Vole'' and ''Heaven Cent''.
Plot introduction
The protagonist of ''Man from Mundania'' is ...
'' (1989)
# ''Isle of View
''Isle of View'' is a fantasy novel by American writer Piers Anthony, published in 1989. It is the thirteenth book of the Xanth series.
Plot
Che, Chex Centaur’s winged foal, has been kidnapped by a group of goblins. It is up to Jenny, a girl ...
'' (1990)
# ''Question Quest
''Question Quest'' is a fantasy novel by American writer Piers Anthony, the fourteenth book of the Xanth series.
Plot summary
The book begins with Lacuna, one of the mischievous Castle Zombie twins, seeking a way to fix her "dull" life. To do ...
'' (1991)
# ''The Color of Her Panties
''The Color of Her Panties'' is a fantasy novel by British-American writer Piers Anthony, the fifteenth book of the ''Xanth'' series.
Plot introduction
Mela Merwoman, one of the protagonists of ''The Color of Her Panties'', was introduced in ''H ...
'' (1992)
# ''Demons Don't Dream
''Demons Don't Dream'' is a fantasy novel by American writer Piers Anthony published in 1993, the sixteenth book in the ''Xanth'' series.
The ''Companions of Xanth'' computer game was marketed in a box set along with the novel. The game and no ...
'' (1992)
# ''Harpy Thyme
''Harpy Thyme'' is a fantasy novel by American writer Piers Anthony, the seventeenth book of the Xanth series.
Plot summary
Gloha Goblin-Harpy is searching for love, and decides to ask the Magician Humfrey
Humfrey is a given name
A gi ...
'' (1993)
# ''Geis of the Gargoyle
''Geis of the Gargoyle'' is a fantasy novel by American writer Piers Anthony, the eighteenth book of the Xanth series.
Plot
Seeking a spell that will restore the polluted river Swan Knee to a state of purity, guardian Gary Gargoyle finds himsel ...
'' (1994)
# ''Roc and a Hard Place
''Roc and a Hard Place'' is the nineteenth book of the ''Xanth'' series by Piers Anthony
Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob (born 6 August 1934) is an American author in the science fiction and Fantasy (genre), fantasy genres, publishing under the ...
'' (1995)
# '' Yon Ill Wind'' (1996)
# '' Faun & Games'' (1997)
# ''Zombie Lover
''Zombie Lover'' is the twenty-second book of the Xanth series by Piers Anthony
Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob (born 6 August 1934) is an American author in the science fiction and Fantasy (genre), fantasy genres, publishing under the name Pier ...
'' (1998)
# ''Xone of Contention
''Xone of Contention'' is the twenty-third book of the Xanth series by Piers Anthony
Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob (born 6 August 1934) is an American author in the science fiction and Fantasy (genre), fantasy genres, publishing under the ...
'' (1999)
# ''The Dastard
''The Dastard'' is a fantasy novel by British-American writer Piers Anthony, the twenty-fourth book of the Xanth
Xanth ( ) is a series of novels by author Piers Anthony, also known as ''The Magic of Xanth''.
Anthony originally intended for Xant ...
'' (2000)
# ''Swell Foop
''Swell Foop'' is a fantasy novel by British-American writer Piers Anthony, the twenty-fifth book of the Xanth series.
The title is taken from a spoonerism for the Shakespearean phrase "one fell swoop," famously (but not first) spoken by the ...
'' (2001)
# '' Up in a Heaval'' (2002)
# ''Cube Route
''Cube Route'' is a fantasy fiction, fantasy novel by British-American writer Piers Anthony, the twenty-seventh book of the Xanth series.
Pangrammatic window
The shortest known published pangrammatic window, a stretch of naturally occurring text ...
'' (2003)
# ''Currant Events
''Currant Events'' is a 2004 fantasy novel by British-American writer Piers Anthony, the twenty-eighth book of the Xanth series and the first book in the second Xanth trilogy.
Plot introduction
The plot follows Clio, the Muse of History, as she ...
'' (2004)
# ''Pet Peeve
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Pet Peeve may also refer to:
* ''Pet Peeve'' (1954 film), a 1954 ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoon
* ''Pet Peeve'' (novel), the twenty-ninth book of the Xanth se ...
'' (2005)
# ''Stork Naked
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'' (2006)
# ''Air Apparent
''Air Apparent'' is the thirty-first book of the Xanth series by Piers Anthony
Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob (born 6 August 1934) is an American author in the science fiction and Fantasy (genre), fantasy genres, publishing under the name Piers ...
'' (2007)
# ''Two to the Fifth
''Two to the Fifth'' is the 32nd book in the ''Xanth'' series by Piers Anthony
Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob (born 6 August 1934) is an American author in the science fiction and Fantasy (genre), fantasy genres, publishing under the name Pier ...
'' (2008)
# ''Jumper Cable
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Rail
Jumper cables are between the locomotive, the railroad cars and the cab car or the driving van trailer on push-pull trains for multiple-unit train control and the tr ...
'' (2009)
# '' Knot Gneiss'' (2010)
# ''Well-Tempered Clavicle
''Well-Tempered Clavicle'' is the 35th book of the Xanth series by Piers Anthony. The title is a pun on the Bach musical work ''The Well-Tempered Clavier
''The Well-Tempered Clavier'', BWV 846–893, consists of two sets of preludes and fu ...
'' (2011)
# '' Luck of the Draw'' (2012)
# ''Esrever Doom'' (2013)
# ''Board Stiff'' (2013)
# ''Five Portraits'' (2014)
# ''Isis Orb'' (2016)
# ''Ghost Writer in the Sky'' (2017)
# ''Fire Sail'' (2019)
# ''Jest Right'' (2020)
# ''Skeleton Key'' (2021)
# ''A Tryst of Fate'' (2021)
# ''Six Crystal Princesses'' (2022)
# ''Apoca Lips'' (forthcoming, Jan 31, 2023)
Books 1–3 were collected as ''The Magic of Xanth'' (1981) // ''Three Complete Xanth Novels'' / ''The Quest for Magic'', while books 4–6 were collected as ''The Continuing Xanth Saga''.
''Cluster'' series
# ''Cluster'' (1977; also known as ''Vicinity Cluster'' in UK edition)
# ''Chaining the Lady'' (1978)
# ''Kirlian Quest'' (1978)
# ''Thousandstar
''Thousandstar'' is a novel by Piers Anthony published in 1980.
Plot summary
''Thousandstar'' is a novel in which the main character is an alien blob.
Reception
Dave Langford reviewed ''Thousandstar'' for ''White Dwarf
A white dwarf is a ...
'' (1980)
# ''Viscous Circle'' (1982)
''Tarot'' series
This was originally written as single novel in continuity with the ''Cluster'' series, which takes place decades later, but was split up due to length at the behest of the publisher, Jove.
* ''God of Tarot'' (1979)
* ''Vision of Tarot'' (1980)
* ''Faith of Tarot'' (1980)
* ''Tarot'' (1987) The series omnibus as a single novel as originally intended
'' Apprentice Adept'' series
# ''Split Infinity'' (1980)
# ''Blue Adept'' (1981)
# ''Juxtaposition
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Speech
Juxtaposition in literary terms is the showing ...
'' (1982)
# ''Out of Phaze'' (1987)
# ''Robot Adept'' (1988)
# ''Unicorn Point'' (1989)
# ''Phaze Doubt'' (1990)
Books 1–3 were collected as ''Double Exposure'' (1982).
''
Incarnations of Immortality
''Incarnations of Immortality'' is the name of an eight-book fantasy series by Piers Anthony. The books each focus on one of eight supernatural "offices" (Death, Time, Fate, War, Nature, Evil, Good, and Night) in a fictional reality and history p ...
'' series
# ''On a Pale Horse
''On a Pale Horse'' is a fantasy novel by Piers Anthony, first published in 1983. It is the first of eight books in the '' Incarnations of Immortality'' series. The book focuses on Zane, a photographer about to commit suicide who instead kills ...
'' (1983) (Also released in a five part comic book series by Innovation Books (1991))
# '' Bearing an Hourglass'' (1984)
# ''With a Tangled Skein
''With a Tangled Skein'' is a fantasy novel by Piers Anthony. It is the third of eight books in the ''Incarnations of Immortality'' series. In it, Niobe agrees to become one of the three aspects of the incarnation of Fate, in an attempt to thwar ...
'' (1985)
# ''Wielding a Red Sword
''Wielding a Red Sword'' is a fantasy novel by Piers Anthony. It is the fourth of eight books in the ''Incarnations of Immortality'' series.
Plot summary
Mym, an Indian prince, defies his father's plans for an arranged marriage, instead joining ...
'' (1986)
# ''Being a Green Mother
''Incarnations of Immortality'' is the name of an eight-book fantasy series by Piers Anthony. The books each focus on one of eight supernatural "offices" (Death (personification), Death, Father Time, Time, Moirai, Fate, Ares, War, Mother Nature, ...
'' (1987)
# ''For Love of Evil
''For Love of Evil'' is a fantasy novel by Piers Anthony. It is the sixth of eight books in the ''Incarnations of Immortality'' series.
Plot summary
Parry, an orphan, is taken in and is accidentally adopted by a wizard who teaches him the benefi ...
'' (1988)
# ''And Eternity
''And Eternity'' is a fantasy novel by Piers Anthony. It is the seventh of eight books in the ''Incarnations of Immortality'' series.
Plot summary
In the seventh novel of the series, three women—the ghost of Jolie, the ghost of Orlene (daughte ...
'' (1990)
# ''Under a Velvet Cloak
''Under a Velvet Cloak'' is a fantasy novel by Piers Anthony. It is the last of eight books in the ''Incarnations of Immortality
''Incarnations of Immortality'' is the name of an eight-book fantasy series by Piers Anthony. The books each focus ...
'' (2007)
Book 1–2 were collected as ''Incarnations of Immortality
''Incarnations of Immortality'' is the name of an eight-book fantasy series by Piers Anthony. The books each focus on one of eight supernatural "offices" (Death, Time, Fate, War, Nature, Evil, Good, and Night) in a fictional reality and history p ...
'' (2013).
'' Bio of a Space Tyrant'' series
# ''Refugee
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# ''Mercenary
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'' (1984)
# ''Politician
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'' (1985)
# ''Executive
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Role or title
* Executive, a senior management role in an organization
** Chief executive officer (CEO), one of the highest-ranking corporate officers (executives) or administrators
** Executive dir ...
'' (1985)
# ''Statesman
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Statesman or Statesmen may also refer to:
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'' (1986)
# ''The Iron Maiden'' (2001)
''The Adventures of Kelvin of Rud'' series
Source:
# ''Dragon's Gold'' (1987) with Robert E. Margroff
# ''Serpent's Silver'' (1988) with Robert E. Margroff
# ''Chimaera's Copper'' (1990) with Robert E. Margroff
# ''Orc's Opal'' (1990) with Robert E. Margroff
# ''Mouvar's Magic'' (1992) with Robert E. Margroff
Books 1–3 were collected as ''Across the Frames'' (1992), and as ''Three Complete Novels'' (1994), while books 4–5 were collected as ''Final Magic'' (1992).
''Pornucopia'' series
Source:
# ''Pornucopia'' (1989)
# ''The Magic Fart'' (2003)
Books 1–2 were collected as ''The Pornucopia Compendium'' (2015).
''Mode'' series
# ''Virtual Mode'' (1991)
# ''Fractal Mode'' (1992)
# ''Chaos Mode'' (1993)
# ''DoOon Mode'' (2001)
''Geodyssey'' series
# ''Isle of Woman'' (1993)
# ''Shame of Man'' (1994)
# ''Hope of Earth'' (1997)
# ''Muse of Art'' (1999)
# ''Climate of Change'' (2010)
''ChroMagic'' series
Source:
# ''Key to Havoc'' (2002)
# ''Key to Chroma'' (2003)
# ''Key to Destiny'' (2004)
# ''Key to Liberty'' (2007)
# ''Key to Survival'' (2008)
''Metal Maiden'' series
* ''To Be a Woman'' (2014)
* ''Shepherd'' (2014)
* ''Flytrap'' (2014)
* ''Awares'' (2014)
''Aliena'' series
# ''Aliena'' (2013)
# ''Aliena Too'' (2014)
''Hair'' series
#''Hair Power'' (2016)
#''Hair Suite'' (2017)
#''Hair Peace'' (2019)
Other
* ''The Ring'' (1968) with Robert E. Margroff
* ''Macroscope'' (1969) 1970 Hugo Award for Best Novel
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nomination. The UK edition (Sphere) was cut by about 25%.
* ''Hasan'' (1969; 1977 revised)
* ''The E.S.P. Worm'' (1970) with Robert E. Margroff
* '' Prostho Plus'' (1971)
* ''Race Against Time'' (1973)
* ''Rings of Ice'' (1974)
* ''Triple Détente'' (1974)
* ''Steppe'' (1976)
* ''But What of Earth?'' (1976: "collaboration" with Robert Coulson
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Biography
He served as Secretary of the Science Fic ...
; 1989: Anthony's original republished, with annotations) see main article.
* ''Pretender'' (1979) with Frances Hall,
* ''Mute
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Mute or the Mute may also refer to:
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* ''Mute'' (2005 film), a short film by Melissa Joan Hart
* ''Mute'' (2018 film), a scien ...
'' (1981) a sequel named "Moot" was shelved, with extensive notes. Those notes are now lost and that sequel will not be written.
* ''Shade of the Tree ''Shade of the Tree'' is a novel by Piers Anthony published in 1986.
Plot summary
''Shade of the Tree'' is a novel in which a rustic horror story involves a ghost.
Reception
Dave Langford reviewed ''Shade of the Tree'' for ''White Dwarf'' #98, and ...
'' (1986)
* ''Ghost'' (1986)
* ''Total Recall'' (1989) a novelization
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of the film '' Total Recall'', which is based on the short story "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale
"We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" is a science fiction novelette by American writer Philip K. Dick, first published in ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' in April 1966. It features a melding of reality, false memory, and real m ...
" by Philip K. Dick. The UK and US editions are different.
* ''Through the Ice'' (1989) with Robert Kornwise posthumously—Kornwise was a high school student who had died. His friends sent his unfinished manuscript and a plea to Piers Anthony to help their deceased friend get published. To make sure that the book was a fitting memorial tribute, Piers Anthony made sure it was printed on acid-free paper despite the expense.
* ''Firefly'' (1990)
* ''Hard Sell'' (1990)
* ''Dead Morn'' (1990) with Roberto Fuentes
* ''Balook'' (1991)
* ''MerCycle'' (1991)
* ''Tatham Mound
Tatham Mound is a 1991 fantasy-historical novel written by Piers Anthony. The story tells of Throat Shot, a member of the Floridian Toco tribe, and his quest to prevent an unknown danger from harming his people. The story was inspired by finds a ...
'' (1991)
* ''The Caterpillar's Question'' (1992) with Philip José Farmer
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Obituary.
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—This collaboration was actually the result of another proposed collaborative project. The original idea proposed by an editor was to have a book where each chapter was written by a different author. That project fell apart, but Piers Anthony and Philip José Farmer later decided they wanted to salvage something from it by morphing it into a two-person collaboration, where the two alternated chapters, without revealing who wrote which chapters.
* ''Killobyte
''Killobyte'' is a 1993 novel by Piers Anthony. This book explores a virtual reality world in the context of the Internet.
The game
Killobyte is a "second generation" virtual reality game that puts players into a three-dimensional, fully sen ...
'' (1993)
* ''If I Pay Thee Not in Gold'' (1993) with Mercedes Lackey
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* ''Volk'' (1996) historical fiction that is atypical for Anthony
* ''The Willing Spirit'' (1996) with Alfred Tella
* ''Spider Legs'' (1998) with Clifford A. Pickover
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* ''Quest for the Fallen Star'' (1998) with James Richey and Alan Riggs
* ''Dream a Little Dream'' (1998) with Julie Brady
* ''Realty Check'' (1999)
* ''The Secret of Spring'' (2000) with Jo Anne Taeusch
* ''The Gutbucket Quest'' (2000) with Ron Leming
* ''Starkweather: Immortal 0'' (2007) with David A. Rodriguez—This collaboration is a different one for Piers Anthony. He crafted an original short story based on the character Cartaphilus from the creator-owned ''Starkweather'' comic book series by David A. Rodriguez. This short story was then adapted into a comic book script and painted by fantasy artist Patrick McEvoy and published by Archaia Studios
Archaia Entertainment, LLC, commonly known as Archaia (formerly known as Archaia Studios Press), is an Imprint (trade name), imprint of American comic book and graphic novel publisher Boom! Studios.
Archaia Entertainment, LLC was originally an Am ...
, making ''Starkweather: Immortal'' issue 0, Piers Anthony's first true comic book work.
* ''Tortoise Reform'' (2007)
* ''The Sopaths'' (2011)
* ''Eroma'' (2011)
* ''Writer's Retweet'' (2016) from Dreaming Big Publications
* ''Captive'' (2016) from eXcessica Publishing
* ''Jack and the Giants'' (2014) with J. R. Rain from Rain Press
* ''Dragon Assassin'' (2013) with J. R. Rain
* ''Dolfin Tayle'' with J. R. Rain
* ''LavaBull'' with J. R. Rain
* ''Noah's Brick''
* ''Odd Exam''
* ''Pandora Park''
* ''Pira''
* ''Service Goat''
Short story collections
* ''Anthonology
''Anthonology'' is a collection by Piers Anthony published in 1985.
Plot summary
''Anthonology'' is a collection of 21 short science-fiction and fantasy stories.
Reception
Dave Langford reviewed ''Anthonology'' for ''White Dwarf'' #86, and state ...
'' (1985)
* ''Alien Plot'' (1992)
* ''Cautionary Tales'' (2014) published by Open Road Media
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* ''Lava'' from the ''Chronology'' Anthology (2015) published by Curiosity Quills Press
* ''In the Shadow of the Song'' from the ''Darkscapes'' Anthology (2017) published by Curiosity Quills Press
''Relationships'' series
# ''Relationships'' (2006), republished in 2007 by Phaze BooksPhaze Books
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# ''Relationships, Vol. 2'' (2007), published by Phaze Books
# ''Relationships, Vol. 3'' (2008), published by Phaze Books
# ''Relationships 4'' (2010), published by Phaze Books
# ''Relationships 5 (erotic stories)'' Phaze 2012; ''Dreaming Big'' to come
# ''Relationships 6 Dreaming Big'' 2018
# ''Relationships 7 Dreaming Big'' 2019
# ''Relationships 8'' to come
Nonfiction
* ''Bio of an Ogre'' (1988): the autobiography of Piers Anthony to age 50
* ''Letters to Jenny
''Letters to Jenny'' is a collection of letters written by Piers Anthony to Jenny Gildwarg, a 12-year-old girl who was run over by a drunk driver on December 9, 1988. The book also contains news of Jenny's progress after the accident.
Origin of ...
'' (1994): The mother of a teenage fan wrote to Piers Anthony about her daughter Jenny, the victim of a drunk driver, being paralyzed and in a coma. The mother felt that having letters from Jenny's favorite author read to her might help bring her out of her coma. He wrote her constantly and for a long period of time, even naming a Xanth character after her. Jenny eventually came out of her coma, but remains paralyzed and has difficulty communicating. This book is a collection of the letters from the first year of correspondence.
* ''How Precious Was That While'' (2001): an autobiography of Piers Anthony to age 65
* ''Alfred'' (2007): a biography of the author's father, Alfred Jacob, as told by the women in his father's life
Related works
* ''Cut by Emerald'' (1987) by Dana Kramer, a Combat Command game book
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set in the '' Bio of a Space Tyrant'' universe.
* ''Encyclopedia of Xanth'' (1987) by Jody Lynn Nye
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set in the ''Xanth
Xanth ( ) is a series of novels by author Piers Anthony, also known as ''The Magic of Xanth''.
Anthony originally intended for Xanth to be a trilogy, but a devoted fan base persuaded the author to continue writing the series, which is now open-en ...
'' universe.
* ''Piers Anthony's Visual Guide to Xanth'' (Harper, 1989), by Piers Anthony and Jody Lynn Nye. Illustrated by Todd Cameron Hamilton and James Clouse. .
References
External links
Piers Anthony's Bibliography List
Piers Anthony's work at Macmillan.com
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