I have mentioned before that I am going to do book reviews once in awhile and what better book to start than my favorite ones? I fell absolutely in love with Xanth right at the first book. I took it all in hook, line and sinker. I even named my son “Xanth Reign” because of my obvious addiction to the series.
Anyways, on to the review:
Xanth by Piers Anthony is a “punnish” series, it is a trilogy but not your typical trilogy – The first trilogy consists of 27 books and the second trilogy as of now consists of 7 books. Xanth is a world of its own, it is a magical parallel world with its own set of rules and where puns abound. It is a world not for the feint of heart where dragons, tangle trees, krakens, goblins, harpies, evil sorceress and evil magicians try to rule.
Would you like to drink chocolate milk from pods? Or eat pies from pie trees? How about drinking soda from lake tsoda popka? Xanth offers you that and so much more. The way the stories are intertwined, the various detours, the word play, the puns are what makes Xanth special. It is not just a series for those who are not privy to the “Adult Conspiracy”, it is a series that spans all ages. Try reading the first book, A Spell for Chameleon, and believe me you will get hooked. Although, I must concede, there may be people (prudes really… ) who might see Xanth as inappropriate for children, but this is not so. Xanth is series that children both young and old will enjoy. The series are well-written and the words are easy enough for youngsters to understand although people who are privy to the Adult Conspiracy may see/read something other than the actual meaning of the words.
Go to your local bookstore, ask for the first Xanth series and go home and read it – wait, before you go home, ask the bookstore attendant to reserve all the Xanth books they have for you, because believe me you will come back for more.
I have finished the first trilogy and am now into the second trilogy, I am still looking for Air Apparent, Two to the Fifth, Jumper Cable and Knot Gneiss… If any of you have them, care to lend them to me?
