Piers Anthony
Autor(a) de On a Pale Horse
About the Author
Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob was born in August, 1934, in Oxford, England. He graduated from Goddard College in Vermont in 1956. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen while serving in the United States Army in 1958. He served in the U.S. Army from 1957-1959. In 1977, he received a British Fantasy mostrar mais Award for A Spell for a Chameleon. Anthony's family emigrated to the United States from Britain when he was six. Highly popular because of his science fiction and fantasy works, Anthony is also known for the Jason Striker series and martial arts novels co-written with Roberto Fuentes. A highly prolific author, Anthony's other works include Bio of a Space Tyrant, Cluster, and the Omnivore series. Anthony makes his home in Tampa, Florida. He also writes under the pseudonym Robert Piers. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Séries
Obras por Piers Anthony
The Adventures of Kelvin of Rud: Across the Frames: Dragon's Gold, Serpent's Silver & Chimaera's Copper (1993) — Autor — 179 exemplares
Jason Striker Martial Arts Series Volume 2: Bamboo Bloodbath and Ninja's Revenge (2001) 24 exemplares
Jason Striker Martial Arts Series Volume 3: Amazon Slaughter and Curse of the Ninja (2001) 22 exemplares
The Cluster Series: Cluster, Chaining the Lady, Kirlian Quest, Thousandstar, and Viscous Circle (2018) 19 exemplares
Refugee; Mercenary; Politician; Executive; Statesman (Bio of a Space Tyrant, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) (1990) 6 exemplares
Xanth Series #1-25 4 exemplares
Dolfin Tayle 3 exemplares
What Fears Become: An Anthology from The Horror Zine 3 exemplares
The Series Boxed Set 2 exemplares
Bamboo Bloodbath and Ninja's Revenge 2 exemplares
The Unstilled World (unsold novel) 2 exemplares
Xanth Series #1-10 2 exemplares
THE CLUSTER SERIES BOOKS 1-5: CLUSTER, CHAINING THE LADY, KIRLIAN QUEST, THOUSANDSTAR, and VISCOUS CIRCLE (1981) 1 exemplar
Harpy Thine (Xanth, Book 17) 1 exemplar
Unicorn's Point 1 exemplar
Lavabull 1 exemplar
Historical Illuminatus Chronicles, The 1 exemplar
Quest For a Fallen Star 1 exemplar
I'll Pay Thee Not in Gold 1 exemplar
Nebula award stories 1 exemplar
Adventures of Kelvin of Rud Across the Frames: Dragon's Gold; Serpent's Siver; Chimaera's Copper 1 exemplar
Read the Read: Three Tiny Tales 1 exemplar
Juxtoposition 1 exemplar
Phaze of Doubt 1 exemplar
Bluebeard [short fiction] 1 exemplar
Se Vos Não Pagar em Ouro - I 1 exemplar
By Piers Anthony - Demons Don't Dream (Xanth, No. 16) (1994-03-02) [Mass Market Paperback] 1 exemplar
Triple Detente 1 exemplar
il gioco del tiranno 1 exemplar
Xanth Series #1-6 1 exemplar
Xanth series 1-3 1 exemplar
Myth of Tarot 1 exemplar
The Mythical Tarot 1 exemplar
Lava 1 exemplar
Aladdin: Books One and Two 1 exemplar
Medusa 1 exemplar
The Essential Writer's Guide: Spotlight on Anne Perry, Including her Personal Life, Best Sellers such as The Cater… (2012) 1 exemplar
Incarnations of Immortality: Book 1-5 1 exemplar
Xanth Series #10-14 1 exemplar
Xanth Series #15-19 1 exemplar
Xanth Series #20-25 1 exemplar
Behind the masks (The Epic of Creation) 1 exemplar
The Tarot Sequence: One (1) God of Tarot; Two (2) Vision of Tarot; Three (3) Faith of Tarot (1986) 1 exemplar
Il grande cerchio 1 exemplar
Xanth Series #1/7/14/15 1 exemplar
aboutpa 1 exemplar
Xanth Characters 1 exemplar
Golem in the Works 1 exemplar
Tortoise Shell [short story] 1 exemplar
The Alien Rulers (Novelette) 1 exemplar
Split Infinity Trilogy 1 exemplar
Early Xanth Series (#1-12) 1 exemplar
Soul of the Cell 1 exemplar
Azael 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction, Volume 2: The Science Fictional Olympics (1984) — Contribuidor — 88 exemplares
Before They Were Giants: First Works from Science Fiction Greats (2010) — Contribuidor — 47 exemplares
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. LXXXI, No. 1 (March 1968) (1968) — Contribuidor — 20 exemplares
Goldmann Fantasy Foliant I. Fantasy- Stories. (1983) — Contribuidor, algumas edições — 11 exemplares
Worlds of If Science Fiction 161, July/August 1972 (Vol. 21, No. 6) (1972) — Contribuidor — 11 exemplares
Analog Science Fact/Science Fiction: Vol. LXXIV, No. 1 (September 1964) (1964) — Contribuidor — 10 exemplares
Worlds of If Science Fiction 163, November/December 1972 (Vol. 21, No. 8) (1972) — Contribuidor — 8 exemplares
C'è sempre una guerra — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Jacob, Piers Anthony Dillingham
- Outros nomes
- Xanthony, Pier
Jacob, Piers A.
Jacob, Piers Anthony - Data de nascimento
- 1934-08-06
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- UK (birth)
USA (naturalization | 1958) - País (no mapa)
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Locais de residência
- Inverness, Florida, USA
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Plainfield, Vermont, USA
Spain - Educação
- Goddard College (BA|Creative Writing)
- Ocupações
- teacher (English)
mental hospital aide
technical writer
novelist
editor
cartoonist - Relações
- Jacob, Carol Marble (wife)
Jacob, Penelope Carolyn (daughter)
Jacob, Cheryl (daughter) - Organizações
- Admiral Farragut Academy
United States Army - Prémios e menções honrosas
- Preditors & Editors Award (1999)
The Wizard Sites Award (1999)
British August Derleth Fantasy award (1977)
The Spokane Public Library (Golden Pen Award, 1982)
Books for the Teen Age, New York Public Library
EPIC (Friend Of E-Publishing Award, 2003) (mostrar todos 13)
Winner of the Pyramid/F&SF/Kent Production $5,000.00 contest (The Unstilled World, 1968)
Locus Poll Nominee (Best Fan Writer, old)
Hugo Nominee (Best Fan Writer, 1970)
Locus Poll Nominee (All-Time Best Fantasy Novelist, 1987)
Locus Poll Nominee (All-Time Best Novelist, combined)
Locus Poll Nominee (All-Time Best Author, 1988)
Locus Poll Nominee (Best 80's Author, 1988) - Nota de desambiguação
- Please do not combine this single author with any author page containing his name along with that of another author. See "Who Should/Shouldn't Get Combined" on the Author wiki page.
Membros
Discussions
Found: Book Series (maybe 5-7) - Earth - humans being selected to replace deities em Name that Book (Outubro 2021)
the sopaths em Book talk (Junho 2012)
Heaven Cent by Piers Anthony, reviewed by jimroberts em Reviews reviewed (Junho 2011)
Golem in the Gears by Piers Anthony, jimroberts' review em Review Discussions (Junho 2011)
Golem in the Gears by Piers Anthony, review by jimroberts em Reviews reviewed (Junho 2011)
Golem in the Gears by Piers Anthony em Spoilerful Summaries (Junho 2011)
SciFi Avg guy holds key to finding genius em Name that Book (Maio 2011)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 328
- Also by
- 33
- Membros
- 130,585
- Popularidade
- #53
- Avaliação
- 3.5
- Críticas
- 995
- ISBN
- 1,311
- Línguas
- 12
- Marcado como favorito
- 239
There's an interesting idea at play here (more interesting in 1983, I daresay, than in our world where "guy becomes Death" has been done to, well, death). But unfortunately, I'd assumed this was adult fantasy, whereas this is written like a youth book - in fact the prose reminds me specifically of the lesser "Choose Your Own Adventure" works. Zane, the central character, has the thought processes of a 13-year-old boy, and as a result, we're punished by having to endure every single mundane thought he has. (Without a trace of irony, one line of narrative voice says "This was unreal!")
It's clear that Piers Anthony has a lot of good ideas but has no way of expressing them. At one point, he describes a watch: "It was mechanical, but had a way of magic about it". Describe how Zane could sense this magic, Mr. Anthony. Or show us some glimmer or spectral presence, rather than just tell us that. This is fifth-grade writing at best. The world Zane inhabits, similarly, is not in the least appealing. Winged horses in this world? Are known as "air-horses". It's like a bad "Futurama" parody. (Note to Mr. Anthony: we didn't call aeroplanes "air-cars", nor did we call cars "metal-horses". This is not how the world works.)
Perhaps if I'd got further into the book, this would have been revealed as an elaborate literary device to show us Zane's simplistic surfer dude brain patterns, but somehow I doubt it. I'd only recommend this to fifth-graders, but even then, I'm sure they can find something better to read.… (mais)