Title: | Arcana Caelestia |
Notice: | Directory listings are in topic 2 |
Moderator: | NETRIX::thomas |
Created: | Thu Dec 08 1983 |
Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
Number of topics: | 1300 |
Total number of notes: | 18728 |
Well, there's a new Xanth novel out by Piers Anthony. It's called THE CREWEL LYE I've just picked it up. If the title is anything to go by, it should be the puniest one yet! MartyJ
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164.1 | RAVEN1::HOLLABAUGH | Fri Jan 04 1985 08:59 | 14 | ||
But you left out the subtitle! Crewel Lye A Caustic Yarn And it goes down hill from there. all you people who love to hate puns will like this one. I thouroughly enjoyed it. (I got mine the week before Christ- mas and read it in pretty much one sitting. ) In the afterword, Anthony says that he is already working on the next one. I can't remember the title but it'll be about Grundy the Golem and how he finds true love. tlh | |||||
164.2 | EARTH::MJOHNSON | Fri Jan 04 1985 10:09 | 3 | ||
re:.1 I left it out on PORPOISE, of course! | |||||
164.3 | GIGI::BRENDAN | Fri Jan 04 1985 13:34 | 1 | ||
I haven't seen the book yet - what's the general topic? | |||||
164.4 | SBGVAX::OKEEFE | Sun Jan 06 1985 14:57 | 10 | ||
Jordan is a ghost in Castle Roogna who observes Ivy, Irene and Dor's little girl, watching his past life play on the moving tapestry in the castle. He then gives a narrative that leads up to his death. His talent is the ability to heal from any injury as long as a decent portion of his body is present to regenerate from. His whole story is full of "cruel lies." I also enjoyed the book but not as much as the previous ones, I did enjoy the new talents, though. Johnny O. | |||||
164.5 | USWAV1::HYATT | Wed Jan 23 1985 17:22 | 3 | ||
I'm just finishing the 3rd book (Castle Roogna), and would like to know how many more Xanth books there are, and in what order they should be read.... Dr. Lobotomy | |||||
164.6 | LATOUR::MCCUTCHEON | Thu Jan 24 1985 18:55 | 12 | ||
5 more books! Next are: Centaur Aisle (I haven't read this one and have been told I'm lucky), Ogre, Ogre, Night Mare, Dragon on a Pedestal, and of course, Crewel Lye (a caustic yarn). The books are pretty even, and the plots, alas, predictable. They're still good reading! I think that Crewel Lye has more evenly scattered puns as apposed to big pockets of them in some of the others. (Hopefully you've read A Spell for Chameleon, and The Source of Magic, since they come before Castle Roogna.) | |||||
164.7 | ERIE::ASANKAR | Sun Feb 24 1985 11:54 | 14 | ||
The entire list (in a less confusing manner is: A SPELL FOR CHAMELEON THE SOURCE OF MAGIC CASTLE ROOGNA CENTAUR AISLE OGRE,OGRE NIGHTMARE DRAGON ON A PEDASTEL A CREWL LYE (oh spare me!) And I think this file needs a huge dose of PUNICILLIN yuk yuk phooey The hater of puns----sam | |||||
164.8 | CSC32::S_STAHLMAN | Sat May 11 1991 19:06 | 6 | ||
It doesn't have one. It is an barbarian fairy tale |