Quote of the Day

[jeriendhal]

"As a kid, Piers Anthony's books read as juvenile crap for weak minds. As an adult, they read like an [sic] search warrant for the author's house."
-Burgonet, in 'To: Piers Anthony. Re: Getting therapy'

Comments

[allah-sulu.livejournal.com]

Tru dat. Got a link?

(I need to pass that quote on to one of my friends who frequently disses Anthony.)

[selenite.livejournal.com]

I made the mistake of picking up his short story collection. "On the Uses of Torture" had me mentally flinching for years afterwards whenever something reminded me of it.

[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

Not a direct one. I got it from the YMMV section of his TvTropes page.

[allah-sulu.livejournal.com]

http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?144950-To-Piers-Anthony.-Re-Getting-therapy./page8

It's a comment on page eight of a loooong thread. 'To: Piers Anthony. Re: Getting therapy' is the name of the entire thread.

[ndrosen.livejournal.com]

Snort.

[aldersprig.livejournal.com]

My.

[tamhavik.livejournal.com]

Is he really that bad? I read some of the Xanth books and I have to admit the puns are a bit... overdone, but is that a reason to declare him sick?

[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

You might want to read the thread Allah Sulu linked to and read the ugly details. Suffice it to his views of women are about as screwed up John Norman's

[dan-ad-nauseam.livejournal.com]

The problem with Piers Anthony is that he starts series well, and then drags them out with no discernible interest except the puns and the royalties.