A Spell for Chameleon A Spell for Chameleon
Book 1 - Xanth

A Spell for Chameleon

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Publisher Description

BEST NOVEL OF THE YEAR, BRITISH FANTASY SOCIETY • Discover the magical beginning of Piers Anthony’s enthralling Xanth series

Xanth was the enchanted land where magic ruled—where every citizen had a special spell only he could cast. It was a land of centaurs and dragons and basilisks.

For Bink of North Village, however, Xanth was no fairy tale. He alone had no magic. And unless he got some—and got some fast!—he would be exiled. Forever. But the Good Magician Humfrey was convinced that Bink did indeed have magic. In fact, both Beauregard the genie and the magic wall chart insisted that Bink had magic. Magic as powerful as any possessed by the King or by Good Magician Humfrey—or even by the Evil Magician Trent.

Be that as it may, no one could fathom the nature of Bink’s very special magic. Bink was in despair. This was even worse than having no magic at all . . . and he would still be exiled!

Thus begins Piers Anthony’s enthralling Xanth series. . . .

GENRE
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
RELEASED
1979
February 12
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
352
Pages
PUBLISHER
Random House Worlds
SELLER
Penguin Random House LLC
SIZE
2.7
MB

Customer Reviews

The manter kill trem ,

!! Speechless !!

First time into this genre and I can say it won be my last. 10/10

Carson Welker ,

Why have a weird rape trial?

Gross book

Pacati ,

Magic Land, Magic Novel

A groundbreaking fantasy novel in the 1970s. Before this book, all (yes, all) fantasy books were very serious like Lord of the Rings. Piers Anthony doesn't get nearly enough credit in the literary world for changing that, largely I feel because of the juvenile perceptions of women in his Xanth books.

It's never struck me as misogyny. Just the opposite. It's the male juvenile AWE of a woman's physical qualities. Juvenile males usually don't learn about women as people until after a few years of looking at them in hungry awe. Xanth fits right in those years.

Which is great for juvenile males, but so unfortunate in a larger sense because the stories and the world of Xanth are top notch. Many women and older readers will likely be turned off by the juvenile pervert aspect before they get the chance to find out how wonderful Xanth is. Sad panda.

Would buy again with an audiobook version.

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