Tim asked: What did the crews of the "hostage" ships think was going on? What did the hostage officers tell those crews? Anyone who has served time in the...
... Imagine that you are a rank and file sailor on a ship in a fleet belonging to your nation. You and your fellow sailors are ordered to fire on ships in...
Tim Bruening
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Mar 7, 2009 3:00 pm
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Nope, that is not how the military works. All type of soldiers, be army, navy or air force are trained to follow the chain of command, or else. In wartime...
He might have a policy similar to this, but this would be one more thing to draw attention to himself and have other adepts causing more trouble for him. I...
... Hi Chris, Thank you again for taking the job of caregiver of Piersthread site. I am the current owner of the domain name so I will be more than happy to...
... I suggest that Trool the Red Adept set up a secret Adept school in his basement. I'm certain he could hide the nascent Adepts from the Adverse Adepts....
Tim Bruening
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Mar 17, 2009 7:42 am
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Antioxidants: Ants that prevent rust. Peroxide: Price of a draft animal's skin. Perot: Price of a row of businessmen turned politicians....
Tim Bruening
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May 4, 2009 5:59 am
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Chain Letter: Used to imprison the mail. Food Chain: Used to imprison edibles. Chain of Command: Lord of the links....
Tim Bruening
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May 5, 2009 5:12 am
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Hey everyone, we have a new member for our group! Please welcome beast4566, aka Patrick according to his Yahoo! page. Here is Patrick's message: I like to...
Dear Piers Anthony Thread, The thread has a new member, Tankseburn. Tankseburn's message in his or her application said, "I absolutely love your Xanth Series....
Piers Anthony posted his JeJune 2009 Newsletter at the beginning of June at http://www.hipiers.com/newsletter.html. For those of you who occasionally read his...
... Hi, Erin! I missed your observations. It's nice to see you back. I removed the rest of your post for brevity, but that was a very nice reply from Piers....
Erin, you're male?! Dang, for ten years I"ve been under the impression that you were of the female persuasion... When I get to know somebody online and don't...
Hello. I am new to this forum but I understand it's purpose. I have a handful of questions of xanth and topics to discuss. I guess the main one I want to talk...
... The relevant passage from Pet Peeve is on page 208 of the hardcover edition. Nada Naga, mother of D. Monica, is talking with Hannah Barbarian. I will...
Dear Hans, Haven't you noticed that I sign my postings with "Ogre Mathematician" instead of "Ogress Mathematician"? I guess that is subtle. My first name has...
A new member has joined the Piers Anthony Thread. She is named the Queen of Insane. That makes me wonder if she has a castle and throne in the Region of...
I myself think that "Man from Mundania" and "Demons don't Dream" are good for new Xanth readers because they show Xanth from a Mundane's point of veiw, so they...
I have found that the person reading xanth shares a few characteristics with one or more characters they will enjoy it more. Question Quest might be a good...
Anyone who loves playing adventure games on the computer should recognize a bit of themself in "Demons Don't Dream". That's where I started. Unsurprisingly,...
I started with incarnations of immortality, and re-read them often, I haven't really been able to get into xanth, tho. I am working on getting all of...
If ogres pride their stupidity, how can there be an ogre mathemation? And what would happpen if a centaur and an ogre summoned the stork? Would the baby have...
I haven't really read other books of his, I guess I am afaid they won't measure up to Xanth. I am however reading a series by Kate Forsyth called The Witches...
Hello and welcome queenofinsane! When you say you haven't read any other books of 'his', I assume you mean Piers? If you're looking for recommendations like...
Queen, Two of my favorite series, that are better even than Xanth (in my humble opinion) are the Apprentice Adept series, and and the Incarnations of...
... I would recommend Asprin's Myth series and Pratchett's Discworld series myself. (I haven't read the other one Hans lists.) One thing I've discovered about...
Actually Erin is somewhat of an embarrassment to the Ogre kind. He was bounced on his head way too many times by his Ogress mother causing brain damage. Of...
I'd like to introduce another new member to our group, gacuzana. Here is the message he sent when he asked to join our group: "Oh, perhaps I'm just bored at...
... Ogre mom not bounce my head, twas ogre whelps' deed instead. With "We bop top of Pop!" shout they turned my brain inside out. To my sad, ogrish chagrin ...
As Hans and Kira recommened, Robert Asprin's Myth Adventures series and Terry Pratchett's Discworld series are humorous fantasy series in par with Xanth. The...
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