> But I will say this, his books have had a significant good effect on me as a kid and continually give me the motivation to remain creative. Simply because as a kid reading xanth, it gave me something like a college student reading philosophy.
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> danny "Everyone has that point in their life in which xanth is good" wyatt

I can understand that. I liked your sign-off quote.

If I read Xanth when I was, say, seven, I would have enjoyed the stories and the treatment of women *might* have gone over my head. I'm sure I would have loved those books then.

It's a bit of a quandary... I really am enjoying the story, and Mike, who has the first six Xanth books, says they are all pretty decent. But it really gets my back up when I read a line like "Why don't you marry her? Then she can serve you for a lifetime!" (beginning of third book). Maybe I should just get over it. :-p

Or maybe I'll go re-read "Orlando." :)

--Jez"who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?"zika