#incarnations of immortality

[baronfulmen]

Piers Anthony was really big when I was younger and I remember burning through the Incarnations of Immortality books and at least some of the Mode books. It went quickly since they were pretty easy reads, and that probably helped young naive me spot a pattern.

I don't know what all comes up in the Xanth books, but my takeaway was that Piers Anthony really wanted to sleep with inappropriately young girls.

Something something, discovering Terry Pratchett later in life, genuinely curious how much less fucked up I might have turned out if Discworld was my teenage fantasy playground of choice, rather than Xanth.

[tenth-sentence]

But as the night passed, and the next day, and the rain abated and allowed them to proceed to their next station, her horror ameliorated.

"Incarnations of Immortality: Being a Green Mother" - Piers Anthony

[withywindle-valley]

Art drop! Heraldry gryphons. 11 each facing left and right, the ones on the final image must be sold as pairs. $50 apiece or $90 for two. Free shipping within Australia, nominal int'l shipping to cover costs. Alcohol ink on paper, 105 x 175 mm

[whats-in-a-sentence]

They walked directly to Nature's treehouse, letting their feelings sort out and settle.

"Incarnations of Immortality: And Eternity" - Piers Anthony

[shining-dawn]

I'm pretty sure I just found the book that's probably been the biggest source of damaging ideas throughout my entire life, sitting on my mom's book shelf.

This shouldn't be a surprise at all to me considering that's in theory the same place I found it when I was maybe 11 years old, but for some reason this has caught me way off guard and hit me like a brick to a window.

[maple-bow]

Just remembered Orlene isn't actually omnipotent.

[oh-dear-so-queer]

"No! You can't be gay!" she exclaimed in horror.

"Incarnations of Immortality: And Eternity" - Piers Anthony

[tenth-sentence]

She was playing with a force she hardly understood.

"Incarnations of Immortality: Being a Green Mother" - Piers Anthony

[tenth-sentence]

All of them had their right to exist as species, and the loss of any species was an incalculable loss to the world.

"Incarnations of Immortality: Bearing an Hourglass" - Piers Anthony

[tenth-sentence]

His voice made the ether ripple magically; the pattern of it could be seen all around them, curling in strange wave patterns into diminishing spirals and out to infinity.

"Incarnations of Immortality: And Eternity" - Piers Anthony

[tenth-sentence]

She was aware that this Incarnation, like the others, had indeed put her through an ordeal before granting get favor.

"Incarnations of Immortality: And Eternity" - Piers Anthony

[tenth-sentence]

A deer was browsing several hundred feet away, and there was the sound of birds in the air.

"Incarnations of Immortality: And Eternity" - Piers Anthony

[tenth-sentence]

It was time to talk to God and set Him straight on this.

"Incarnations of Immortality: For Love of Evil" - Piers Anthony

[tenth-sentence]

"Yet you killed your mother," she pointed out.

"Incarnations of Immortality: On a Pale Horse" - Piers Anthony

[tenth-sentence]

"Please repeat after me the words I say."

"Incarnations of Immortality: Being a Green Mother" - Piers Anthony