Full Name: Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob |
Pen Names: Piers Anthony, Pier Xanthony, Piers A. Jacob, Robert Piers, Tony Pedro |
Born: August 6, 1934 Oxford, England |
First Published Short Story: In the April 1963 issue of Fantastic magazine, "Possible to Rue" |
First Published Novel: In 1967 by Ballantine Books, Chthon |
Author's Homepage: www.hipiers.com |
The Apprentice Adept | ||
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1980 | Split Infinity | |
1981 | Blue Adept | |
1982 | Juxtaposition | |
1982 Double Exposure (omnibus of 3 above) | ||
1987 | Out of Phaze | |
1988 | Robot Adept | |
1989 | Unicorn Point | |
1990 | Phaze Doubt | |
Aton | ||
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1967 | Chthon | |
1975 | Phthor | |
1987 | Plasm by Charles Platt | |
1988 | Soma by Charles Platt | |
Autobiography | ||
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1988 | Bio of an Ogre | |
2001 | How Precious Was That While | |
Battle Circle | ||
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1968 | Sos the Rope | |
1972 | Var the Stick | |
1975 | Neq the Sword | |
1978 Battle Circle (omnibus of 3 above) | ||
Bio of a Space Tyrant | ||
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1983 | Refugee | |
1984 | Mercenary | |
1985 | Politician | |
1985 | Executive | |
1986 | Statesman | |
2002 | The Iron Maiden | |
1987 | Combat Command #1: Cut by Emerald by Dana Kramer (gamebook) | |
ChroMagic | ||
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2002 | Key to Havoc | |
2003 | Key to Chroma | |
2004 | Key to Destiny | |
forthcoming | Key to Liberty | |
proposed | Key to Survival | |
Cluster | ||
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1977 | Cluster aka Vicinity Cluster | |
1978 | Chaining the Lady | |
1978 | Kirlian Quest | |
1980 | Thousandstar | |
1982 | Viscous Circle | |
Geodyssey | ||
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1993 | Isle of Woman | |
1994 | Shame of Man | |
1997 | Hope of Earth | |
1999 | Muse of Art | |
forthcoming | Climate of Change | |
Incarnations of Immortality | ||
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1983 | On a Pale Horse | |
1984 | Bearing an Hourglass | |
1985 | With a Tangled Skein | |
1986 | Wielding a Red Sword | |
1987 | Being a Green Mother | |
1988 | For Love of Evil | |
1990 | And Eternity | |
Jason Striker | ||
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1974 | Kiai! with Roberto Fuentes | |
1974 | Mistress of Death with Roberto Fuentes | |
1974 | The Bamboo Bloodbath with Roberto Fuentes | |
1975 | Ninja's Revenge with Roberto Fuentes | |
1976 | Amazon Slaughter with Roberto Fuentes | |
2001 | Curse of the Ninja with Roberto Fuentes | |
Kelvin of Rud | ||
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1987 | Dragon's Gold with Robert E. Margroff | |
1988 | Serpent's Silver with Robert E. Margroff | |
1990 | Chimaera's Copper with Robert E. Margroff | |
1992 The Adventures of Kelvin of Rud: Across the Frames (omnibus of 3 above) | ||
1990 | Orc's Opal with Robert E. Margroff | |
1992 | Mouvar's Magic with Robert E. Margroff | |
1992 The Adventures of Kelvin of Rud: Final Magic (omnibus of 2 above) | ||
Mode | ||
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1991 | Virtual Mode | |
1992 | Fractal Mode | |
1993 | Chaos Mode | |
2001 | DoOon Mode | |
Of Man and Manta | ||
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1968 | Omnivore | |
1970 | Orn | |
1976 | Ox | |
1986 Of Man and Manta (omnibus of 3 above) | ||
The Tarot Sequence | ||
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1979 | God of Tarot | |
1980 | Vision of Tarot | |
1980 | Faith of Tarot | |
1987 Tarot (omnibus of 3 above) | ||
Xanth | ||
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1977 | A Spell For Chameleon | |
1979 | The Source of Magic | |
1979 | Castle Roogna | |
1981 The Magic of Xanth (omnibus of 3 above) | ||
1981 | Centaur Aisle | |
1982 | Ogre, Ogre | |
1982 | Night Mare | |
1997 The Continuing Xanth Saga (omnibus of 3 above) | ||
1983 | Dragon on a Pedestal | |
1984 | Crewel Lye: A Caustic Yarn | |
1986 | Golem in the Gears | |
1987 | Vale of the Vole | |
1988 | Heaven Cent | |
1989 | Man From Mundania | |
1990 | Isle of View | |
1991 | Question Quest | |
1992 | The Color of her Panties | |
1993 | Demons Don't Dream | |
1994 | Harpy Thyme | |
1995 | Geis of the Gargoyle | |
1995 | Roc and a Hard Place | |
1996 | Yon Ill Wind | |
1997 | Faun & Games | |
1998 | Zombie Lover | |
1999 | Xone of Contention | |
2000 | The Dastard | |
2001 | Swell Foop | |
2002 | Up in a Heaval | |
2003 | Cube Root | |
2004 | Currant Events | |
2005 | Pet Peeve | |
2006 | Stork Naked | |
2007 | Air Apparent | |
1993 | Companions of Xanth from Legend Entertainment (computer game) | |
1987 | Crossroads #8: Encyclopedia of Xanth by Jody Lynn Nye (gamebook) | |
1988 | Crossroads #13: Ghost of a Chance by Jody Lynn Nye (gamebook) | |
1989 | Piers Anthony's Visual Guide to Xanth with Jody Lynn Nye | |
1990 | Return to Centaur adaptation of the first part of Isle of View (graphic novel) | |
Anthologies | ||
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1985 | Anthonology (21 stories) | |
"Possible to Rue" 1963 "The Toaster" 1985 "Quinquepedalian" 1963 "Encounter" 1964 | ||
"Phog" 1965 "The Ghost Galaxies" 1966 "Within the Cloud" 1967 "The Life of the Stripe" 1969 | ||
"Beak by Beak" 1967 "In the Jaws of Danger" 1967 "Getting Through University" 1968 | ||
"In the Barn" 1972 "Up Schist Creek" 1972 "The Whole Truth" 1970 "The Bridge" 1970 | ||
"On the Uses of Torture" 1981 "Small Mouth, Bad Taste" 1970 "Wood You?" 1970 | ||
"Hard Sell" 1972 "Hurdle" 1972 "Gone to the Dogs" 1985 | ||
1992 | Alien Plot (20 stories) | |
"Faces" 1984 "Alien Plot" 1992 "Nonent" 1992 "20 Years" 1992 "December Dates" 1985 | ||
"Ship of Mustard" 1992 "Soft Like a Woman" 1988 "Imp to Nymph" 1987 "E van S" 1992 | ||
"To the Death" 1982 "Transmogrification" 1982 "Deadline" 1982 "Hearts" 1970 | ||
"Revise and Invent" 1992 "Baby" 1992 "Cloister" 1991 "Love 40" 1991 | ||
"Kylo" 1988 "Plague of Allos" 1986 "Think of the Reader" 1989 | ||
2006 | Relationships (12 stories) | |
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1986 | Uncollected Stars edited by Piers Anthony, Barry N. Malzberg, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (16 stories) | |
"Time Enough" by Lewis Padgett "The Soul-Empty Ones" by Walter M. Miller, Jr. | ||
" Defender of the Faith" by Alfred Coppel "All of You" by James V. McConnell | ||
"The Holes" by Michael Shaara "Beast in the House" by Michael Shaara | ||
"Little Boy" by Jerome Bixby "Unwillingly to School" by Pauline Ashwell | ||
"Brother Robot" by Henry Slesar "The Risk Profession" by Donald E. Westlake | ||
"The Stuff" by Henry Slesar "Arcturus Times Three" by Jack Sharkey | ||
"They Are Not Robbed" by Richard M. McKenna "The Creatures of Man" by Verge Foray | ||
"Only Yesterday" by Ted White "An Agent in Place" by Laurence M. Janifer | ||
1994 | Tales From the Great Turtle edited by Piers Anthony & Richard Gilliam (29 stories) | |
"Tortoise Shell" by Piers Anthony "Where There Are Hummingbirds" by Anna Kirwan-Vogel | ||
"A Fire in the Heart" by Lawrence Schimel "A Day in Life" by Robin M. Dinnes | ||
"Animal Sounds" by Owl Goingback "Sacrifice" by Alan Riggs | ||
"Cherokee Dreaming" by Billie Sue Mosiman "The Woman Who Loved a Bear" by Jane Yolen | ||
"Man Who Bleeds Tears" by R.K. Partain "The Bison Riders" by Brad Linaweaver | ||
"The Old Ways" by Ed Gorman "Lost Cherokee" by Steve Rasnic Tem | ||
"The Kemosabee" by Mike Resnick "Going After Old Man Alabama" by William Sanders | ||
"Counting Coup" by Jack Dann "Snake Medicine" by Caroline Rhodes | ||
"Mother Called It Daddy's Junk Yard" by Debra White Plume "Gaitor Bait" by Jay Littlehawk | ||
"Muuki" by George Guthridge & Meredith Raymond "Nuniva" by Merle Apassingok | ||
"Patterns" by Esther M. Friesner "The End of Childhood" by James David Audlin | ||
"Paints Her Dreams" by Gabriel Horn "Monuments to the Dead" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch | ||
"With White Deer Gone" by Rick Wilber "Turtle Woman" by Gerald Hausman | ||
"Paul Bunyan Dreams" by Alan Rodgers "It's What You Need" by Pamela Sargent | ||
"Unto the Valley of Day-Glo" by Nicholas A. DiChario | ||
Other Works | ||
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1968 | The Ring with Robert E. Margroff | |
1969 | Hasan expanded 1977 | |
1969 | Macroscope | |
1970 | The E.S.P. Worm with Robert E. Margroff | |
1973 | Prostho Plus includes the stories "In the Jaws of Danger" 1967 and "Getting Through University" 1968 | |
1973 | Race Against Time | |
1974 | Rings of Ice | |
1974 | Triple Detente originally titled A Piece of Cake | |
1976 | But What of Earth? restored and expounded upon 1989 | |
1976 | Steppe | |
1979 | Pretender with Frances Hall | |
1981 | Mute | |
1986 | Ghost | |
1986 | Shade of the Tree | |
1989 | Pornucopia (erotic fantasy) | |
1989 | Through the Ice with Robert Kornwise | |
1989 | Total Recall novelization of the film TOTAL RECALL | |
1990 | Balook | |
1990 | Dead Morn with Roberto Fuentes | |
1990 | Firefly (horror) | |
1990 | Hard Sell includes the stories "Hard Sell" 1972 and "Hurdle" 1972 | |
1991 | MerCycle | |
1991 | Tatham Mound (historical) | |
1992 | The Caterpillar's Question with Philip José Farmer | |
1993 | If I Pay Thee Not in Gold with Mercedes Lackey | |
1993 | Killobyte | |
1993 | Letters to Jenny (nonfiction) | |
1996 | Volk (historical) internet debut | |
1996 | The Willing Spirit with Alfred Tella | |
1998 | Quest For the Fallen Star with James Richey & Alan Riggs | |
1998 | Spider Legs with Clifford A. Pickover | |
1999 | Dream a Little Dream with Julie Brady | |
1999 | Reality Check | |
2000 | The Gutbucket Quest with Ron Lemming | |
2000 | The Secret of Spring with Jo Anne Taeusch | |
2003 | The Magic Fart (erotic fantasy) | |
2007 | Tortoise Reform (children's fantasy) | |
1964 | "Sheol" originally titled "The Postman Never Rings" with H. James Hotaling from the magazine Analog | |
1966 | "Mandroid" with Robert E. Margroff and Andrew J. Offutt from the magazine Worlds of If | |
1966 | "The Message" with Frances Hall from the magazine Analog | |
1966 | "Payoff" as by Robert Piers with Robert E. Margroff from the Adam Bedside Reader | |
1968 | "The Alien Rulers" from Analog Magazine | |
1970 | "Equals Four" from the magazine Worlds of If | |
1976 | "Three Misses" with Roberto Fuentes from the magazine The Deadly Hands Of Kung Fu #24 | |
1986 | "Plague of Allos" from the anthology The Blood of Ten Chiefs edited by Richard Pini, Lynn Abbey & Robert Asprin | |
1987 | "Life" from Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine | |
1993 | "A Picture of Jesus" from the magazine Science Fiction Age #5 | |
1995 | "Bluebeard" from Interzone Magazine #94 | |