The Compleat Piers Anthony
Bibliography
Last Updated: Monday, July 11, 2005


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Each book is listed separately and if applicable, is also listed within series titles. There are cross-references throughout. If you are looking for a particular series, use the links below to go directly there.

Details about story synopsis and publications can be found in each individual title.


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Series Title A note symbol indicates a Series Title (Individual Books are also listed separately.)
Novel A purple ball indicates a Novel
Short Story A red ball indicates a Short Story
Novella A yellow ball indicates a Novella
Omnibus A blue ball indicates an Omnibus (reprint of several novels)
Collection An orange ball indicates a Collection of Short Stories (Published as a Novel)
Misc A green ball indicates an Article, Vignette, Review, Letter, or other Miscellaneous Writings
Introduction A white ball indicates an Introduction to a Piers Anthony-related book



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Quick Reference to Series Titles
[Apprentice Adept] [Aton] [Battlecircle] [Bio of a Space Tyrant] [Cluster] [ChroMagic]
[Dragon's Gold] [Geodyssey] [Incarnations of Immortality] [Jason Striker] [Mode]
[Of Man and Manta] [Planet of Tarot] [Pornucopia] [Xanth]


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Short Story 20 Years [Short Story] 1992, TOR
[Published in] Alien Plot

Novel 3.97 Erect by Tony Pedro [Pseudonym for Piers Anthony]
Original title for Pornucopia


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Omnibus Reprint Adventures of Kelvin of Rud Across the Frames
Reprints Dragon's Gold, Serpent's Silver, and Chimaera's Copper
[See also Dragon's Gold series.]

Omnibus Reprint Adventures of Kelvin of Rud Final Magic
Reprints Orc's Opal and Mouvar's Magic
[See also Dragon's Gold series.]

Misc Alf Laylah Wa Laylah [Non-fiction]
Niekas, 1966

Novella Alien Plot 1992, TOR
[Published in] Alien Plot

Short Story Collection Alien Plot
[Stories from 1963-1991]
Novella Alien Rulers, The
This novella is a basis for Triple Détente
See also
Triple Détente and "A Piece of Cake."

Novel Amazon Slaughter (with Robert Fuentes)
[5th (and final) book in the Jason Striker series]

Novel And Eternity
[7th book in the Incarnations of Immortality series]

Misc Anonymous Letter

Short Story Collection Anthonology Collection of Short Stories from 1963-1985 (Tor, 1985) Series Title Apprentice Adept, The [Series Title]
Series Title Aton [Series Title]

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Short Story Baby
[Published in] Alien Plot

Novel Balook

Novel Bamboo Bloodbath (with Roberto Fuentes)
[3rd book in the Jason Striker series]

Short Story Bastille

Series Title Battle Circle [Series Title]
Omnibus Reprint Battle Circle
The omnibus re-issuing of Sos the Rope, Var the Stick, and Neq the Sword.
[See also] Battlecircle series.

Short Story Beak by Beak
[See also] Anthonology

Novel Bearing an Hourglass [2nd book in the Incarnations of Immortality series]

Novel Being a Green Mother [5th book in the Incarnations of Immortality series]

Short Story Bicycle

Novel Bio of an Ogre (Autobiography to age 50)

Series Title Bio of a Space Tyrant [Series Title]
Short Story Black Baby
This short story is the original printing of Chapter 2 of Hard Sell.

Misc Black Karate Mistress

Novel Blue Adept [2nd book in the Apprentice Adept series]
[See also] Double Exposure

Short Story Bluebeard
Interzone April 1995

Misc Book Reviews by Piers Anthony
Niekas, Fall 1968, #20, Piers reviews Roger Zelazny's Lord of Light, pages 65, 66.

Short Story Bridge, The
[Nebula Award nomination, 1970]
[1968/1969 as "Minnie's Crew"]
[Published in] Anthonology

Short Story Buckwheat Jury

Short Story Business

Novel But What of Earth? (Disputed/unauthorized collaboration with Robert Coulson)
Connects the two later trilogies Planet of Tarot Series and Cluster Series through the introduction of Brother Paul of the Holy Order of Vision, but is not an integral part of either series.


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Novel Castle Roogna
[3rd book in the Xanth series]
[See also] The Magic of Xanth (3-in-1)
[See also] Three Complete Xanth Novels

Short Story Caterpillar

Novel Caterpillar's Question, The (With Philip José Farmer)

Novel Centaur Aisle
[4th book in the Xanth series]
[See also] The Continuing Xanth Saga

Novel Chaining the Lady
[2nd book in the Cluster series]

Novel Chaos Mode
[3rd book in the Mode series]

Novel Chimaera's Copper (With Robert E. Margoff) [3rd book in the Dragon's Gold series]
[See also] Adventures of Kelvin of Rud Across the Frames
[See also] Three Complete Novels of Dragon's Gold

Series Title ChroMagic [Series Title]
Novel Chthon
[1st book in the Aton series]
[Nebula Award nomination, 1967]
[Hugo Award nomination, World Science Fiction Convention, 1968]

Novel Climate of Change
[5th book in the Geodyssey series] [To Be Published]

Short Story Cloister
[See also] Alien Plot

Short Story Cloud, The

Novel Cluster
[1st book in the Cluster series]

Series Title Cluster [Series Title]
Novel Color of Her Panties, The
[15th book in the Xanth series]


Short Story Commitment


Omnibus Reprint Continuing Xanth Saga, The
Reprints Centaur Aisle, Ogre, Ogre, and Night Mare.
[See also] the Xanth series

Short Story Country Man

Novel Crewel Lye: A Caustic Yarn
[8th book in the Xanth series]

Short Story Crystal

Novel Cube Route
[27th book in the Xanth series]

Novel Currant Events
[28th book in the Xanth series]

Novel Curse of the Ninja
[6th book in the Jason Striker Martial Arts series]

Short Story Cut by Emerald [Related Material] (by Dana Kramer)
[See also] Bio of a Space Tyrant series.


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Novel Dastard, The
[24th book in the Xanth series]

Short Story Dead Center

Vignette Deadline [By Piers A. Jacob]
[See also] Alien Plot

Novel Dead Morn (with Roberto Fuentes)

Misc Death or Dialysis (with Lawrence Kahana)
(Unpublished)


Short Story December Dates
[See also] Alien Plot

Short Story Demisee, The

Novel Demons Don't Dream
[16th book in the Xanth series]
[A copy of the Paperback Edition was included in the Companions of Xanth game.]

Novel Der Planet Der Verdammter
(German Edition of Chthon) [1st book in the Aton series]

Novel DoOon Mode
[4th and final book in the Mode series]

Omnibus Reprint Double Exposure (Science Fiction Book Club 3-in-1)
Reprints Split Infinity, Blue Adept, and Juxtaposition
[See also] The Apprentice Adept series.

Novel Dragon on a Pedestal
[7th book in the Xanth series]

Novel Dragonfly
[Title for proposed sequel to Firefly]

Novel Dragon's Gold (with Robert E. Margroff)
[1st book in the Dragon's Gold series]
[See Also] Adventures of Kelvin of Rud Across the Frames
[See Also] Three Complete Novels of Dragon's Gold

Series Title Dragon's Gold [Series Title] (with Robert E. Margroff)
Short Story Dragon's Revenge
Actual title is A Picture of Jesus
[Listed on the magazine cover as "Piers Anthony: Dragon's Revenge]

Novel Dream a Little Dream (with Julie Brady)


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Short Story Encounter
[See also] Anthonology

Encyclopedia of Xanth (by Jody Lynn Nye)
[Introduction by Piers Anthony]
[See also] Xanth series.

Short Story Equals Four

Novel E.S.P. Worm, The (with Robert E. Margroff)
(Originally titled The Rumpleskin Brat)

Article Essay

Short Story E van S
[Published in] Alien Plot

Short Story Evening

Novel Executive
[4th book in the Bio of a Space Tyrant series]


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Short Story Faces
[See also] Alien Plot

Short Story Facsimile, The

Novel Faith of Tarot
[3rd (and final) book in the Planet of Tarot series]
[See also] Tarot

Novel Faun and Games
[21st book in the Xanth series]

Novel Firefly

Novel For Love of Evil
[6th book in the Incarnations of Immortality series]

Novel Fractal Mode
[2nd book in the Mode series]


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Novel Geis of the Gargoyle
[18th book in the Xanth series]

Novel Geocide
[Projected horror novel]

Series Title Geodyssey [Series Title]
Novella Getting Through University [Hugo Award nomination, 1969]
[A Dr. Dillingham -- Prostho Plus story]
[See also] Anthonology

Novel Ghost
See also The Ghost Galaxies.

Short Story Ghost Galaxies, The
[See also] Ghost.
[See also] Anthonology

Ghost of a Chance [Related Material] (by Jody Lynn Nye)
[See also] the Xanth series.

Short Story Ghosts

Misc God Game

Novel God of Tarot
[1st book in the Planet of Tarot series]
[See also] Tarot

Novel Golem in the Gears
[9th book in the Xanth series]

Short Story Gone to the Dogs
[Published in] Anthonology

Novel Gutbucket Quest, The (with Ron Lemming)


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Novel Short Story Hard Sell (Book and Short Story)

Novel Harpy Thyme
[17th book in the Xanth series]

Novel Hasan

Short Story Hearts

Novel Heaven Cent
[11th book in the Xanth series]

Novel Hope of Earth
[3rd book in the Geodyssey series]

Novel How Precious Was That While (Autobiography)
This book pick's up where Bio of an Ogre left off at age 50.

Novella Hurdle (Fisk Centers Story)
Chapter 3 of Hard Sell.
[See also] Anthonology


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Novel If I Pay Thee Not in Gold. (with Mercedes Lackey)

Short Story Imp to Nymph
[See also] Vom Kobold zur Nymphe
[See also] Alien Plot

Series Title Incarnations of Immortality [Series Title]
Novella In the Barn [Nebula Nominee, 1972]
[See also] Anthonology

Short Story In the Jaws of Danger
[See also] Anthonology
[See also] Prostho Plus

Misc Index to Book Reviews

Misc Intro to Xanth Section 2
[Not sure if even published or if this is a work for a later Xanth novel.]

Novel Introduction (in) Novel Iron Maiden
[6th and Final book in the Bio of a Space Tyrant series]

Novel Isle of View
[13th book in the Xanth series]

Novel Isle of Woman
[1st book in the Geodyssey series]


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Series Title Jason Striker [Series Title]
Novel Juxtaposition
[3rd book in the Apprentice Adept series]
[See also] Double Exposure


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Novel Key to Chroma
2nd book in the ChroMagic fantasy series.
[To Be Published by Mundania Press]

Novel Key to Destiny
3rd book in the ChroMagic fantasy series.
[To Be Published by Mundania Press]

Novel Key to Havoc
1st book in the ChroMagic fantasy series.
Released! from Mundania Press

Novel Key to Liberty
4th (proposed) book in the ChroMagic fantasy series.

Novel Key to Survival
5th (proposed) book in the ChroMagic fantasy series.

Novel Ki (with Roberto Fuentes)
[See also Jason Striker series]

Novel Kiai! (with Roberto Fuentes)
[1st book in the Jason Striker series]

Novel Kiai -- How it Began
[See also the Jason Striker series]

Novel Killobyte

Novel Kirlian Quest
[3rd book in the Cluster series]

Short Story Kylo


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Novel Letters to Jenny [non-fiction]

Misc Life of Stripe, The [Vignette]
[Published in] Anthonology

Short Story Life [Fisk Centers Story]
This short story is Chapter 5 of Hard Sell.

Short Story Ligeia: the Early Part of Dying [To Be Published]
[Projected non-fiction]

Short Story Love 40
[Reprinted in] Alien Plot


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Novel Macroscope

Omnibus Reprint Magic of Xanth, The
The Science Fiction Book Club omnibus edition of the original Magic of Xanth trilogy, A Spell For Chameleon, The Source of Magic, and Castle Roogna.
[See also the Xanth series]

Short Story Mandroid (with Robert E. Margroff and Andrew J. Offutt)

Novel Man from Mundania
[12th book in the Xanth series]

Novel Mercenary
[2nd book in the Bio of a Space Tyrant series]

Novel MerCycle

Short Story Message, The (with Frances Hall)

Short Story Minnie's Crew
[Short story, published as The Bridge]

Novel Mistress of Death (with Robert Fuentes)
[2nd book in the Jason Striker series]

Series Title Mode [Series Title]
Short Story Monarch
[A Dr. Dillingham -- Prostho Plus story]

Short Story Monster, The

Short Story Monster Tracks

Novel Moot
Planned sequel to Mute, but was never written.

Novel Mouvar's Magic (With Robert E. Margoff)
[5th (and final) book in the Dragon's Gold series]
[See also] Adventures of Kelvin of Rud Final Magic

Novel Muse of Art
[4th book in the Geodyssey series]

Novel Mute


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Novel Neq the Sword
3rd (and last) book in the Battle Circle series
[Published in] Battle Circle

Novel Night Mare
[6th book in the Xanth series]
[See also] The Continuing Xanth Saga

Novel Ninja's Revenge (with Roberto Fuentes)
[4th book in the Jason Striker series]

Short Story None But I
[A Dr. Dillingham -- Prostho Plus story]

Short Story Nonent
[Published in] Alien Plot

Short Story Not That Good
[Short Story published as "The Whole Truth"]


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Omnibus Reprint Of Man and Manta
Omnibus of the Of Man and Manta series.

Series Title Of Man and Manta [Series Title]
Short Story Off the Deep End

Misc Ogre-ish Ideas

Novel Ogre, Ogre
[5th book in the Xanth series]
[See also] The Continuing Xanth Saga

Novel Omnivore
[1st book in the Of Man and Manta series]
[See also] Of Man and Manta

Novel On a Pale Horse
[1st book in the Incarnations of Immortality series]

Novella On the Uses of Torture
[See also] Anthonology

Novel Orc's Opal (With Robert E. Margoff)
[4th book in the Dragon's Gold series]
[See also] Adventures of Kelvin of Rud Final Magic

Novel Orn
[2nd book in the Of Man and Manta series]
[See also] Of Man and Manta

Short Story Ouch!
[A Dr. Dillingham -- Prostho Plus story]

Novel Out of Phaze
[4th book in the Apprentice Adept series]

Novel OX
[3rd (and final) book in the Of Man and Manta series]
[Published in] Of Man and Manta


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Short Story Painted Lips

Short Story Payoff (with Robert E. Margroff under the pseudonym of "Robert Piers")

Novel Pet Peeve
[29th book in the Xanth series]

Novel Phaze Doubt
[7th (and final) book in the Apprentice Adept series]

Short Story Phog
[See also] Anthonology

Novel Phthor
[2nd book in the Aton series]

Short Story Picture of Jesus, A
[Listed as Piers Anthony: Dragon's Revenge]


Novel Piece of Cake, A [retitled Triple Détente]

Novel Piers Anthony's Visual Guide to Xanth (With Jody Lynn Nye)

Novella Plague of Allos
[See also] Alien Plot

Series Title Planet of Tarot [Series Title]
Novel Plasm by Charles Platt
[3rd book in the Aton series]

Novel Politician
[3rd book in the Bio of a Space Tyrant series]

Novel Pornucopia
[See also 3.97 Erect]

Short Story Possible to Rue
[See also] Anthonology

Short Story Postscript

Short Story Postman Never Rings, The (with H. James Hotaling)
[Short Story re-titled "Sheol"]

Novel Pretender (with Frances T. Hall)

Novel Prostho Plus


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Novel Quest for the Fallen Star (With James Richey (Goolsby) and Alan Riggs)

Novel Question Quest
[14th book in the Xanth series]

Short Story Quinquepedalian
[See also] Anthonology


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Novel Race Against Time

Novel Realty Check

Article Reflections on Censorship

Novel Refugee
[1st book in the Bio of a Space Tyrant series]

Misc Return to Centaur
[See also the Xanth series]

Short Story Revise and Invent
[See also] Alien Plot

Novel Ring, The (with Robert E. Margroff)

Novel Rings of Ice

Novel Robot Adept
[5th book in the Apprentice Adept series]

Novel Roc and a Hard Place
[19th book in the Xanth series]

Short Story Root


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Misc Science Fiction and Fantastic Fiction [Microfilm] ????

Novel Secret of Spring, The (with Jo Anne Taeusch)

Novel Serpent's Silver (With Robert E. Margoff)
[2nd book in the Dragon's Gold series]
[See also] Adventures of Kelvin of Rud Across the Frames
[See also] Three Complete Novels of Dragon's Gold

Novel Shade of the Tree

Novel Shame of Man
[2nd book in the Geodyssey series]

Short Story Sheol (with H. James Hotaling)
[Short Story originally titled "The Postman Never Rings"]

Short Story Ship of Mustard
[Published in] Alien Plot

Short Story Small Mouth, Bad Taste
[See also] Anthonology

Novella Soft Like a Woman
[See also] Alien Plot

Novel Soma by Charles Platt
[4th book in the Aton series]

Novel Sopaths [To Be Published]
[Projected horror novel]

Novel Sos the Rope
1st book in the Battle Circle series
[Won $5,000 in the Science Fiction Novel Award contest, Pyramid Books/Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction/ Kent Productions, 1967]
[Hugo Award nomination, 1968]
[See also Battle Circle]

Novel Source of Magic, The
[2nd book in the Xanth series]
[See also] The Magic of Xanth
[See also] Three Complete Novels of Xanth

Short Story Southern Approach

Novel Spell for Chameleon, A
[Hugo Award nomination, 1978]
[British August Derleth Fantasy Award For Best Novel 1977]
[1st book in the Xanth series]
[See also] The Magic of Xanth (3-in-1)]
[See also] Three Complete Novels of Xanth

Short Story Spellroid

Novel Spider Legs (with Clifford Pickover)

Novel Split Infinity
[1st book in the Apprentice Adept series]
[See also] Double Exposure

Novel Statesman
[5th book in the Bio of a Space Tyrant series]

Novel Steppe

Short Story Strappado

Novel Swell Foop
[25th book in the Xanth series]

Novel Sword of the Golem (with Richard Geis)


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Short Story Collection Tales From the Great Turtle
[Edited and with an introduction by Piers Anthony with Richard Gilliam) [Anthology]

Short Story Tappauhah

Omnibus Reprint Tarot
3-in-1 novel that reprints God of Tarot, Vision of Tarot, and Faith of Tarot.
[See also the Planet of Tarot series]

Novel Tatham Mound

Short Story Ten-Thousand Mile Check

Article Think of the Reader
[See also] Alien Plot

Novel Thousandstar
[4th book in the Cluster series]

Omnibus Reprint Three Complete Novels of Dragon's Gold
Reprints Dragon's Gold, Serpent's Silver, and Chimaera's Copper.
[See also] Dragon's Gold series

Omnibus Reprint Three Complete Xanth Novels
Reprints A Spell For Chameleon, The Source of Magic, and Castle Roogna.
[See also] Xanth series

Short Story Three Misses

Novel Through the Ice (with Robert Kornwise)

Short Story Toaster, The
[See also] Anthonology

Novel Tortoise Reform
[Unpublished Novel]

Novel Total Recall
[Novelization of the movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, which is based on Philip K. Dick's short story "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale"]

Vignette To The Death
[See also] Alien Plot

Vignette Transmogrification [written as Pier Xanthony]
[See also] Alien Plot

Novel Triple Détente
[Formerly titled "A Piece of Cake"]
[Derived from the novelette] The Alien Rulers


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Introduction Uncollected Stars [Edited and with an introduction by Piers Anthony]

Novel Unicorn Point
[6th book in the Apprentice Adept series]

Short Story University
[A Dr. Dillingham -- Prostho Plus story]

Novel Unstilled World, The

Novel Up in a Heaval
[26th book in the Xanth series]
[To Be Published October 2002]

Short Story Up Schist Crick
[See also] Anthonology


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Novel Vale of the Vole
[10th book in the Xanth series]

Novel Var the Stick
2nd book in the Battle Circle series
[See also] Battle Circle Omnibus reprint

Novel Vicinity Cluster
[Published as] Cluster in United States

Novel Virtual Mode
[1st book in the Mode series]

Novel Viscous Circle
[5th (and final) book in the Cluster series]

Novel Vision of Tarot
[2nd book in the Planet of Tarot series]
[See also] Tarot

Novel Volk

Short Story Vom Kobold zur Nymphe
Program Book, 1987; (first English publication) as Imp to Nymph
[See also] Alien Plot


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Short Story What is Time

Short Story Whole Truth, The
[Originally titled "Not That Good"]
[See also] Anthonology

Novel Wielding a Red Sword
[4th book in the Incarnations of Immortality series]

Novel Willing Spirit, The (with Alfred Tella)

Novel With a Tangled Skein
[3rd book in the Incarnations of Immortality series]

Short Story Within the Cloud
[See also] Anthonology

Short Story Wolf

Short Story Wood You?
[See also] Anthonology

Misc Worldly Goods


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Series Title Xanth [Series Title]
Short Story Xanthe's Heart

Novel Xone of Contention
[23th book in the Xanth series]


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Novel Yon Ill Wind
[20th book in the Xanth series]


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Novel Zombie Lover
[22nd book in the Xanth series]



Piers Anthony contributed heavily to magazines, both articles and letters. Most of his early contributions are now difficult to trace down. If you have anything to add to this list, or any corrections, please let me know! I will make sure you get full credit. Thanks!

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Quick Reference to Series Titles
[Apprentice Adept] [Aton] [Battlecircle] [Bio of a Space Tyrant] [Cluster] [ChroMagic]
[Dragon's Gold] [Geodyssey] [Incarnations of Immortality] [Jason Striker] [Mode]
[Of Man and Manta] [Planet of Tarot] [Xanth]


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