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Title | : | Castle Roogna (Xanth #3) |
Author | : | Piers Anthony |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 336 pages |
Published | : | June 23rd 1997 by Del Rey Books (first published January 1st 1979) |
Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Humor. Science Fiction Fantasy |
Piers Anthony
Paperback | Pages: 336 pages Rating: 3.88 | 23498 Users | 282 Reviews
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B&N Synopsis: Millie, a ghost for 800 years wants only one man--Jonathan, and he's a zombie. To prove himself, Magician Dor volunteers to get the potion that can restore Jonathan to full life. But he has to go back through time to do it, to a peril-haunted, ancient Xanth, where danger lurks at every turn.... OK, let me just say, I am terrified of spiders. And what lurks on the cover of this one? A GIANT spider! It's amazing that I read this one - but I did when I was a teen - and I am so glad I did! This was the first Xanth book I ever read, because I didn't realize at the time that this was a continuing series, or that this was the third book in the series. I found myself fascinated with Xanth, with the characters, and I fell in love with Dor! Then, as the book went on, and Dor was presented with his quest, and Jumper was magically brought into the past with him - everytime I start this book, I cannot put it down until I finish! If that is not a good endorsement to read this series, I don't know what is. Highly recommend it, and the fact that it is the third one did not detract from my enjoyment the first time, so it is not necessary to read the books in order. If you love magical fantasy - YOU NEED TO BE READING PIERS ANTHONY!Point Books During Castle Roogna (Xanth #3)
Original Title: | Castle Roogna |
ISBN: | 0345418514 (ISBN13: 9780345418517) |
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | Xanth #3 |
Characters: | Smash, Crombie, Chameleon, Humfrey, Brain Coral, Crunch, Dor, Gorgon, Grundy, Craven, Crool, Dragon King, Gerrymander, Harold, Horsejaw, Jack In The Box, Jumper, Roogna, Vadne, Mike, Iris (Piers Anthony), Jewel, Celeste, Murphy, Egor, Millie, Irene, Cedric, Helen (harpy), Bruce, Trent, Jonathan |
Literary Awards: | Locus Award Nominee for Best Fantasy Novel (1980) |
Rating Containing Books Castle Roogna (Xanth #3)
Ratings: 3.88 From 23498 Users | 282 ReviewsArticle Containing Books Castle Roogna (Xanth #3)
Excellent, clever, imaginative and touching. One of his best.Castle RoognaThe 3rd Xanth NovelThis is a third Xanth novel. Castle Roogna. This book is about a magical land named Xanth. Dor is trying to do something good for someone he knows because trent, the king of Xanth, told him to. Dor is about to be king. He needs to go back in time to find the Zombie Boss to bring millie the maids zombie boyfriend back to life. If you like magic, and restrictions, I advise looking at this book. It has lots of magic, and is very realistic to be a magical land. Its
Castle Roogna is about a boy named Dor(who is the child of Bink)and how he goes on a quest to see the Zombie Master so he can get a restorative potion to restore Millie the former ghost's love Johnathan. However the Zombie Master lived eight centuries ago. So now Dor must go back in time, to the fourth wave when the king was King Roogna. On his quest he encounters many thing that are not in his time such as a wool plant(a sheep which is a plant)which is extinct. My favorite part is when he
Having just finished a re-read of the third Xanth novel, I must admit that I was thoroughly entertained by it. It is the first of two novels featuring Dor, the son of Bink, the protagonist of the prior two stories. With his power - the ability to speak with the inanimate - Dor is destined to become the next ruler of Xanth. While his parents are in Mundania on the King's business, King Trent decides to test the twelve year old Dor by assigning to him a daring quest - to restore to life the zombie
Castle Roogna is third in the Xanth series, and actually a better book than its predecessor (The Source of Magic) but not up to the standard of the initial Xanth debut (A Spell for Chameleon).I really enjoyed the time travel aspect of this book, seeing how Xanth developed in earlier times. I liked the character of Jumper.Con: Once again, extremely sexist. But it's light entertainment, and I'm not reading this to obtain my sense of morality.Also: I saw the plot resolution with Millie the ghost
These books continue to be air headed fun. Three stars because they lack anything that resembles social importance, but Five Stars for fun. I love the fact that Anthony seems to share Heinlein's attitudes toward sex and nudity but with an underlying sense of moral responsibility.Bink, the hero of the first two books, was forever being tempted but turned away to remain true to his fiancé in book one. When that fiancé turned from him, Bink fell in love with and finally married the mysterious
One of my favorites in the series! I love how Dor tells Irene it's okay to be a women and that nothing is wrong it it. I Iove how many male characters recognize the neo sorcerous' power as fully Magician status while others won't. While this book does have some sexist characters it's not sexist, it's just funny. On to the 4th installment! Loving this silly trope on fantasy literature.
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