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My flight read tonight - Piers Anthony Steppe (infosec.pub)
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Picked up my first Piers Anthony book today when browsing around the Queen Victoria Markets in Melbourne. Looking forward to getting stuck in to this while on my flight home tonight

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[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So, like, does he ever improve as a person and stop writing stuff like that, or are his most recent books just as bad? Asking for a friend who used to read him as a kid

[–] sixtoe@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

i don't know. i didn't consider having another read. im not gonna ever think a sick fuck like him is gonna improve. i don't even know or care if he's alive.

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I really wish there was a series like xanth with the puns and zany world-building, but none of the gross stuff :/

[–] sixtoe@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

ngl, read Terry Pratchett. problem solved. seriously. much better even.

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I like his books too, but they are less zany somehow