OX - Book Details

Book Details

OX

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Author(s):

Piers Anthony

First Pub:

1976

Genre(s):

Science Fiction

First Read:

1979

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Chapters:

See 20

1 - Trio

2 - 0X

3 - Tamme

4 - Sentience

5 - City

6 - Frames

7 - Forest

8 - Enclave

9 - Life

10 - Phase

11 - Hexaflexagon

12 - Cub

13 - Dreams

14 - Forms

15 - Alternity

16 - Requisition

17 - Catal Huyuk

18 - Report

19 - Orn

20 - Unit

Internal ID:

117

Series:

Orn

Of Man and Manta*

#3 of 3

Of Man and Manta*

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1) Omnivore
2) Orn
3) OX

Copyright:

Dedication:

No dedication.

First Sentence:

It had a shiny black finish, solid caterpillar treads, a whirling blade - and it was fast.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

"I am Mach."

Comments:

Comments may contain spoilers

The title of the book is Zero and the Roman numeral for ten (0X) not OX like the animal. It is represented in the title here as oh ex (OX) since that's the way most people would search for it.

Extract not on file

Added: 29-Dec-2002

Last Updated: 25-Feb-2023

01-Aug-1976

Avon Books

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Aug-1976

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$1.75

Pages*:

253

Catalog ID:

41392

Read:

Once

Reading(s):

1) 1 Jan 1979 - 1 Jan 1979

Cover Link(s):

Internet Speculative Fiction Database

amazon.com

Internal ID:

648

Publisher:

Avon Books

ISBN:

0-380-41392-2

ISBN-13:

978-0-380-41392-8

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Ron Walotsky - Cover Artist

PRISONERS OF A TIME-SPACE VORTEX

Cal, Veg, and Aquilon - two men and one woman - roamed the alternate dimensions of time and space. With them were the mantas, strange flying aliens - half-animal, half fungus - who could boast the keenest senses of any creature in the universe. And with them too was the mysterious, impassive superwoman, Tamme.

They were imprisoned on a hostile world dominated by savage robots. It was crucial to their very survival that eash find a way back to their familiar dimension of Earth.

Suddenly they encounter OX - an amorphous, telepathic being of brilliant luminosity - who held the key to every alternate continuum in the universe, including their only chance to escape!

SELECTED BY THE SCIENCE FICTION BOOK CLUB

OX

IS THE CONCLUDING VOLUME OF
THE EXTRAORDINARY TRILOGY INCLUDING

ORN AND OMNIVORE

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

First Avon Printing, August, 1976
Second Printing

Other book covers for this series run

01-Aug-1976
Avon Books
Mass Market Paperback

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Author(s)

Piers Anthony
Birth: 06 Aug 1934 Oxford, England

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I try to maintain page numbers for audiobooks even though obviously there aren't any. I do this to keep track of pages read and I try to use the Kindle version page numbers for this.
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