A Spell For Chameleon

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Author(s):

Piers Anthony

First Pub:

1977

Genre(s):

Fantasy

First Read:

1980

Times Read:

2 times

Rating:

Chapters:

See 16

1 - Xanth

2 - Centaur

3 - Chasm

4 - Illusion

5 - Spring

6 - Magician

7 - Exile

8 - Trent

9 - Transformer

10 - Chase

11 - Wilderness

12 - Chameleon

13 - Rationale

14 - Wiggle

15 - Duel

16 - King

Internal ID:

Series:

The Source of Magic ->

Magic of Xanth*

#1 of 47

Magic of Xanth*

An ongoing series by Piers Anthony that takes place in a mystical realm that, geographically, looks a lot like Florida.

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1) A Spell For Chameleon
2) The Source of Magic
3) Castle Roogna
4) Centaur Aisle
5) Ogre, Ogre
6) Night Mare
7) Dragon on a Pedestal
8) Crewel Lye
9) Golem In the Gears
10) Vale of the Vole
11) Heaven Cent
12) Man from Mundania
13) Isle of View
14) Question Quest
15) The Color of Her Panties
16) Demons Don't Dream
17) Harpy Thyme
18) Geis of the Gargoyle
19) Roc and a Hard Place
20) Yon Ill Wind
21) Faun and Games
22) Zombie Lover
23) Xone of Contention
24) The Dastard
25) Swell Foop
26) Up in a Heaval
27) Cube Route
28) Currant Events
29) Pet Peeve
30) Stork Naked
31) Air Apparent
32) Two to the Fifth
33) Jumper Cable
34) Knot Gneiss
35) Well-Tempered Clavicle
36) Luck of the Draw
37) Esrever Doom
38) Board Stiff
39) Five Portraits
40) Isis Orb
41) Ghost Writer in the Sky
42) Fire Sail
43) Jest Right
44) Skeleton Key
45) A Tryst of Fate
46) Six Crystal Princesses
47) Apoca Lips

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Dedication:

No dedication.

First Sentence:

A small lizard perched on a brown stone.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

She would never get free.

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Added: 29-Dec-2002

Last Updated: 26-Feb-2023

Publications

12-Sep-1979

Ballantine Books

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

12-Sep-1979

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$2.25

Pages*:

344

Read:

2 times

Reading(s):

1) 1 Jan 1980 - 1 Jan 1980

Cover Link(s):

World Cat

amazon.com

Internal ID:

625

Publisher:

Ballantine Books

ISBN:

0-345-28766-5

ISBN-13:

978-0-345-28766-3

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Michael Whelan - Cover Artist

FOR LACK OF A SPELL...
XANTH!

That was the enchanted land where magic ruled - where every citizen had a special spell only he could cast. It was a land of centaurs and dragons and basilisks. For Bink of North Village, however, Xanth was no fairy tale. He alone had no magic. And unless ge got some - and got some fast! - he would be exiled. Forever!

But the Good Magician Humphrey was convinced that Bink did indeed have magic. In fact, both Beauregard the genie and the magic wall chart insisted that Bink had magic. Magic as powerful as any possessed by the King or by the Good Magician Humphrey - or even by the Evil Magician Trent.

Be that as it may, no one could fathom the nature of Bink's very special magic.

Bink was in despair. This was even worse than having no magic at all... and he would still be exiled!

FIRST TIME IN PRINT

A TALE FILLED WITH WONDROUS MAGICAL INVENTIVENESS AND HIGH ADVENTURE...

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Notes and Comments:

First Edition: September 1977
Seventh Printing: 1980
First Canadian Printing: October 1977
Third Canadian Printing: July 1979

I got the first three books of the Magic of Xanth (it was a trilogy then) when I first joined the Science Fiction Book Club when I was in Junior High. I remember reading them during two-a-days in 8th grade football.

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