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Original Title:	The Source of Magic (Xanth, #2)
ISBN:	0345350588 (ISBN13: 9780345350589)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Xanth #2
Characters:	Siren, Cherie, Bink, Chester, Crombie, Beauregard, Chameleon, Humfrey, Manticora, Blue Steel, Brain Coral, Crunch, Dor, Gorgon, Grundy, Spell Doctor, Iris (Piers Anthony), Jewel, Millie, Trent, Roland, Bianca, Sleeping Beauty, Copper (Piers Anthony), Xanth, Jonathan, Chet

The Source of Magic (Xanth #2)

Piers Anthony

Paperback | Pages: 336 pages

Rating: 3.87 | 23095 Users | 396 Reviews

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Title	:	The Source of Magic (Xanth #2)
Author	:	Piers Anthony
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 336 pages
Published	:	July 12th 1987 by Del Rey (first published February 1979)
Categories	:	Fantasy. Fiction. Humor. Science Fiction Fantasy

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I tried, I really tried. The way that my sister was talking about this book, it sounded like so much fun, and there was so much potential. But... I just can't like this book.

First off, I think that it could have been so much shorter. It takes so much time, trying to sound more important than it really is, that it just sucks pages into bizarre explanations.

Secondly, I can only take so much of reading about nymph's pert little butts, their supple arms, and how female they are. And pretty much the whole look on women in this book is pretty insulting. Female characters are shallow, caring only about their looks and how others perceive them and are often put down as being the classic ball-and-chain and at times it seems that women are just meant to be evil beings that are only on Xanth to torture the men and exploit their barbaric weaknesses. Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but by the end, it was just too much. And why did females seem to only have talents that would help them look nicer or change their appearance? Really? Why couldn't they have something actually useful? Okay. I'll stop here.

Third, the puns. I liked them at first, the puns about the creatures and plants in Xanth, the shoe tree that provides fresh shoes and such. But eventually, it just got a bit silly. Like the jellyfish. A fish made of jelly... That was a bit... thin, in my opinion.

Overall, I just couldn't get into this book. Perhaps it is because it was written for a different generation, but it just didn't settle with me. The entire book eventually reached an insanity that just wasn't fun anymore, and that just made me want to leave the book right there.

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The sexist attitudes prevented me from at all enjoying the whimsy.

If you loved the first book you may like this one.I couldn't ignore the commentary on women because it never stops, ever. I don't know if Piers Anthony was bitter but that makes it not worth reading for me. Also, the continuous lusting descriptions of the centaurs ass. No one needs to read from the inner mind of a man who seems to think a horse's hind end is the most beautiful thing he sees.



I loved these books as a young adult and I'm considering introducing them to my son who is 11. I read the first 7 or 8 but soon got tired of Anthony shoehorning bad puns into everything. Or maybe I just grew up a bit. Good light fantasy.

The first three novels of Xanth are classic fantasy novels. In A Spell for Chameleon, we are introduced to a world where everyone has a magic Talent. Some can point unerringly at trouble, others can change their appearance. In order to become a citizen of Xanth, a person must display the talent or they are exiled to Mundania (where we live). In Spell, Bink is revealed to have a talent, but the talent itself is reluctant to be revealed as Binks talent, tries to thwart evidence of its existence

A lot of hurdle in this book . Some interesting and not so. I like the unexpected twist ending.

The second of the Xanth novels, and the second book to focus on Bink. In this book he discovers the source of magic in Xanth, and learns more about the land he calls home. I love the adventure in the early novels, they aren't the standard boy meets girl formula (although boys do still meet girls, it just isn't the central quest) A fun read, I can't remember even say how many times I've read this one but I always enjoy it. On to the third!