Piers Anthony
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| Title | : | Split Infinity (Apprentice Adept #1) |
| Author | : | Piers Anthony |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 368 pages |
| Published | : | October 12th 1987 by Del Rey (first published 1980) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Science Fiction. Fiction. Science Fiction Fantasy |
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On the technological, decadent world of Proton, someone was trying to destroy Stile, serf and master Gamesman. His only escape lay in Phaze, a world totally ruled by magic. Soon he learned that his alternate self had already been murdered, and that he was next. On Proton, his fate depended on winning the great Games. On Phaze, he must master magic to survive. And if he used any magic at all, his friends were determined to kill him at once!Mention Books Supposing Split Infinity (Apprentice Adept #1)
| Original Title: | Split Infinity (Apprentice Adept, #1) |
| ISBN: | 0345354915 (ISBN13: 9780345354914) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Apprentice Adept #1 |
| Characters: | Stile |
| Literary Awards: | Locus Award Nominee for Best Fantasy Novel (1981) |
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If you think youre conscious, you must be conscious. Thats what consciousness is all about. The feedback is self-awareness.Great story telling and contrasting fantasy and science fiction environments, but Anthony doesnt get a bye for his antediluvian portrayal of gender relations. Even though it was written in the 80s, its borderline offensive. His protagonists supposed moral uprightness is severely undercut by his treatment of females. Costuming sex as freely given doesnt excuse his attitude.This was another novel concept by Anthony. The first book or two were great, but he took the series further than I wanted. This one is definitely re-readable, the 2d & 3d are OK, but after that I couldn't get into them any more. The world is in the far future, but one man finds he can slip from his ultra modern world into a nearby fantasy world since the death of his counterpart in the other dimension. He winds up dealing with all the problems two people have all by himself. Funny, fast
DNF'd at 15%Okay guys. I'm gonna be real with you. It takes a LOT for me to DNF a book after 10%. Usually after 10%, I'll just ignore my problems and carry through and give it a 1 star at the end. But I had a LOT of issues with this book, and they started around 10% - I gave it 5 more % to shape up. It got worse.1. The world - This is a extremely cool concept that Anthony has posed in SPLIT INFINITY, but the truth is - he spends way too much time setting up the "romance" and not enough time
I Read it because of the Cover29 February 2012 I understand the saying 'don't judge a book by its cover' but the only reason I decided to read this book was because of its cover. I suspect that the saying means that because if we don't like the cover then we shouldn't necessarily throw the book away, however I do not think it really applies when we like the cover and then want to read the book. Still, just because a book has a cool cover does not necessarily mean that it will be a cool book.
Sometimes childhood favorites are better off staying fond memories. Still love the the worldbuilding, really hate the misogyny.
This book reminded me of a geeky prepubescent male's fantasy dream. The plot takes place in two worlds: a world of fantasy, and a world of science fiction. I normally read books from both genres, so I thought I would really enjoy it. The idea was novel, but it did not flow well. The main character jumps jarringly between the two worlds throughout the novel. In the science fiction world of Proton, no one is allowed to wear clothing unless they are in the rich upper class. The nakedness of the
You know that feeling when you remember that you read a thing, and remember it fondly, but then you get that slow, creeping sensation that it isn't actually as good as you remember? That is is, in fact, way worse than you remember?That's how I feel about this book.When I was in my early teens, I really enjoyed reading this. In fact, I really liked quite a few of Anthony's books (Ogre Ogre, A Spell for Chameleon, this means you). I'm now painfully aware of how outrageously sexist they are.Yikes.
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