From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihps3!ihuxe!aark
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Title: In Defense of Xanth
Article-I.D.: ihuxe.137
Posted: Fri Nov  5 15:15:11 1982
Received: Sat Nov  6 04:24:20 1982


	Rich (whoever he is) says: "Xanth reaks.  too juvenile."

Come, now.  It seems to me you have "juvenile" confused with
"humorous and containing a lot of puns."  The Xanth novels are
delightful for this very reason.  I doubt that a "juvenile" person
would "get" much of the humor; although some of the puns are obvious,
a lot of them are quite subtle.  I like this brand of humor because
to get the most enjoyment from it, I have to use my brain.  If any
of you out there enjoy humor or puns, I strongly recommend Piers
Anthony's Xanth books.

(By the way, I assume you meant "reeks," not "reaks."  Either way
I still disagree.)

I'm gratified, at least, to see some more Piers Anthony fans coming
out of the woodwork.

Alan R. Kaminsky
Bell Laboratories, Naperville, IL
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