Comments on: Running away to Piers Anthony's house

By: Logan Hill

Logan Hill — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 22:59:00 +0000

thanks so much for the shout-out. i’ve been a boingboing reader for forever–and was really hoping you might notice. thanks, logan hill @loganhill33:twitter

By: robdobbs

robdobbs — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 21:10:00 +0000

I’ll see your reality and substitute in my own.

By: robdobbs

robdobbs — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 21:08:00 +0000

So Piers Anthony’s not dead?

I had a bad feeling when first saw this story. I’m glad i was wrong. Two of my favourite childhood authors in one day would be too much.

By: t3kna2007

t3kna2007 — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:52:00 +0000

He was reading something into it.

(Really loved this TAL episode. Piers Anthony showed himself to be an incredibly decent human being.)

By: jandrese

jandrese — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:05:00 +0000

It’s hard to imagine him as anything other than a dirty old man given how some of his books read like a PG-13 version of an Anne Rice novel (but with puns instead of vampires).

By: stuck411

stuck411 — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:12:00 +0000

Loved the Xanth novels but loved the Blue Adept series better, because they actually had an end. Besides, what prepubescent boy didn’t like the way he described a half naked, female robot. (Though the scantily clad nymphs in Xanth were great too. Now I’m torn. . .)

By: Mitchell Glaser

Mitchell Glaser — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:41:00 +0000

Incredible story! As moving and wonderful as the whole thing is, my favorite part is when the one nerd’s story, which is pretty good and he is rightly proud of, is utterly trumped by the second nerd’s story, which the first guy knows because it is a legendary part of the cannon. What a strange and fabulous convergence!

By: Jonathan Donald

Jonathan Donald — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:33:00 +0000

ah, I think it says ‘books’

By: Geoduck

Geoduck — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:31:00 +0000

Pretty sure that reads “books”, not “boobs”. That said, it’s my understanding that Mr. Anthony openly and proudly considers himself to be a Dirty Old Man.

By: cdh1971

cdh1971 — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:59:00 +0000

I enjoyed Piers Anthony in Jr. high and HS, albeit not in my top 10.

However, I didn’t know he had the sort of sense of humor that would move him to wear a tee-shirt printed with ‘So many boobs, so little time’.

By: mcarlson

mcarlson — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:54:00 +0000

My thoughts exactly. It made me think I need to go back and reread the Xanth novels.

By: stuck411

stuck411 — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:34:00 +0000

Loved that podcast because I was a big fan of Piers Anthony through a Jr. High friend of mine. The interview with the author at the end of the story was the greatest.