Piers Anthony

thumb|right|I retaliated by visiting on them all manner of mischief, but I concluded, after some centuries of chronic relapsing on their part, that rage and punishment was not the best way to hold a clientele. It is only the most primitive of mortals who is swayed by that sort of thing. Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob (born 6 August 1934, in Oxford) is an English America fantasy and science-fiction author. Quotes thumb|I turned my home state of Florida into the Land of Xanth. I found that I simply couldn't take fantasy seriously, so it became humourous, and continued from there. I turned my home state of Florida into the Land of Xanth. As quoted in 100 Most Popular Genre Fiction Authors (2005) by Bernard Alger Drew, p. 11 For Love of Evil (1988) I retaliated by visiting on them all manner of mischief, but I concluded, after some centuries of chronic relapsing on their part, that rage and punishment was not the best way to hold a clientele. It is only the most primitive of mortals who is swayed by that sort of thing. JHVH speaking to Satan, about humans, after their worship of the Golden Calf Ghost (1986) I realized suddenly that I was in an impossible situation, and there was really no way out. No acceptable way. I could not go on — so I stopped. Alice, on her suicide External links Official web site Complete bibliography Category:Fantasy authors Category:Science fiction authors from the United States Category:Science fiction authors from the United Kingdom Category:1934 births Category:Living people Category:Agnostics from the United States Category:Soldiers Category:Novelists from the United States Category:Short story writers from the United States Category:Novelists from England Category:Short story writers from England Category:Immigrants to the United States Category:People from Oxford