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vossnraven's review
3.0
The book itself is actually decent--it's clearly a first draft and shouldn't have been put out that way, but for a first draft it's pretty incredible, and definitely draws you in.
But that's not why most pople pick up this particular edition of 'But What of Earth?' I would imagine. It's the compendium of 'footnotes' at the end. However, those footnotes have succeeded in one thing--turning me off of Piers Anthony. The misogyny in those comments, combined with the pretnetious thought that he, being Piers Anthony, must know better than any editor, makes it quite nasty. Do I think those editors screwed him over? Of course they did; many of the things he references in those notes should be grounds for firing these editors. but not all. Every now and again, you see a nugget of egotism and rage aimed at anyone (especially a woman) who would dare try to mark up his prose.
As two stories, the boks serve their purpose--tey entertain. They have good plot. But it's that all-ecompassing ego in those notes that kept him from anything but a three. If you see it in a second-hand store or a library, give it a read, but don't spend any real money on it. Not wirth it.
But that's not why most pople pick up this particular edition of 'But What of Earth?' I would imagine. It's the compendium of 'footnotes' at the end. However, those footnotes have succeeded in one thing--turning me off of Piers Anthony. The misogyny in those comments, combined with the pretnetious thought that he, being Piers Anthony, must know better than any editor, makes it quite nasty. Do I think those editors screwed him over? Of course they did; many of the things he references in those notes should be grounds for firing these editors. but not all. Every now and again, you see a nugget of egotism and rage aimed at anyone (especially a woman) who would dare try to mark up his prose.
As two stories, the boks serve their purpose--tey entertain. They have good plot. But it's that all-ecompassing ego in those notes that kept him from anything but a three. If you see it in a second-hand store or a library, give it a read, but don't spend any real money on it. Not wirth it.
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