Split Infinity
by Piers Anthony
science fiction and fantasy
copyright 1980
re-read in November 2013
rated 7 / 10: well worth reading
What's not to like ? A science fiction world where all the important people are beautiful and naked. Where the powerful people have unlimited power -- which they use to create ultimate pleasure palaces. And a fantasy world where the hero appears to have unlimited magical power.
Add in a loyal and attractive support cast. A hero with an ethical standard to match Biggles. Though Stile does have to analyse the options in order to make the right decisions... Biggles simply does the right thing every time, automatically...
Split Infinity is the first of a trilogy and -- if I remember correctly -- the best of the three. It is certainly better than the follow-up trilogy. Still, that's Anthony for you: start with a great idea, work it to death and target younger and younger audiences...
Read and enjoy Split Infinity. Read and enjoy the trilogy. Perhaps find another book before committing time to the second trilogy...
But this book is a lot of fun.
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05nov21: Still a lot of fun :-)
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Interesting. I have definitely read Blue Adept -- the second of this trilogy. Read it... but not reviewed it... must have forgotten! Anyway...
Blue Adept is about as good as Split Infinity: not great but good fun.
Though... in these more woke times... Anthony's "old-fashioned" attitudes to women begin to be a bit embarrassing.
"Begin"... I suspect that it gets worse in later books.
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