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Odd Exam is a novella from Piers Anthony about an unusual college entrance examination Entrance exam I read a lot of Piers Anthony in high school and college The Xanth series Bio of a Space Pirate the Incarnations of Immortality The books were clever and fun and when I stumbled across Odd Exam I wondered why I had stopped reading him The premise isn t really that uniue many authors play with some variation on the idea that regular people are put into a magical world I ve done it myself in an unpublished novella I wrote in college So I was especially interested in discovering what Anthony s take would be on this theme The ending was pretty obvious early on but it s the journey that gets you there and I found that mostly enjoyable What bothered me and I can t get past it was the stilted dialogue which totally surprised me I don t remember this being a problem in the other Piers Anthony books I ve read It is possible that this stilted dialogue was on purpose The two main characters are very smart but have a great deal of difficulty with social interaction I kept thinking that autistic people I know sometimes speak this way especially when dealing with difficult emotional situations If it was Anthony s intention to place his two heroes on the autistic spectrum I applaud him and apologize for the low rating But as it is the dialogue overwhelmed the parts of the story I liked and dampened my overall enjoyment
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R worlds and alien monsters For those who ualify board and tuition will be free; can this be serious This is definitely one of his weaker works The story is heavily padded with repetition It s too lame for adults but a bit too racy for teens I suspect that had it not been written by Piers Anthony it would never have been published
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Second pick from my recently acuired older scifi collection and what a dud Usually novellas are a nice noncommittal way to check out a new author but based on this lackluster introduction I don't think I'd ever want to read books by him Odd Exam is about two 18 year olds a nondescript boy named Ike and a girl most often described as luscious named Felony who get invited to try out for a secret academy named Pomegranate something Of course t
Let me save you the trouble of reading this garbage Boy meets girl on a virtual reality tour of a school Girl Felony immediately throws herse
I read a lot of Piers Anthony in high school and college—The Xanth series Bio of a Space Pirate the Incarnations of Immortality The books were clever and fun and when I stumbled across Odd Exam I wondered why I had stopped reading him The premise isn’t really that uniue—many authors play with some variation on the idea that regular people are put into a magical world I’ve done it myself in an unpublished novella I wrote
Premise was very interesting but it was executed poorly
One star is too many
Typical almost vintage Piers Too short to really go far and without any of the real engagement felt by some novels
Proof positivethat Piers Anthony writes good standalone novels tooAs always excellent character development a rich plot l
I found Xanth in highschool and fell in love I haven't really kept up with the books but I considered Piers Anthony an author I liked When this digital book popped up on a good sale I didn't hesitate Unfortunately I just couldn't get through it I've forced myself through many a bad book but apparently everyone
This is definitely one of his weaker works The story is heavily padded with repetition It's too lame for adults but a bit too racy for teens I suspect that had it not been written by Piers Anthony it would never have been published
Way cheesy forced and not that interesting