- Fantasy, Fiction, Fantasy fiction, Xanth (Imaginary place)
Grundy Golem got no respect. So, to prove himself, he volunteered for a quest to find the long-lost dragon, Stanley Steamer. On the way, he somehow manages to free a damsel in distress-- but not without incurring the wrath of the Sea Hag in the process. And when it comes to avenging herself on Grundy, the Sea Hag will never give up....From the Paperback edition.
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Classical in form, unpretentious, effortless and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- effortlessdemanding
- resolvedopen-ended
- warmbleak
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- Author
- Piers Anthony
- First published
- 1986
- Pages
- 327
- Publisher
- Demco Media, Ballantine, Random House Publishing Group
- Editions
- 12
- Language
- English, French
- ISBN
- 9782811204099
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“Grundy Golem stretched and bounced off his cushion.”
Piers Anthony was born in Oxford, England. When he was four years old, his family immigrated to the United States. He graduated from Goddard College in Vermont in 1956, the year he met and married his wife, Carol Marble. After working at odd jobs, he joined the U.S. Army in 1957 for steady income and medical insurance. In 1958, he became a U.S. citizen. He became an editor and cartoonist for the Battalion newspaper. He left the army in 1959 and briefly taught public school before becoming a full-time writer. Anthony currently lives with his wife on a tree farm which he owns in Florida.
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