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Apprentice Adept #1
Split Infinity
On the technological, decadent world of Proton, someone was trying to destroy Stile, serf and master Gamesman. His only escape lay in Phaze, a world totally ruled by magic. Soon he learned that his alternate self had already been murdered, and that he was next. On Proton, his fate depended on winning the great Games. On Phaze, he must master magic to survive. And if he used any magic at all, his friends were determined to kill him at once!
368 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1980
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Piers Anthony
416books4,165followersThough he spent the first four years of his life in England, Piers never returned to live in his country of birth after moving to Spain and immigrated to America at age six. After graduating with a B.A. from Goddard College, he married one of his fellow students and and spent fifteen years in an assortment of professions before he began writing fiction full-time.
Piers is a self-proclaimed environmentalist and lives on a tree farm in Florida with his wife. They have two grown daughters.
Piers is a self-proclaimed environmentalist and lives on a tree farm in Florida with his wife. They have two grown daughters.
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October 25, 2014
I was thinking about this book the other day and wondering, "Is this the most sexist thing I've ever read?" The answer: quite probably. When was in my early teens I discovered Piers Anthony, because, let's face it: he WAS the fantasy section at Waldenbooks for the entire 1980's. I really loved the first few Incarnations of Immortality and the Xanth books, though they were definitely a bit naughty. Those books were also full of buxom women and people hopping into bed with total strangers, but they made it seem . . . well, not in innocent fun, but there was a certain schoolboy fantasy element that made me roll my eyes, but keep reading because of the cleverness of the books.
And then I read this one.
I mean . . . honestly.
The premise is that there's a world of advanced science, Photon, wherein dwells our hero, Stile. Stile is a serf, but even serfs are allowed to compete in the games, which are sort of like American Gladiator competitions, and Stile is the best. Oh, and the serfs aren't allowed to wear clothes. So, yeah. Everyone except the elite is naked all the time. They're just walking around, with their junk hanging out. Which at first made me giggle, and then made me annoyed. There's absolutely no purpose for it. It's strictly a plot device to allow Anthony to describe the breasts of every woman in every scene. Oh, and to allow Stile to get turned on by women in clothes, because it's so weird and erotic to him. Also, he works with horses. Yep. Naked dude, taking care of horses. No shoes, no pants, no . . . just no. Anyway, Stile the Naked discovers that there's a parallel world to his called Phaze, where there is no science, only magic, and his counterpart there has been murdered. They want to murder him, too, because he could potentially cross over and take the other guy's place, and the other guy is a wizard. So Stile goes off to be a wizard and then things get stupid.
What? You thought it was already stupid that there's an entire planet that contains advanced scientific gizmos but only the wealthy are allowed to have pants? Please! That's the first chapter or so!
No, the stupid thing is the plot of this book.
So, Stile is a serf on Photon, but on Phaze he's a wizard, and not just any wizard: he's an adept. They're like, the BEST wizards. Also, they're identified by color. but no one can tell Stile which color he's supposed to replace. Because apparently having one of like, seven, super wizards murdered isn't newsworthy enough for someone to notice which one it is. So the bulk of the book is him traveling to the demesne of each adept, to see if anyone's at home or if it's empty, which means it's his.
That's it. Really.
That's what he does. Each demesne (and by the way, if you, like me, find that word super irritating, brace yourself, because it's on every friggin' page) is really kooky and reflects that adept's personal magic style, so it gives Anthony the chance to create really elaborate castles with really bizarre booby traps around them. But booby traps don't bother our hero! He's the champion of the naked games! This guy can literally do anything. Also, hot women, androids, and shapeshifters fall at his feet and let him grope their globular boobies. All. The. Time. But sadly, he's short. He thinks constantly about his shortness, and how he has to be better than everyone else at everything else, because they mock him for being short. He's the only short guy in either world, apparently.
Anyway, he travels around, and he meets a unicorn and there's an endless rumination on horse poop. I'm not joking. Horse poop. It's like Stile's thing, horse poop. And he tames the wild unicorn, and then she turns into a hot woman, and he tames her too, if you know what I mean. *rolls eyes* And they travel together. And he goes to all the magical color castles, and I swear to you, it's the LAST ONE that turns out to be his, by some incredible coincidence.
And then it ends.
And if you want to know what else Stile the No Longer Naked gets up to, you have to read the rest of the series. But honestly, even as a teenager, I was not up for more nakedness. It's a sad day when a book full of naked people can't hold a teenager's interest. Also, when even a teen girl who can't say the word sexism aloud (because it starts with s-e-x!) realizes that a book is incredibly sexist, you've got a problem. The women in this book are unable to even dress or feed themselves without Stile. And they're all shorter than he is. And . . . I just . . . ugh.
And then I read this one.
I mean . . . honestly.
The premise is that there's a world of advanced science, Photon, wherein dwells our hero, Stile. Stile is a serf, but even serfs are allowed to compete in the games, which are sort of like American Gladiator competitions, and Stile is the best. Oh, and the serfs aren't allowed to wear clothes. So, yeah. Everyone except the elite is naked all the time. They're just walking around, with their junk hanging out. Which at first made me giggle, and then made me annoyed. There's absolutely no purpose for it. It's strictly a plot device to allow Anthony to describe the breasts of every woman in every scene. Oh, and to allow Stile to get turned on by women in clothes, because it's so weird and erotic to him. Also, he works with horses. Yep. Naked dude, taking care of horses. No shoes, no pants, no . . . just no. Anyway, Stile the Naked discovers that there's a parallel world to his called Phaze, where there is no science, only magic, and his counterpart there has been murdered. They want to murder him, too, because he could potentially cross over and take the other guy's place, and the other guy is a wizard. So Stile goes off to be a wizard and then things get stupid.
What? You thought it was already stupid that there's an entire planet that contains advanced scientific gizmos but only the wealthy are allowed to have pants? Please! That's the first chapter or so!
No, the stupid thing is the plot of this book.
So, Stile is a serf on Photon, but on Phaze he's a wizard, and not just any wizard: he's an adept. They're like, the BEST wizards. Also, they're identified by color. but no one can tell Stile which color he's supposed to replace. Because apparently having one of like, seven, super wizards murdered isn't newsworthy enough for someone to notice which one it is. So the bulk of the book is him traveling to the demesne of each adept, to see if anyone's at home or if it's empty, which means it's his.
That's it. Really.
That's what he does. Each demesne (and by the way, if you, like me, find that word super irritating, brace yourself, because it's on every friggin' page) is really kooky and reflects that adept's personal magic style, so it gives Anthony the chance to create really elaborate castles with really bizarre booby traps around them. But booby traps don't bother our hero! He's the champion of the naked games! This guy can literally do anything. Also, hot women, androids, and shapeshifters fall at his feet and let him grope their globular boobies. All. The. Time. But sadly, he's short. He thinks constantly about his shortness, and how he has to be better than everyone else at everything else, because they mock him for being short. He's the only short guy in either world, apparently.
Anyway, he travels around, and he meets a unicorn and there's an endless rumination on horse poop. I'm not joking. Horse poop. It's like Stile's thing, horse poop. And he tames the wild unicorn, and then she turns into a hot woman, and he tames her too, if you know what I mean. *rolls eyes* And they travel together. And he goes to all the magical color castles, and I swear to you, it's the LAST ONE that turns out to be his, by some incredible coincidence.
And then it ends.
And if you want to know what else Stile the No Longer Naked gets up to, you have to read the rest of the series. But honestly, even as a teenager, I was not up for more nakedness. It's a sad day when a book full of naked people can't hold a teenager's interest. Also, when even a teen girl who can't say the word sexism aloud (because it starts with s-e-x!) realizes that a book is incredibly sexist, you've got a problem. The women in this book are unable to even dress or feed themselves without Stile. And they're all shorter than he is. And . . . I just . . . ugh.
October 16, 2014
This book reminded me of a geeky prepubescent male's fantasy dream. The plot takes place in two worlds: a world of fantasy, and a world of science fiction. I normally read books from both genres, so I thought I would really enjoy it. The idea was novel, but it did not flow well. The main character jumps jarringly between the two worlds throughout the novel. In the science fiction world of Proton, no one is allowed to wear clothing unless they are in the rich upper class. The nakedness of the characters added nothing to the story it just seemed weird. The characters all seemed one dimensional.
For example, the hero's girlfriend, Sheen, is an android woman whose proportions were apparently designed exactly to the taste of the hero. She was programmed with two directives: to "protect" the hero and to "love" the hero. "I was made to please you, to want to please you." She reminded me of a deluxe blow up doll, Stepford wife, and robotic guard dog rolled into one character.
When he jumps to the magical world of Phaze, he meets his next female companion. She is a black unicorn who can shape shift by night into a naked beautiful woman. Of course our hero has to "tame" her first so he can "ride" her. He rides her all over Phaze during the day in her unicorn form and all night in her female form. Of course, she "doesn't like to talk much." and throughout the book males speak for her. When the hero is with her his conversations are unnatural and contrived. He just monologues every thought in his head.
I gave it two stars instead of one because there are some creative ideas and a few passages I enjoyed reading. For example, I liked when the hero first attempted to ride the unicorn. He had some vivid descriptions and it was a very creative part of the book. She seemed intelligent and they had a nice pas de deux going between them. It was a grueling battle in which I found myself rooting for the unicorn to throw the hero onto his derrière. The whole passage, however, was ruined for me, when I read later on in the book that she had the ability to shape shift into a firefly and instead let him tame her. I decided she was an idiot at that point and I lost all respect for her. She was transportation, a mute sex partner, and a fencing partner all rolled into one: a teenage guy's wet dream.
I couldn't stand the main male character any more than the female characters. His small man syndrome got old pretty fast. The author had to remind us on nearly every page that the hero is short. Of course the hero is good at pretty much EVERYTHING, from being an expert on horse manure to sword fighting. His extensive abilities got to be ridiculous. He is basically a superman, yet we have to read every other page about how he suffers for being short and how people look down on him and belittle him.
I was able to get to the end of this book, but will not be reading the rest of the series.
For example, the hero's girlfriend, Sheen, is an android woman whose proportions were apparently designed exactly to the taste of the hero. She was programmed with two directives: to "protect" the hero and to "love" the hero. "I was made to please you, to want to please you." She reminded me of a deluxe blow up doll, Stepford wife, and robotic guard dog rolled into one character.
When he jumps to the magical world of Phaze, he meets his next female companion. She is a black unicorn who can shape shift by night into a naked beautiful woman. Of course our hero has to "tame" her first so he can "ride" her. He rides her all over Phaze during the day in her unicorn form and all night in her female form. Of course, she "doesn't like to talk much." and throughout the book males speak for her. When the hero is with her his conversations are unnatural and contrived. He just monologues every thought in his head.
I gave it two stars instead of one because there are some creative ideas and a few passages I enjoyed reading. For example, I liked when the hero first attempted to ride the unicorn. He had some vivid descriptions and it was a very creative part of the book. She seemed intelligent and they had a nice pas de deux going between them. It was a grueling battle in which I found myself rooting for the unicorn to throw the hero onto his derrière. The whole passage, however, was ruined for me, when I read later on in the book that she had the ability to shape shift into a firefly and instead let him tame her. I decided she was an idiot at that point and I lost all respect for her. She was transportation, a mute sex partner, and a fencing partner all rolled into one: a teenage guy's wet dream.
I couldn't stand the main male character any more than the female characters. His small man syndrome got old pretty fast. The author had to remind us on nearly every page that the hero is short. Of course the hero is good at pretty much EVERYTHING, from being an expert on horse manure to sword fighting. His extensive abilities got to be ridiculous. He is basically a superman, yet we have to read every other page about how he suffers for being short and how people look down on him and belittle him.
I was able to get to the end of this book, but will not be reading the rest of the series.
May 28, 2012
This is one of those books that I have read a hundred times (quite possibly literally) and cannot be objective about. I first read it when I was maybe 8. And man oh man did I love it. Horses! Unicorns! Magic! Underdogs winning!
It... doesn't hold up. There are some key worldbuilding elements that don't really work that I never would have noticed as a kid - so it's basically a slave society, where the slaves are all totally naked and powerless except they can leave the planet at any time. And yet it seems totally functional, has zero crime, zero serf-on-serf rape (although it is explicitly stated that serfs can be used as sex toys by Citizens) and apparently is such an awesome place to be that no one in their right mind would leave voluntarily. (They... get fed? And have shelter? And get to play games in their free time?)
Also, Anthony has some really... archaic attitudes about women, and they leak through. Every single woman that Stile encounters, encountered in the past, or might encounter in the future finds him inexplicably irresistible, whether or not they are his type, species, or whatever. He is therefore chivalrously obliged to take eternal possession of most of them, to the point where there is an actual conversation where a guy asks him if he could have Stile's girlfriend (because he's an honorable man and therefore would never actually approach the woman first.) And he graciously allows one of his adoring lackeys to be his steed forever. (I meant it about the species.)
So... not a book, or a series, I could in good conscience recommend. I'm not even sure I'll make it through a reread, as much fun as the various game depictions are. (Although... ugh, the Red Adept. Next book!)
It... doesn't hold up. There are some key worldbuilding elements that don't really work that I never would have noticed as a kid - so it's basically a slave society, where the slaves are all totally naked and powerless except they can leave the planet at any time. And yet it seems totally functional, has zero crime, zero serf-on-serf rape (although it is explicitly stated that serfs can be used as sex toys by Citizens) and apparently is such an awesome place to be that no one in their right mind would leave voluntarily. (They... get fed? And have shelter? And get to play games in their free time?)
Also, Anthony has some really... archaic attitudes about women, and they leak through. Every single woman that Stile encounters, encountered in the past, or might encounter in the future finds him inexplicably irresistible, whether or not they are his type, species, or whatever. He is therefore chivalrously obliged to take eternal possession of most of them, to the point where there is an actual conversation where a guy asks him if he could have Stile's girlfriend (because he's an honorable man and therefore would never actually approach the woman first.) And he graciously allows one of his adoring lackeys to be his steed forever. (I meant it about the species.)
So... not a book, or a series, I could in good conscience recommend. I'm not even sure I'll make it through a reread, as much fun as the various game depictions are. (Although... ugh, the Red Adept. Next book!)
January 10, 2015
This was my second time reading this book, but it had been probably 5+ years since my original time through. I really love the author, especially his Xanth series which I had started just prior to tackling the Apprentice Adept one. I only got through the first 3 books before I stopped, and which my 2015 Resolution to "Finish What I Started" I want to finally tackle the series.
Piers Anthony is refreshing, hilarious, extremely creative, and I love how well developed he writes his characters. The world of Proton and Phaze are easily imagined given through his writing. And of course, it is easy to get carried along in a story that can be categorized as both science fiction and fantasy. I found it a simple read, but at the same time complex given the detail he used to set each seen, and his colorful dialogue and vocabulary throughout. Who uses the word 'fettle' these days? I don't know, but I think we really should start. It's quite charming, and I feel a certain sense of freedom and inspiration diving back into his various worlds. Now to go find a 'curtain' of my own...
Piers Anthony is refreshing, hilarious, extremely creative, and I love how well developed he writes his characters. The world of Proton and Phaze are easily imagined given through his writing. And of course, it is easy to get carried along in a story that can be categorized as both science fiction and fantasy. I found it a simple read, but at the same time complex given the detail he used to set each seen, and his colorful dialogue and vocabulary throughout. Who uses the word 'fettle' these days? I don't know, but I think we really should start. It's quite charming, and I feel a certain sense of freedom and inspiration diving back into his various worlds. Now to go find a 'curtain' of my own...
January 15, 2019
I bought this trilogy while I was at University (a fabulous second hand bookshop where you could return other books to count towards new purchases) and I remembered enjoying them at the time. In the intervening years the trilogy has grown somewhat � Piers Anthony has a tendency to keep extending series beyond his original intent.
A great idea, well constructed. Both a science-fiction universe and a fantasy universe in the same book. They overlap and some people can even move between the two worlds. The trilogy follows the main character of Stile as he discovers the fantasy world and his attempts to manage responsibilities in both worlds.
Not particularly challenging or complex in style, but the ideas are all intriguing and well presented, and the pace remains high and the story is fun and engaging.
A great idea, well constructed. Both a science-fiction universe and a fantasy universe in the same book. They overlap and some people can even move between the two worlds. The trilogy follows the main character of Stile as he discovers the fantasy world and his attempts to manage responsibilities in both worlds.
Not particularly challenging or complex in style, but the ideas are all intriguing and well presented, and the pace remains high and the story is fun and engaging.
March 30, 2016
Oh dear this is a hard book to rate. I LOVED it as a teenager - it has a really cool game, two neat alternate worlds (and both are interesting), unicorns, and magic! What I didn't notice at that time was that it had boobies! Lots and lots of bouncing boobies! Anyway- pretty immature relationships, and kind of um...racial (?) in that the main character, . So...if I'd read it first as an adult, it'd probably be 2 stars, but I have to do that extra star for the teenage enjoyment.
March 24, 2017
When I was 13, I read a lot of Piers Anthony, and when I say “a lot,� I mean a lot. The guy was pretty much all I read, from the Xanth series to the Incarnations of Immortality series, and even the Battle Circle and Bio of a Space Tyrant series, but my favorite of his books from that time would have to be the Apprentice Adept series. I read them again in my late 20s and thought they held up pretty well, so when I got on a bit of a nostalgia kick recently, I thought I’d give these another go, just to see if they were still pretty good. And the verdict is � well, mixed.
When I was 13, I realized that most of Piers� books had a lot of sex in them (that may have been a reason I liked them as much as I did); what I didn’t realize was how much sexism they contained. As I was re-reading this series, I started finding some questionable quotes from them, of which these are some choice selections:
“She evinced the confidence normally associated with a larger person, though of course height was less important to a woman.�
“Stile could not pick among women; he had to have one shorter than he. Not because he demanded it but because society did; if he appeared among serfs with a girl who outmassed him, others would laugh, and that would destroy the relationship.�
“‘You have a Tourney to win,� she reminded him, aptly changing the subject in the manner of her sex.�
“She smiled brilliantly and bobbed her cleavage about, enjoying her youthful form as only an old hag could.�
“…no one feared age like a middle-aged woman!�
“Yet she was a consummate actress, as so many women seemed to be.�
And perhaps the most egregious, from when he and one of his many paramours are running from the threat of death, hiding inside a hollow wall, and he attempts to get frisky with her as she speaks encouragement, but ultimately denies him:
“To speak readiness while withdrawing � that was often woman’s way.�
I mean, this stuff bypasses plain old sexism and start to take a walk in the land of misogyny. It’s really insulting.
It would be one thing to have these passages written from the perspective of the characters, to indicate their own motivations and feelings. There was another quote I thought to include � “What is a bitch, compared to oath-friendship?� � but in the context of the speaker and the culture (a werewolf, with a pack mentality similar to standard wolves), it fit the moment. But the other quotes were buried in the narrative, indicating that they represented more a philosophy of the author himself. It makes me realize that, much like with Dave Sim and Cerebus, it’s impossible to separate the author’s work from his own questionable philosophies. In the end, Anthony’s portrayal of women wasn’t just offensive, but it was also condescending and arrogant, as if this was just the way it was supposed to be.
The generalizations are insulting, as is the way Anthony writes the women characters to be servile to the men, more so because Anthony writes the women characters to be strong and speak their minds. That would suggest that the characters are independent, but it’s hard to call them such, since ultimately they’re all pawns to the male character. The only independent female character out of the trilogy appears in the second book, and you can see her over there on the cover of Blue Adept. She’s strong-willed, fierce, and independent � but she’s also a man-hater who gets written out of the story by the end of the book. It’s almost like the only way a woman couldn’t be somehow used to Stile’s needs is if she couldn’t stand men at all, and it was even more insulting and demeaning. The theme mirrors the same theme from Sos the Rope, and I imagine that I’ll find that same sort of thing in the last two volumes of that series.
The weird thing about the series is that I knew from the first couple of chapters of Split Infinity that the story was going to keep going down that road, where Anthony developed his male characters and used the women as objects for them to use in one way or another (if they weren’t sleeping with Stile, they wanted to, and found other ways to be servile to him), but I still felt pretty compelled to read through the stories. Part of it was morbid curiosity, just to see how bad it would get, and to see if my memory of the stories had somehow betrayed me, but I can’t deny that the stories were interesting and compelling by themselves, either. Shoot, I re-read them all in the span of about a week, so regardless of his feelings about women, Anthony clearly knows how to tell a good story.
Something else that bugged me about the trilogy was the overbearing sense of arrogance, conceit, and condescension of the narrative. Stile, the main character, is basically an example of male perfection (enough so that I started to wonder if Stile is just a Mary Sue character), and while there’s some justification for this � he’s supposed to be a top player in the Game, which requires skill in several areas of sport and art � the way he speaks to other characters is irritating. Lots of “of course”s, “obviously”s, “always”s and “clearly”s are used in the way he communicates, none of them ironically, and after a while it becomes pretty grating. He’s self-confident (of course) and self-assured (obviously), and the few times that he’s not the best at what he does, he’s at least second-best (clearly), so it’s somewhat understandable, but he lacks empathy toward anyone else who doesn’t meet his own standards (always).
So, I re-read the series, and plan to finish off the Battle Circle series (I already picked up the rest of the books in the series), but I think after these, I’ll be done with Piers Anthony for good. I have some fond memories of the Incarnations of Immortality series, too, but I also remember all the women characters being patsies of men, even when they were the protagonists. And the less spoken of the Xanth series, I think, the better. Even when I was 13, I felt like those were a lot more juvenile than the stuff my friends were reading.
When I was 13, I realized that most of Piers� books had a lot of sex in them (that may have been a reason I liked them as much as I did); what I didn’t realize was how much sexism they contained. As I was re-reading this series, I started finding some questionable quotes from them, of which these are some choice selections:
“She evinced the confidence normally associated with a larger person, though of course height was less important to a woman.�
“Stile could not pick among women; he had to have one shorter than he. Not because he demanded it but because society did; if he appeared among serfs with a girl who outmassed him, others would laugh, and that would destroy the relationship.�
“‘You have a Tourney to win,� she reminded him, aptly changing the subject in the manner of her sex.�
“She smiled brilliantly and bobbed her cleavage about, enjoying her youthful form as only an old hag could.�
“…no one feared age like a middle-aged woman!�
“Yet she was a consummate actress, as so many women seemed to be.�
And perhaps the most egregious, from when he and one of his many paramours are running from the threat of death, hiding inside a hollow wall, and he attempts to get frisky with her as she speaks encouragement, but ultimately denies him:
“To speak readiness while withdrawing � that was often woman’s way.�
I mean, this stuff bypasses plain old sexism and start to take a walk in the land of misogyny. It’s really insulting.
It would be one thing to have these passages written from the perspective of the characters, to indicate their own motivations and feelings. There was another quote I thought to include � “What is a bitch, compared to oath-friendship?� � but in the context of the speaker and the culture (a werewolf, with a pack mentality similar to standard wolves), it fit the moment. But the other quotes were buried in the narrative, indicating that they represented more a philosophy of the author himself. It makes me realize that, much like with Dave Sim and Cerebus, it’s impossible to separate the author’s work from his own questionable philosophies. In the end, Anthony’s portrayal of women wasn’t just offensive, but it was also condescending and arrogant, as if this was just the way it was supposed to be.
The generalizations are insulting, as is the way Anthony writes the women characters to be servile to the men, more so because Anthony writes the women characters to be strong and speak their minds. That would suggest that the characters are independent, but it’s hard to call them such, since ultimately they’re all pawns to the male character. The only independent female character out of the trilogy appears in the second book, and you can see her over there on the cover of Blue Adept. She’s strong-willed, fierce, and independent � but she’s also a man-hater who gets written out of the story by the end of the book. It’s almost like the only way a woman couldn’t be somehow used to Stile’s needs is if she couldn’t stand men at all, and it was even more insulting and demeaning. The theme mirrors the same theme from Sos the Rope, and I imagine that I’ll find that same sort of thing in the last two volumes of that series.
The weird thing about the series is that I knew from the first couple of chapters of Split Infinity that the story was going to keep going down that road, where Anthony developed his male characters and used the women as objects for them to use in one way or another (if they weren’t sleeping with Stile, they wanted to, and found other ways to be servile to him), but I still felt pretty compelled to read through the stories. Part of it was morbid curiosity, just to see how bad it would get, and to see if my memory of the stories had somehow betrayed me, but I can’t deny that the stories were interesting and compelling by themselves, either. Shoot, I re-read them all in the span of about a week, so regardless of his feelings about women, Anthony clearly knows how to tell a good story.
Something else that bugged me about the trilogy was the overbearing sense of arrogance, conceit, and condescension of the narrative. Stile, the main character, is basically an example of male perfection (enough so that I started to wonder if Stile is just a Mary Sue character), and while there’s some justification for this � he’s supposed to be a top player in the Game, which requires skill in several areas of sport and art � the way he speaks to other characters is irritating. Lots of “of course”s, “obviously”s, “always”s and “clearly”s are used in the way he communicates, none of them ironically, and after a while it becomes pretty grating. He’s self-confident (of course) and self-assured (obviously), and the few times that he’s not the best at what he does, he’s at least second-best (clearly), so it’s somewhat understandable, but he lacks empathy toward anyone else who doesn’t meet his own standards (always).
So, I re-read the series, and plan to finish off the Battle Circle series (I already picked up the rest of the books in the series), but I think after these, I’ll be done with Piers Anthony for good. I have some fond memories of the Incarnations of Immortality series, too, but I also remember all the women characters being patsies of men, even when they were the protagonists. And the less spoken of the Xanth series, I think, the better. Even when I was 13, I felt like those were a lot more juvenile than the stuff my friends were reading.
March 2, 2016
I can see why men love this book. After finishing this today, that was my first thought.
I was introduced to this book by a friend of mine. He knows I never read sci-fi or fantasy books. Since he recommended it, I thought I would try it . I must say, the thought of reading this book did not appeal to me at all. I am a very logical person. I can not imagine unicorns, robots and magic all wrapped up together. It just does not make sense to me. However, as I read I found the characters complex, the story interesting, the locations worth wanting to visit and the writing good. I also enjoyed the separation of fantasy and science fiction. I think that factor made this an enjoyable read for me.
I can see why Piers Anthony has made a name for himself in the sci-fi/fantasy world.
I was introduced to this book by a friend of mine. He knows I never read sci-fi or fantasy books. Since he recommended it, I thought I would try it . I must say, the thought of reading this book did not appeal to me at all. I am a very logical person. I can not imagine unicorns, robots and magic all wrapped up together. It just does not make sense to me. However, as I read I found the characters complex, the story interesting, the locations worth wanting to visit and the writing good. I also enjoyed the separation of fantasy and science fiction. I think that factor made this an enjoyable read for me.
I can see why Piers Anthony has made a name for himself in the sci-fi/fantasy world.
October 23, 2014
This was another novel concept by Anthony. The first book or two were great, but he took the series further than I wanted. This one is definitely re-readable, the 2d & 3d are OK, but after that I couldn't get into them any more.
The world is in the far future, but one man finds he can slip from his ultra modern world into a nearby fantasy world since the death of his counterpart in the other dimension. He winds up dealing with all the problems two people have all by himself. Funny, fast read. Very engaging.
The world is in the far future, but one man finds he can slip from his ultra modern world into a nearby fantasy world since the death of his counterpart in the other dimension. He winds up dealing with all the problems two people have all by himself. Funny, fast read. Very engaging.
March 3, 2020
1.5 stars. The world is interesting and well thought out, the rest, eeeeh. I read it thinking that it was going to subvert a couple tropes (Stile puts most other Gary Stu characters to shame), but no. It fell flat.
March 1, 2012
A classic Gary Stu story. The main character Stile is so gifted in every possible facet ranging from athletics to music to mental prowess that it feels utterly unbelievable, given his station as a serf. His only 'flaw' was being short, and naturally he never failed to mention this fact, in his many self-righteous monologues, to reason out why certain people he encountered during his adventures showed distaste against his character. It wasn't because he was a maddeningly arrogant pretty boy, god bless, no! It's only because he was short that not everybody he met wanted to be his friend.
Those he met who didn't instantly dislike him wanted to be his best friend, and the women (all beautiful, full-breasted and delicately built, of course) were unanimously attracted to him and wanted to be inside his pants. It's like some dirty old man's fantasy. To make matters worse, all of them were fine with the fact that Stile would screw anything that moved as soon as they were no longer within his immediate line of sight. In fact, one of the major reasons why Stile jumped around between the worlds was because 'she's waiting for me.' So as soon as he was tired of the woman in the current realm, he would cross the curtains so he could fuck the other woman. Very nice.
After Stile performed his first spell, he swore an oath never to use magic anymore because he was so powerful that his spells could affect the otherwise spell-immune unicorn. His arrogance knew no bounds.
Despite the nightmarish main character (and the painfully bland, sidekick-ish side characters), Piers Anthony wrote in an unpretentious, fluid style that is often enjoyable. Those bits about horses were informative and insightful until he wouldn't stop telling us about the difference between a trot, a canter and a gallop. Then he started describing a unicorn performing acrobatics in mid air and running in a five-beat gait (what?) and my eyes started to roll. I know it's MAGIC, Mr. Anthony, but when we read about a unicorn we expect it to be only capable of physical tricks that horses can do. Making them do backflips is just ridiculous, and gets me thinking of My Little Pony, which is certainly not the imagery you were going for.
If not for the writing style, I would've easily given this book a single star. Considering the non-existent plot and the unbelievable characterisations, be ready to drudge through Split Infinity, rolling your eyes and groaning as you flip through its pages.
Those he met who didn't instantly dislike him wanted to be his best friend, and the women (all beautiful, full-breasted and delicately built, of course) were unanimously attracted to him and wanted to be inside his pants. It's like some dirty old man's fantasy. To make matters worse, all of them were fine with the fact that Stile would screw anything that moved as soon as they were no longer within his immediate line of sight. In fact, one of the major reasons why Stile jumped around between the worlds was because 'she's waiting for me.' So as soon as he was tired of the woman in the current realm, he would cross the curtains so he could fuck the other woman. Very nice.
After Stile performed his first spell, he swore an oath never to use magic anymore because he was so powerful that his spells could affect the otherwise spell-immune unicorn. His arrogance knew no bounds.
Despite the nightmarish main character (and the painfully bland, sidekick-ish side characters), Piers Anthony wrote in an unpretentious, fluid style that is often enjoyable. Those bits about horses were informative and insightful until he wouldn't stop telling us about the difference between a trot, a canter and a gallop. Then he started describing a unicorn performing acrobatics in mid air and running in a five-beat gait (what?) and my eyes started to roll. I know it's MAGIC, Mr. Anthony, but when we read about a unicorn we expect it to be only capable of physical tricks that horses can do. Making them do backflips is just ridiculous, and gets me thinking of My Little Pony, which is certainly not the imagery you were going for.
If not for the writing style, I would've easily given this book a single star. Considering the non-existent plot and the unbelievable characterisations, be ready to drudge through Split Infinity, rolling your eyes and groaning as you flip through its pages.
April 8, 2014
Stiles is slave and a jockey, not very attractive and actually quite short for a man. But he knows how to win in the Games, and that might make all the difference when he meets a woman and his world starts falling apart.
I could not finish this book. I am just not a fan of this book. At first I was all on board. Games, where two people chose the battle field and competed, were quite an interesting concept. Competition of speed on a dust-filled slide? Interesting. The possibility that you can beat someone through intelligence and predicting the opponent's movements? Yeah, I'm all for that.
The characters started out great too - a woman who was surprisingly competitive, Stiles who was secretly brilliant. Good stuff.
I mean, some parts were a little off - like how characters could deliver a whole monologue about philosophy and the such. But that's manageable.
And then it all started going crazy.
It happened around the time where Stiles rejected the offer to continue being a jockey. So when Stiles rejected the counteroffer to keep his position as jockey, why couldn't any of the slaves do that before? What was the whole point of him trying to be the best in the Games to stay in this world, then? It basically defeated the whole premise of the story.
And then suddenly, how in the freaking blazes did the book transform from a story about Games into a weird story about Stiles appearing in a new, magical world where there are shape-shifters? We lose our main/original female protagonist (who Stiles professed to love) and then end up in a funky world where Stiles is a sorcerer and is the true beloved of a unicorn-turned-girl.
And then we stay in this weird, magical world for some 100 pages. What is going on????
After I lost sight of the original attraction (the games and the potential upheaval of slaves and AIs), I just didn't care anymore. Stiles is wish-fulfillment of a male protagonist (ugly with a bland personality that somehow gets all the girls). The magic was really spontaneous with no structure.
I see no reason to keep reading.
One star. Couldn't even finish the book.
Do not recommend.
I could not finish this book. I am just not a fan of this book. At first I was all on board. Games, where two people chose the battle field and competed, were quite an interesting concept. Competition of speed on a dust-filled slide? Interesting. The possibility that you can beat someone through intelligence and predicting the opponent's movements? Yeah, I'm all for that.
The characters started out great too - a woman who was surprisingly competitive, Stiles who was secretly brilliant. Good stuff.
I mean, some parts were a little off - like how characters could deliver a whole monologue about philosophy and the such. But that's manageable.
And then it all started going crazy.
It happened around the time where Stiles rejected the offer to continue being a jockey. So when Stiles rejected the counteroffer to keep his position as jockey, why couldn't any of the slaves do that before? What was the whole point of him trying to be the best in the Games to stay in this world, then? It basically defeated the whole premise of the story.
And then suddenly, how in the freaking blazes did the book transform from a story about Games into a weird story about Stiles appearing in a new, magical world where there are shape-shifters? We lose our main/original female protagonist (who Stiles professed to love) and then end up in a funky world where Stiles is a sorcerer and is the true beloved of a unicorn-turned-girl.
And then we stay in this weird, magical world for some 100 pages. What is going on????
After I lost sight of the original attraction (the games and the potential upheaval of slaves and AIs), I just didn't care anymore. Stiles is wish-fulfillment of a male protagonist (ugly with a bland personality that somehow gets all the girls). The magic was really spontaneous with no structure.
I see no reason to keep reading.
One star. Couldn't even finish the book.
Do not recommend.
May 18, 2014
One of my favorite books as a youth. Disregarding Anthony's borderline-misogynistic treatment of female characters, the settings and plot of this novel (and the two main sequels) imagine worlds I want to visit over and over again.
June 18, 2012
A masterful blending of science fiction and fantasy; the action takes place in two worlds: the technologically advanced planet Proton and the medieval fantasy world Phaze. Our hero, Stile, passes between worlds defeating foes and avoiding death in both.
I don't actually want to explain much more about the book. In fact, I'm of the opinion that even the blurb on the back gives too much away. The outcome of a couple of contests is completely spoiled due to that information. In fact, I would encourage anyone who thinks they might be the least bit interested to go pick up the book immediately without reading a further word. Seriously. Why are you still reading this? Go get this book and read it right now. I'll wait.
Anyone still reading this review should hopefully only be doing so because you've already read the book and are for some reason curious to know more about what I thought of it. Okay. So, I really liked Stile, even though he's a bit cavalier about sleeping with two "women" at the same time. I thought both Sheen and Neysa were very resourceful and strong female characters. I was fascinated by the Game and totally wish I could play it myself. I only have one niggling issue with the plot, but hopefully it will clear up later in the series. Other than that, high marks. Really, very good. Can't wait to read the next one.
I don't actually want to explain much more about the book. In fact, I'm of the opinion that even the blurb on the back gives too much away. The outcome of a couple of contests is completely spoiled due to that information. In fact, I would encourage anyone who thinks they might be the least bit interested to go pick up the book immediately without reading a further word. Seriously. Why are you still reading this? Go get this book and read it right now. I'll wait.
Anyone still reading this review should hopefully only be doing so because you've already read the book and are for some reason curious to know more about what I thought of it. Okay. So, I really liked Stile, even though he's a bit cavalier about sleeping with two "women" at the same time. I thought both Sheen and Neysa were very resourceful and strong female characters. I was fascinated by the Game and totally wish I could play it myself. I only have one niggling issue with the plot, but hopefully it will clear up later in the series. Other than that, high marks. Really, very good. Can't wait to read the next one.
March 30, 2017
Soon after escaping assassination on the highly technical, science-oriented planet of Proton, Stile finds himself in a world of sorcery and magic where another power seeks his destruction.
Split Infinity is the first in the Apprentice Adept series by Piers Anthony. Unlike most genre books this one takes place in both sci-fi and fantasy worlds. Proton is the sci-fi half and Phaze is the fantasy half.
It is the ultimate male fantasy story. Stile is a master Gamesman, expert at nearly every Game, the top ranked jockey on the planet and has quite a way with the ladies, human and inhuman alike. He is also blessed with a magic affinity on Phaze that he picks up in minutes. His only "flaw" is being short, which he internally monologues about and uses as his rationalization as why some people don't like him. It's annoying.
That being said, the worlds themselves are both interesting. I liked the concept of two worlds overlapping in space by alternate realities. The way the Game works and how the selection process is a huge part of the strategy was also a great concept. Stile's first attempt to ride a unicorn was priceless and one of the best parts of the book.
I'm not sure I would recommend this book to anyone. There were enough parts I found entertaining that I gave it 3 stars instead of 2.5.
Split Infinity is the first in the Apprentice Adept series by Piers Anthony. Unlike most genre books this one takes place in both sci-fi and fantasy worlds. Proton is the sci-fi half and Phaze is the fantasy half.
It is the ultimate male fantasy story. Stile is a master Gamesman, expert at nearly every Game, the top ranked jockey on the planet and has quite a way with the ladies, human and inhuman alike. He is also blessed with a magic affinity on Phaze that he picks up in minutes. His only "flaw" is being short, which he internally monologues about and uses as his rationalization as why some people don't like him. It's annoying.
That being said, the worlds themselves are both interesting. I liked the concept of two worlds overlapping in space by alternate realities. The way the Game works and how the selection process is a huge part of the strategy was also a great concept. Stile's first attempt to ride a unicorn was priceless and one of the best parts of the book.
I'm not sure I would recommend this book to anyone. There were enough parts I found entertaining that I gave it 3 stars instead of 2.5.
Shelved as 'dnf'
August 4, 2016DNF'd at 15%
Okay guys. I'm gonna be real with you. It takes a LOT for me to DNF a book after 10%. Usually after 10%, I'll just ignore my problems and carry through and give it a 1 star at the end. But I had a LOT of issues with this book, and they started around 10% - I gave it 5 more % to shape up. It got worse.
1. The world - This is a extremely cool concept that Anthony has posed in SPLIT INFINITY, but the truth is - he spends way too much time setting up the "romance" and not enough time explaining the SUPER SUPER COOL CONCEPT that is the world this is set in.
2. This is hands down the most sexist piece of work that I have ever read in my LIFE. EVER. And usually, I'm not bothered by it - I'm a huge fan of Anthony, and the touches of it in all of his novels has never irritated me to the level that this book did. It's so bad, guys. SO BAD.
3. The "romance" - seriously, dude? A robot programmed to love you? The interactions between the MC and the robot are highly unrealistic and quite frankly were the most irritating things - and they made my eyes gloss over hardcore.
I'll continue to read Piers Anthony, of course, but I definitely won't read any more of this series anymore.
Okay guys. I'm gonna be real with you. It takes a LOT for me to DNF a book after 10%. Usually after 10%, I'll just ignore my problems and carry through and give it a 1 star at the end. But I had a LOT of issues with this book, and they started around 10% - I gave it 5 more % to shape up. It got worse.
1. The world - This is a extremely cool concept that Anthony has posed in SPLIT INFINITY, but the truth is - he spends way too much time setting up the "romance" and not enough time explaining the SUPER SUPER COOL CONCEPT that is the world this is set in.
2. This is hands down the most sexist piece of work that I have ever read in my LIFE. EVER. And usually, I'm not bothered by it - I'm a huge fan of Anthony, and the touches of it in all of his novels has never irritated me to the level that this book did. It's so bad, guys. SO BAD.
3. The "romance" - seriously, dude? A robot programmed to love you? The interactions between the MC and the robot are highly unrealistic and quite frankly were the most irritating things - and they made my eyes gloss over hardcore.
I'll continue to read Piers Anthony, of course, but I definitely won't read any more of this series anymore.
June 24, 2011
Large number of people running around conducting their daily activities while wearing less clothing than might be seen at a European beach? Check. Intimate scenes in which one of the participants is an anatomically correct robot? Check. Bestiality with a magical mythical creature? Check. Yup, this must be a Piers Anthony novel. After all, he is the same author to have written a book named "The Color of Her Panties". Now I do not want to sound prudish. Well placed and well written sex scenes can certainly enhance the quality of a book. However, Piers Anthony seems to overdo it and make it ridiculous.
Now that being said, this is an entertaining book. It combines a fantasy based world and a sci fi world and a character who can travel between them. He is on a grand adventure where he trying to solve his problems in both places.
While certainly no masterpiece, it was good enough that I am willing to check the next book in the series out.
Now that being said, this is an entertaining book. It combines a fantasy based world and a sci fi world and a character who can travel between them. He is on a grand adventure where he trying to solve his problems in both places.
While certainly no masterpiece, it was good enough that I am willing to check the next book in the series out.
February 21, 2017
You know that feeling when you remember that you read a thing, and remember it fondly, but then you get that slow, creeping sensation that it isn't actually as good as you remember? That is is, in fact, way worse than you remember?
That's how I feel about this book.
When I was in my early teens, I really enjoyed reading this. In fact, I really liked quite a few of Anthony's books (Ogre Ogre, A Spell for Chameleon, this means you). I'm now painfully aware of how outrageously sexist they are.
Yikes.
That's how I feel about this book.
When I was in my early teens, I really enjoyed reading this. In fact, I really liked quite a few of Anthony's books (Ogre Ogre, A Spell for Chameleon, this means you). I'm now painfully aware of how outrageously sexist they are.
Yikes.
June 19, 2008
My god. This book is brutally lame. Don't do it -- there are just some things you can't un-read.
February 6, 2019
#2 favourite book of all time 💖
August 7, 2017
“If you think you’re conscious, you must be conscious. That’s what consciousness is all about. The feedback is self-awareness.�
Great story telling and contrasting fantasy and science fiction environments, but Anthony doesn’t get a bye for his antediluvian portrayal of gender relations. Even though it was written in the 80s, it’s borderline offensive. His protagonist’s supposed moral uprightness is severely undercut by his treatment of females. Costuming sex as freely given doesn’t excuse his attitude.
“You often don’t have to fight, if you just look as if you’d like to.�
The extended sections of game play slow to the story. The whole game matrix concept rings false. An artificial construct, like quidditch, to pump up the protagonist.
“You are a rational creature, beneath your superficial programming; under my programming I am an irrational animal.�
Quibbles: Published in 1980, totally misses the coming revolution in microelectronics and communications, which renders the story a quaint artifact of a former age. “Two days off his feet� after running a marathon? He’d be a cripple for months. Daily challenge games? After marathons? How’s that fair?
“Murder is not the proper solution to problems.�
Like many openers, this is larger world, team and goal building. No incentive to read more of the series.
“Know thyself.�
Great story telling and contrasting fantasy and science fiction environments, but Anthony doesn’t get a bye for his antediluvian portrayal of gender relations. Even though it was written in the 80s, it’s borderline offensive. His protagonist’s supposed moral uprightness is severely undercut by his treatment of females. Costuming sex as freely given doesn’t excuse his attitude.
“You often don’t have to fight, if you just look as if you’d like to.�
The extended sections of game play slow to the story. The whole game matrix concept rings false. An artificial construct, like quidditch, to pump up the protagonist.
“You are a rational creature, beneath your superficial programming; under my programming I am an irrational animal.�
Quibbles: Published in 1980, totally misses the coming revolution in microelectronics and communications, which renders the story a quaint artifact of a former age. “Two days off his feet� after running a marathon? He’d be a cripple for months. Daily challenge games? After marathons? How’s that fair?
“Murder is not the proper solution to problems.�
Like many openers, this is larger world, team and goal building. No incentive to read more of the series.
“Know thyself.�
October 25, 2019
I got to 52% and couldn’t see reading any more I know I read some of his books decades ago and wasn’t very keen on them.
January 19, 2025
I wish I didn't know how to read.
February 25, 2014
This novel feels like it was written by a 13 year old boy who overcompensates for his social awkwardness and self-loathing with outward displays of machismo and misogyny. The sexism in this book is disgusting. Is there redeeming value?
Anthony can string words together with variety and an ease. However, the book had horrible pacing. Long parts drug on and on and on in tedium. Also, there were some glaring errors. For instance, the main character prides himself on cleverness, but then says that Tic Tac Toe is a game that two intelligent people will always come to draw on - when actually, the first player will ALWAYS win.
The plot? It might have redeemed some of the flaws except that most of the plot devices and the motivation for the main character were all based on the horribly misogynistic relationships the self-hating narcissist main character has.
So can I power through the second and third installment of this series to resolve the overall plot? Probably not. I had a hard enough time finishing this one.
Anthony can string words together with variety and an ease. However, the book had horrible pacing. Long parts drug on and on and on in tedium. Also, there were some glaring errors. For instance, the main character prides himself on cleverness, but then says that Tic Tac Toe is a game that two intelligent people will always come to draw on - when actually, the first player will ALWAYS win.
The plot? It might have redeemed some of the flaws except that most of the plot devices and the motivation for the main character were all based on the horribly misogynistic relationships the self-hating narcissist main character has.
So can I power through the second and third installment of this series to resolve the overall plot? Probably not. I had a hard enough time finishing this one.
April 22, 2016
This was one of the first books I ever read by Piers Anthony. It led me to a slew of other books that I ended up enjoying a immensely.
I found the main premise behind split infinity fascinating.
There exists two realities, One is a reality based on science, and the other is based on magic.
Stiles, the main character is able cross over to the alternate Magical reality at will, because his other "self" in that reality was killed. Under normal circumstances, there is an alternate of each individual in each reality.... so the existence of your alternate self prevents you from entering the other reality.
Stiles is, in each world, the 'Best' or an adept, but it is really interesting to see how the character and first fumbles with his new-found magical powers, and learns how to become "adept" at using them.
Very clever idea for a continuing story line.
I found the main premise behind split infinity fascinating.
There exists two realities, One is a reality based on science, and the other is based on magic.
Stiles, the main character is able cross over to the alternate Magical reality at will, because his other "self" in that reality was killed. Under normal circumstances, there is an alternate of each individual in each reality.... so the existence of your alternate self prevents you from entering the other reality.
Stiles is, in each world, the 'Best' or an adept, but it is really interesting to see how the character and first fumbles with his new-found magical powers, and learns how to become "adept" at using them.
Very clever idea for a continuing story line.
August 10, 2017
Piers Anthony startled me with this book, to be honest. I was not expecting a novel that blended futuristic science fiction with sword-and-sorcery fantasy to be so engaging, but Anthony pulled it off. I docked a star because the misogyny in the book was quite bothersome and the hero was too much a superman, but overall his characters are engaging and the plot and settings interesting. There's nothing really groundbreaking in this book other than his juxtaposition of parallel worlds, one of which provides the futuristic sci-fi setting and the other of which provides the fantasy setting, but Anthony writes soft sci-fi and sword-and-sorcery fantasy quite well and he adds just enough flourish to the tried and true tropes of these genres to make the book interesting.
August 31, 2018
Piers Anthony was my favorite author while growing up, and I read nearly all of his books he had written before I turned 16. I decided to try him again (now that Im 41), and see how he holds up. He's still fun, but clearly not what I remembered. I have read recent accusations against him of being misogynistic, and while I wouldnt go that far.. His treatment of female characters is certainly.. different. He reminds of of Orson Scott Card: great ideas, but lacking in most other areas, combined with a generous layer of weirdness when it comes to sex. Sadly, I dont think his books will stand the test of time.
May 25, 2017
The book clearly owes a lot to the Xanth series in many of its premises. I suppose Anthony wanted another series that had slightly different premises than Xanth. Stile is being threatened by someone and escapes to another world where he becomes emotionally attached. He keeps going back and forth between the two world, trying to meet his various obligations. Eventually he manages to solve the final and most tricky issue by the Alexander solution to the Gorgon's Knot....cutting through all the extraneous issues to the basic one. I still think that it wasn't all that fair to Neysa but with everyone demanding extreme obedience to various oaths and obligations I suppose it was the best Anthony could do. He more or less wrote himself into a corner on this one. It occurs to me that we never found the person who was threatening Stile in the first world which I suppose doesn't matter since Stile left that world. It was a loose end. The characters aren't as complex as in the Xanth series, which might be an unfair criticism since this is only the first book and a lot of world building had to take place. The logical sorting out of various problems dragged some. This was a good book but Anthony can do better.
August 12, 2022
Better than I expected after such a long time since my first read, but with lots to talk about. Male wish fufilment, yes. Also sport fun and power fantasy for short dudes. Lot of focusing on Stile only being up for 'real' females, but totally up for having sex with robot & unicorn women!
December 31, 2024
VERY slow start with little world-building or context in the beginning. Of course this series is older so some archaic views of women is to be expected, but it definitely started off a bit weird. End of the book picks up and there’s more action. I want to say it’s a very young YA style that I’d recommend it to an 8-10 year old because it’s very simplistic, but there’s so much sexual description that I couldn’t recommend it to someone that young. So it’s an odd mix between overly simple young fantasy, and adult thought content. The premise is super cool though with the split between the sci-fi world and the fantasy world. I will be carrying on to book 2 regardless of my review, maybe it improves.
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