Ogre, Ogre

by Piers Anthony

Paperback, 1983

Status

Available

Call number

813

Publication

Del Rey Books (Science Fiction and Fantasy) (1983)

Description

Fantasy. Fiction. Thriller. Humor (Fiction.) HTML:When a Nymph rides a Night Mare, Ogre beware! Smash knew all about ogres. After all, despite his having a human mother, Smash was an ogre himself. Ogres were not only huge and horribly ugly, as Smash was; they were also so stupid they could hardly speak, and they spent most of their time fighting, destroying, and eating young girls. So what was he doing here with seven assorted females looking to him to guide them and save them? Even in Xanth, where magic made anything possible, why should Tandy the Nymph trust him and seem fond of him? And how could all that high-flown conversation be coming out of his mouth? But that, it seemed, was what he got for going to Good Magician Humfrey for an Answer�??before he even knew what the Question wa… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member drinkingtea

Not as good as some of the others in this series, but definitely a respectably fun book.

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LibraryThing member hermit

This book is has decent puns and is one worth reading if you like the series. Smash is an ogre. They love to fight, the uglier the better and brains is something to be avoided. It has some great fights which shows the strength of an ogre. Smash runs into an Eye Queue (IQ) vine and becomes smart. He

regards it as a curse, as ogres are proud of their stupidity. Ogres are also soulless, emotionless creatures, and Smash is not; over the course of the adventure he becomes more and more of what we would call human like. Though Smash knows he is an Ogre. His adventure triggers new feelings, which at first he doesn't understand, and eventually becomes comfortable with the idea of being a soulful human being while maintaining the ability to bash someone's brain in at need. When you remember Smash's speech patterns, you forget how horrible Ogres' are suppose to be.

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LibraryThing member Scoshie

# 5 -- laughs keep on coming-- keep up the good work
They travel about Xanth, and Smash acquires other young women who travel with him and whom he protects. Along the way, he is infected with the Eye Queue vine, which makes him intelligent (although actually invoking his human half) making him

distressed as ogres are not supposed to be smart in any way. As he finds an antidote to his intelligence, he undergoes several adventures; saving Tandy from the dream realm in the gourd and smashing (true to his name) the Gap Dragon. Soon he finds matchs and finds solutions to all of the women, who leave one by one.

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LibraryThing member utbw42

Another fun entry in the world of Xanth. Not as good as previous entries, but I still enjoyed it. Anthony is quite clever, methinks....

LibraryThing member jennybeast

A long time ago when I was tweenish, I loved this series. I know it won't survive a re-read, so I'm noting it and letting it go.

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