Hasan [Paperback]

Piers Anthony (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Tor Books
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0812531310
• ISBN-13: 978-0812531312
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,449,025 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Piers Anthony is one of the world's most popular fantasy authors, and a New York Times bestseller twenty-one times over. His Xanth novels have been read and loved by millions of readers around the world, and he daily receives hundreds of letters from his devoted fans.In addition to the Xanth series, Anthony is the author of many other best-selling works. Piers Anthony lives in Inverness, Florida.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Don't pass it by..., January 30, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Hasan (Mass Market Paperback)

This is quite the good story. Apart from Anthony's usual fixation on large breasts and illicit sex and his predilection for justifying the most villianous of characters, this story makes for outstanding light reading. I enjoyed it: don't let the above rating fool you.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyably light, no-thinking reading., May 24, 2001

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P.W. Reader (Mountain View, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hasan (Mass Market Paperback)

While I admit the story and characters are simplistic, I rarely look for depth when reading Piers Anthony novels. Most of his earlier works are written to appeal to a younger crowd. This book is told straight out in simple language a tale of adventure with an appropriate mix of heroism, sex, stupidity, love, and conflict. Hasan is admittedly one-dimensional, but that is to be expected of a poor young man who has been exposed to nothing but goldsmithing in his life...until he meets up with a crafty magician who cons Hasan into trapping himself on a mountaintop. This turns a blessing in disguise when his only means of escape leads to the gilded, isolated abode of a dozen beautiful and wealthy princesses who adopt him as their brother. He learns much from them but still never quite loses his naivety through the story. But this same naivety ultimately keeps him on his pursuit to rescue the marvelously pretty, artificially-winged woman he meets, marries, and then loses to a wrathful queen of the Isle of Wak (also, incidentally, inhabited entirely by beautiful women). Several help him in his quest, including a hardened but compassionate military general witch and an arrogant but humorous djinn. The book reads quickly...great to breeze through and then give to a friend, and a nice paperback to keep on your shelf afterward.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Pleasant Imitation of the Arabian Nights, July 7, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Hasan (Mass Market Paperback)

Anthony admits in "Bio of an Ogre" that a lot of his fantasy inspiration is from the Arabian Nights. Here he tries a similar story in his style. You are better off buying The Arabian Nights in an unexpurgated edition -- yes, that means that when the hero sneaks into the harem, he really does it with the ladies. Its easy to see that Anthony's bold sexual themes derive from the inspiration of his source. However, the book lacks a certain dimensionality to the characters, as if this is an early work when he was an uncertain writer. I don't remember much of the story or plot, and that says it all -- its a throwaway imitation. Get the original source!