The Iron Maiden: Bio of a Space Tyrant Volume 6 [Paperback]

Piers Anthony (Author)

Book Description

Series: Bio of a Space Tyrant | Publication Date: March 13, 2002

Piers Anthony is the acclaimed author of more than 100 novels and short story collections. His works include the Xanth series, the Mode series, Chthon and Total Recall.

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About the Author

Piers Anthony is an established novelist with more that 130 books published, 21 of which were New York Times bestsellers. He lives in backwoods Florida with his wife.

Product Details

• Paperback: 408 pages
• Publisher: Xlibris (March 13, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1401043968
• ISBN-13: 978-1401043964
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.5 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,233,087 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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42 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A nice wrap-up to a fantastic series, May 22, 2002

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Jackie Newman (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Iron Maiden: Bio of a Space Tyrant Volume 6 (Paperback)

Iron Maiden is a very pleasant read. It manages to cover the time span of the entire series to this point, but with a fresh perspective. While the writing is not as strong as the other Space Tyrant books, it did a nice job of filling in the holes where Spirit's life was concerned. Finally, we get inside her head... though to a limited degree. Hope was the author of his own biography, whereas Spirit provided Hopie with materials and let her expand upon them as appropriate. Once you accept that the approach fits with Spirit as we know her from the other books, the different tone works. Overall, a pleasant finish to a series that is one of Piers Anthony's best.

17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Save your money, February 19, 2006

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chris wallbank "smokinjoefission" (vancouver, bc, canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Iron Maiden: Bio of a Space Tyrant Volume 6 (Paperback)

I was so disappointed with this final book in the series. It's nothing more than a complete rehash of what happened in the first 5 books. Granted it comes from the point of view of Hope's sister, Spirit, the vast majority of content was just cut-and-pasted from the original books. I kept reading through the book in the hopes that there'd be a continuation of the story after Hope's death, but very little was added.

While Piers Anthony's books are almost always guaranteed to be a good read, the lack of original content in this one was a complete let-down.

I guess some work is for art, and some is to pay the rent. This was definitely the latter.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you want a quick overview of the Bio of a Space tyrant get this book, September 7, 2008

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Monkey "Monkey Moniker" (Seattle) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Iron Maiden: Bio of a Space Tyrant Volume 6 (Paperback)

This was another stay up and read book that had excellent continuity throughout the entire Bio of a Space Tyrant series. If you want to see a different side to the entire series, and either own or do not want to buy the series, the Iron Maiden is the best book in the lot to get. While it condenses the other five books in the series, it is probably the best one in the series to get an overview of what Bio of a Space Tyrant is all about.

We start off with Refugee, and quickly move through the rest of the series from the view point of Hope Hubris's sister, Spirit. This is her view point of how her brother coped, overcame, and developed his career, as well as the rise to power in a quick to read, but endlessly fascinating book. We delve on her life as the power behind the throne. Her loves, her life, and how she approached the process and built the relationships that helped her brother rise to the top of the political food chain.

We also learn a lot about her, and her dreams and in many ways shattered life as she sacrificed everything to bring about a "dream" for mankind. Overall excellent book, one I am going to hold on to and read frequently.