Masque World (An Anthony Villiers Adventure) (Paperback)

by Alexei Panshin (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 167 pages
• Publisher: Ace Books (November 1978)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0441521053
• ISBN-13: 978-0441521050
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,488,970 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best, March 23, 2000

By	Ken Coar "Rodent of Unusual Size" (in 1.0 AU Solar orbit) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Alexei Panshin's 'Anthony Villiers Adventures' are among the most treasured books on my shelves. They look at the world in a wacky way that is nevertheless perfectly reasonable. This one, the second in the series (which regrettably never got beyond the third volume), is as excellent as the other two. If you can find a copy in your local public library, you should check it out. If you can find a copy for sale, you should definitely buy it -- unless fun reading isn't your cup of tea.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Marvelous Trilogy, both deep and funny., March 26, 1999

By A Customer

Before there were Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett, there was Alexei Panshin. I think he was ahead of his time, I can't think of another reason why these weren't wild smash hits. One quote, as well as I remember it, went something like "Everyone ever born has extended the range of human possibility- new music, new ideas, new fashions. Jerzy McBee, being human, had extended the the range of human possibilities, but not by much".

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant, lost series., September 3, 2006

By	A. Low "low1024" (Vermont) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Masque World, Star Well, and The Thurb Revolution were the first three Anthony Villiers novels.

They began a brilliant, swashbuckling, aristocratic comedy series, which was never finished because, I have always assumed, Panshin fell in love with and married a politically correct SF woman writer who drew him in new directions and wrecked him as a writer.

So the next book was Earth Magic, by Alexei and Cory Panshin. This is a fascinating but ultimately flawed book about the magic of the Earth Goddess, first of a new series that was never continued. A promising career had been derailed.

Too bad, really. However their future lives turned out privately, the ending of the Anthony Villiers series was a real pity.

Still, Alexei Panshin left three books behind him. Anyone who missed them should repair the deficiency, and for those who know them they are good enough to bear periodic rereading.