Mute [Paperback]

Piers Anthony (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1989

Mute is science fantasy of mutation and psi: special mental powers. The protagonist, Knot, is a double mutant: he has a physical deformity, and the psi power to make others forget him. He’s satisfied with his life--until the lovely Finesse walks into his life to recruit him for a dangerous galactic mission. She is aided by two small animal mutants: a telepathic weasel and a clairvoyant crab. Knot tries to resist, aided by his psi, but the woman’s beauty and the animals’ powers doom him to a phenomenal adventure.

The prior edition was cut; this is the complete version.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 440 pages
• Publisher: Avon Books (Mm); First Edition edition (June 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0380775786
• ISBN-13: 978-0380775781
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,434,722 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

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An Anthony mega-trilogy rolled into one novel, April 10, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Mute (Paperback)

Piers Anthony's "Mute" is, I feel, one of his best novels. It contains all the elements of his classic series, like the Incarnations of Immortality and Bio of a Space Tyrant, but, you don't have to spend all your money to buy five books. Anthony takes the classic Man vs. Society and puts it into a sci-fi atmosphere like only he knows how. I realize that Anthony is best known for his Fantasy novels (Xanth, really), but his science fiction is excellent. I would rate Anthony in the likes of Heinlein, and perhaps Mute will become Anthony's "Stranger in a Strange Land"

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good but not great, May 13, 2010

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Galactus - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mute (Hardcover)

As usual, the story starts off brilliantly. The Knot character is really great and you can't wait to find out all about CC. Then you get into chicken teleporters and flea eggs... Still worth the read.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable Space Opera, February 25, 2005

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Bromptonboy "Bromptonboy" (Doylestown, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mute (Hardcover)

This is quite an enjoyable read. Although set in the far future, this novel contains many of the elements that readers of other Anthony books will recognize; each person (or mutant in this case) has a special talent (sometimes more than one). Our hero's talent is that he is quickly 'forgotten' after you meet him....gone...poof! Right out of your mind. Luckily he is a very moral man\mutant!
For better Scifi from Piers Anthony check out Macroscope, or the Cluster Series of books, or his Orn\Ox\Omnivore series.