Steppe [Hardcover]

Piers Anthony (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1985

A riveting tale of a barbarian snatched from ninth-century Asia to take part in a deadly far-future game. Alp, a Turkish warrior, is abducted by mysterious Galactics to fight in a strange recreation of his own era, played out on a vast interstellar scale--where horses are starships, cities are planets, and mountains are suns.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Tor Books (September 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312937482
• ISBN-13: 978-0312937485
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,980,366 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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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars science fiction Steppe history [no spoilers], May 9, 2004

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Oscar "DaRK KNighT" (St. Louis, MO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Steppe (Mass Market Paperback)

Alp, a great warrior of the Steppe, is unwillingly snatched at an opportune moment to the future of 2332 where history is reenacted in an intergalactic game to educate and entertain enthusiasts about the great nomadic tribes of the Asian empire. Alp must participate and hopes his knowledge of the accounts, people, and strategies of the era might help him score high enough to survive afterwards.

From what I gather, the book is based on factual events of Asian history. I thoroughly enjoyed the characters and the education of the time period. The transition of past to future geography and technology is well thought out. The story moves extremely fast and can be mildly tricky to follow when the history lessons happen. Good action story combined with romance and suspense make "Steppe" an enjoyable read.

Thank you.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Historic Magic!!!!!, April 3, 2001

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Joseph Kerr "thebalrog99" (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Steppe (Mass Market Paperback)

This book is easily findable at used book stores so don't worry about finding it here on amazon. Never before or probably again will I read a book quite like this one. This book is real world history intricatly and intelligently weaved into a future landscape. It cannot be fully explained just how well done this book is. Even if you don't like science fiction and you don't like history. You will still marvel at the skill involved in this book. You will laugh at yourself because you will feel as if you've been tricked into reading a history lesson. But it feels nothing like that. This book is where Anthony truly shines because it took intelligence and a great artistic mind to write this novel. This book is Great!!!!!!!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Steppe By Piers Anthony, October 23, 2000

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Alexander Lathrop (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Steppe (Paperback)

This is one of my favorite books because after I finnished it and read the end notes I was facinated with the background. This is a sci-fi recreation of a historical figures life. Just a caution don't try to find out ahead of time who it is just read and then try to see if you can figure out who just from the story (it is accurate in a strange way). This is also a great way to get people who like sci-fi into history or to get a history buff into sci-fi.