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Chthon

By: Piers Anthony
Narrated by: Basil Sands
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Chthon was Piers Anthony's first published novel in 1967, written over the course of seven years. He started it when he was in the US Army, so it has a long prison sequence that is reminiscent of that experience, being dark and grim. It features Aton Five, a space man who commits the crime of falling in love with the dangerous, alluring Minionette and is therefore condemned to death in the subterranean prison of Chthon. It uses flashbacks to show how he came to know the Minionette, and flash-forwards to show how he dealt with her after his escape from prison.

The author regards this as perhaps the most intricately structured novel the science fantasy genre has seen. It was a contender for awards, but not a winner.

©1967 Piers Anthony, This edition published in 2014 by Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. (P)2014 Audible Inc. Adventure Classics Fantasy Fiction Genetic Engineering Science Fiction Space Opera Romance
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The narrator was superb and the author took me all the way through the galaxy it makes me wonder if the author was from space himself.

I loved the details and sophistication.

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This is the first and definitely the only book that I will ever read by this author. There’s just so much to dislike I don’t know where to start. It’s a confusing tangled back and forth confusing story whose protagonist is self-absorbed, unlikable, one dimensional and easily forgettable. There was a small amount of promise that the story could be something, unique and it was unique but for all the wrong reasons. Don’t bother with this book, find something else to read.

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