Board Stiff
novel 2013 Xanth
Record
| First published | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | |
| Reader rating | 3.82 (918 ratings, collected 2026-08-25) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781624670862 |
Synopsis
Kandy, transformed into a literal board by a magical mishap, and her easygoing companion Ease are tasked with saving the puns of Xanth from a spreading anti-pun virus that threatens to turn the magical land into ordinary Mundania. Joined by a basilisk bodyguard and the sentient computer Com Pewter, the pair travel Xanth trying to stop the virus before it erases what makes the land distinct.
Where it sits
- Universe: Xanth
- Series: Xanth, the expanded sequence (books 34-49) ; position 5 of 16 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Piers Anthony
Notes
- From the series record (Xanth, the expanded sequence (books 34-49)): Closes the Xanth gap: books 34 through 49 (2010-2026), continuing directly from book 33 (Jumper Cable, 2009). All currently published Xanth novels are now catalogued. Two further titles the author has announced (Limbo, Fusia's Friends) have no confirmed publication date and are excluded for now.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Xanth, the expanded sequence (books 34-49): position 5 of 16: previous Esrever Doom (2013) · next Five Portraits (2014)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Xanth
- https://www.orderofbooks.com/series/xanth/
- https://www.fantasticfiction.com/a/piers-anthony/
- https://openroadmedia.com/ebook/board-stiff/9781497655416
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