Golem in the Gears
novel 1986 Xanth
Record
| First published | 1986 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | |
| Reader rating | 3.72 (13,195 ratings, collected 2026-08-25) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780345318862 |
| Internal chronology | 9 |
Synopsis
Grundy the Golem sets out to find his friend Ivy's lost dragon by riding the Monster Under the Bed, and along the way rescues Rapunzel from the Sea Hag, discovering she has the magical ability to change her size while they evade a pursuing enemy.
Where it sits
- Universe: Xanth
- Series: Xanth, the expanded sequence (books 4-18) ; position 6 of 15 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Piers Anthony
Notes
- From the series record (Xanth, the expanded sequence (books 4-18)): Books 4 through 18 of Piers Anthony's Xanth sequence (1981-1994), catalogued as Expanded Canon; Core Canon remains just the original trilogy (1977-1979). The full sequence (through book 49) was completed in a later pass, 2026-08-21.
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 4-18): position 6 of 15: previous Crewel Lye: A Caustic Yarn (1984) · next Vale of the Vole (1987)
- Internal chronology, within Xanth: position 9 of 33: previous Crewel Lye: A Caustic Yarn (1984) · next Vale of the Vole (1987)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Xanth
- Order of Books: Xanth
- FantasticFiction: Piers Anthony / Xanth
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golem_in_the_Gears
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