Harpy Thyme
novel 1993 Xanth
Record
| First published | 1993 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | |
| Reader rating | 3.74 (7,119 ratings, collected 2026-08-25) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780812534849 |
| Internal chronology | 17 |
Synopsis
A goblin-harpy named Gloha, searching for love, asks the Magician Humfrey where to find it and is directed to his son, sending her on a romantic quest with companions including Magician Trent and a winged centaur.
Where it sits
- Universe: Xanth
- Series: Xanth, the expanded sequence (books 4-18) ; position 14 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 14 of 15: previous Demons Don't Dream (1993) · next Geis of the Gargoyle (1994)
- Internal chronology, within Xanth: position 17 of 33: previous Demons Don't Dream (1993) · next Geis of the Gargoyle (1994)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Xanth
- Order of Books: Xanth
- FantasticFiction: Piers Anthony / Xanth
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpy_Thyme
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