Knot Gneiss
novel 2010 Xanth
Record
| First published | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | |
| Reader rating | 3.94 (1,287 ratings, collected 2026-08-25) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780765363374 |
Synopsis
This installment of Piers Anthony's Xanth series follows Wenda Woodwife, a nymph-like companion of the character Jumper who has a lovely front but no back, being hollow behind, and who speaks in a distinctive forest dialect full of wood-related puns. Wenda is given the daunting job of transporting a boulder made of petrified reverse wood, a substance so unsettling that it turns anyone else who encounters it to stone, effectively terrifying them into paralysis. Because the boulder is harmless to her, she becomes the only one who can safely carry it across Xanth. The novel follows her journey with this hazardous cargo, weaving in the series' familiar mix of puns, magical creatures, and comic mishaps as she works to complete her task without endangering herself or those she meets.
Where it sits
- Universe: Xanth
- Series: Xanth, the expanded sequence (books 34-49) ; position 1 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 1 of 16: next Well-Tempered Clavicle (2011)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Xanth
- https://www.orderofbooks.com/series/xanth/
- https://www.fantasticfiction.com/a/piers-anthony/
- https://xanth.fandom.com/wiki/Knot_Gneiss
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