Man from Mundania
novel 1989 Xanth
Record
| First published | 1989 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | |
| Reader rating | 3.74 (10,406 ratings, collected 2026-08-25) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780380752898 |
| Internal chronology | 12 |
Synopsis
Princess Ivy uses a magical coin to search for the missing Good Magician and ends up transported to Mundania, where she meets skeptical college student Grey Murphy, who agrees to return with her to Xanth.
Where it sits
- Universe: Xanth
- Series: Xanth, the expanded sequence (books 4-18) ; position 9 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 9 of 15: previous Heaven Cent (1988) · next Isle of View (1990)
- Internal chronology, within Xanth: position 12 of 33: previous Heaven Cent (1988) · next Isle of View (1990)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Xanth
- Order of Books: Xanth
- FantasticFiction: Piers Anthony / Xanth
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_from_Mundania
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