The Color of Her Panties
novel 1992 Xanth
Record
| First published | 1992 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | |
| Reader rating | 3.70 (8,110 ratings, collected 2026-08-25) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780380759491 |
| Internal chronology | 15 |
Synopsis
The novel follows two parallel quests — a merwoman seeking both a husband and proper clothing for land travel, and a young goblin girl trying to prove her leadership worth by stealing a Roc's egg — whose paths eventually intersect.
Where it sits
- Universe: Xanth
- Series: Xanth, the expanded sequence (books 4-18) ; position 12 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 12 of 15: previous Question Quest (1991) · next Demons Don't Dream (1993)
- Internal chronology, within Xanth: position 15 of 33: previous Question Quest (1991) · next Demons Don't Dream (1993)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Xanth
- Order of Books: Xanth
- FantasticFiction: Piers Anthony / Xanth
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Color_of_Her_Panties
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