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Talk To Xanth Creator Piers Anthony

Posted by Roblimo on from the beware-of-the-invisible-giant dept.

Not only is Piers Anthony one of the world's most popular fantasy authors (his books have been science fiction and fantasy staples for decades) but he has been using Linux and StarOffice 5.2 for the past year. This is your opportunity to ask Piers about either the technical aspects of using Linux and StarOffice to produce fiction or about his upcoming work (new Xanth novels coming soon!) or almost anything else. We'll forward 10 of the highest-moderated questions to Piers tomorrow, and will run his answers (verbatim, as always) as soon as he gets them back to us.

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  1. How Do I Get Published? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait


    My question is, how can I also get whatever drops out of my butt published?

    I've been trying for years to get a publisher to even *read* a manuscript, yet this guy writes books about unicorns humping the devil or whatever the hell bizarre little fetish is giving him a chubby at the moment, and it gets published.

    And don't even get me started on Discworld "novels".

    Sorry. I had to get that off my chest.

    I have "real" questions:

    How does using StarOffice compare with more "established" word processors like "Word" in terms of usability?

    Do you worry about document portability in the future? What formats does StarOffice allow you to save? What format do you use consistently? How well does StarOffice import from, say, "Word" format?

    Are publishers beginning to accept documents in electronic format, or are they still stuck in the paper-age? If so, what formats do they accept and does StarOffice produce them, or do you need to convert them first?

  2. Is Fantasy blasphemy ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Fantasy authors create imaginary "universes"
    where other rule than the ones in our universe
    hold.
    But should they do that ?
    Isn't this making mockery of the Lord's creation ?
    Don't they put themselves in the place of Allah ?
    Their "world" are usually terribly logically
    flawed - not surprising.
    Terrible thing always happen if mem put himself
    at Allahs place. Just look at Palestine.

    Also these Fantasy books contain often references
    to witchcraft and satanism.
    Shouldn't be banned for children because of this ?

    Many Fantasy authors are also often rumored to be
    members of the OTO like Marylin Mason.

  3. How much longer... by ShawnDoc · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Dear Mr. Anthony, I was just curious as to just how long one can keep beating a dead horse (Xanth)?