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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. Which OS? by Art_XIV · · Score: 3, Funny

    Which operating system do you feel is most suitable for automating the summoning/conjuring of demons?

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  2. Child Molester-sounding book titles? by tommck · · Score: 5, Funny
    The day my friends came over for a party and pulled The Color of Her Panties off my shelf and started taunting me (it still hasn't stopped and its 8 years later), is the day I stopped reading the Xanth novels. It didn't help that there was a little girl of about 7 years old with plaid panties on the cover!

    My Question: Can you continue to write novels so that nerds can read them without the title causing them to get their asses kicked more than already happens?

    T

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  3. my xauth question by The+Pim · · Score: 4, Funny

    Finally, the guy I've been looking for!! How the hell should I set up X so that when I su, I can run X programs as root?

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    The evaluation of an action as 'practical' . . . depends on what it is that one wishes to practice.
  4. Re:Motivations for the switch? by PacoTaco · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm sure he appreciates the excellent cut and paste features of StarOffice.