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Viscous Circle (Cluster Book 5) Kindle Edition

by Piers Anthony (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 16 ratings
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A warlike alien species is bent on destroying a pacifist alien species in this intergalactic adventure novel from the New York Times–bestselling author.

Viscous Circle is a story about a strange and inhuman race of beings and an experimental attempt to transfer into creatures that seem only slightly sapient. They are ultimate pacifists who take the form of magnetic disks that float through space and simply demagnetize and destroy themselves when faced with an unpleasant thought. The bloodthirsty Solarians, in their desperate hurry to find the mysterious Ancient Site, are determined to wipe out the Bands, a strange and beautiful species whose society is an anarchy of peace. Only Rondl, the whirling green Band, can save his race, for he has a singular and awesome knowledge. But suddenly Rondl makes a shocking discovery about his identity—a discovery that may cost him his honor, his beautiful lover Cirl, even his very life.
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    Cluster
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    Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy
  6. Publication date
    April 1, 2014
  7. File size
    4109 KB
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About the Author

Piers Anthony is one of the world’s most popular fantasy writers, and a New York Times–bestselling author twenty-one times over. His Xanth novels have been read and loved by millions of readers around the world, and he daily receives letters from his devoted fans. In addition to the Xanth series, Anthony is the author of many other bestselling works. He lives in Inverness, Florida.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00J48FCBG
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy (April 1, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 1, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4109 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 16 ratings

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Piers Anthony is one of the world's most popular fantasy authors, and a New York Times bestseller twenty-one times over. His Xanth novels have been read and loved by millions of readers around the world, and he daily receives hundreds of letters from his devoted fans.In addition to the Xanth series, Anthony is the author of many other best-selling works. Piers Anthony lives in Inverness, Florida.

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4.4 out of 5 stars
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Daniel
5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Read
Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2014
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An incredibly considered and conceived story by a master of the art. One of the few depictions and a truly alien culture, from the inside out. What is it like to be a non-biological, non-technological, alien born into a pacifistic culture under siege? Read and find out in beautiful style!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2017
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Amazing read, a unique perspective: intelligence totally unlike our own.
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SciFiFan
5.0 out of 5 stars great book, great author
Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2014
Fast shipping, great book, great author.
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Brendan T. Lucey
4.0 out of 5 stars A new point of view
Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2000
The best part of this book (I read it a very long time ago) is that after I looked up from reading I looked at everything around me differently. I had just read a chapter from an alien's point of view and I had trouble reconciling the world I was reading about and what was real. A very odd feeling. If you liked early Xanth books and the books Piers Anthony wrote before them you will love this book.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Not Free SF Reader
Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2007
Yet another male-female alien pairing of agent and other.

Or, in other words, this book isn't very good at all compared to the others. Throw in some philosophy of the whole thing, sword fighting, an Ancient site, and not a lot of point to this one.

For example:"Rondl floated before a class of twenty young Bands. All were attentive to his beam as it flashed across the enclosure and reflected from the curving wall. Could he get his message across?

"This is the story of the ugly Solarian and the three innocent species," he said. He had the nagging feeling he had adapted the story from some other narration, but he could not think what that might be. There was nothing similar he knew of in Band lore. "The Solarian is a gross physical creature with bone-filled extremities, flesh-filled torso, and liquid-filled eyeballs sliding within moist socketsââ,¬â"
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Jonathan Michael Reiter
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on April 5, 2018
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Just got my item today!!!! Looking forward to reading it... Thanks!!!
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GwydionM
4.0 out of 5 stars A neat little SF advanture
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 2, 2012
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Connected with the Cluster series but independent of it. A man has is his personality put into an alien whose species humans intend to exploit, but he goes over to their point of view.
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