Air Apparent

First edition cover

Author| Piers Anthony
Cover artist| Darrell K. Sweet
Carol Russo Design
Language| English
Genre| Fantasy novel
Publisher| TOR Books

Publication date

| October 16, 2007
Publication place| United States
Media type| Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages| 316
ISBN| 978-0-7653-0410-0
OCLC| 124075006

Dewey Decimal

| 813/.54 22
LC Class| PS3551.N73 A75 2007
Preceded by| Stork Naked
Followed by| Two to the Fifth

Air Apparent is the thirty-first book of the Xanth series by Piers Anthony,[1] which was first mentioned in the "Author's Note" in Currant Events. Piers Anthony stated that notions from his readers have already been set aside for use in this installment in the same "Author's Note."

## Plot introduction

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Piers Anthony has stated that the book is set as a murder mystery. It has, typical for Xanth books, many puns. Readers also get a better understanding of the nature of Ida's moons. Air Apparent includes a character known as a Debra who is a 13-year-old girl who is constantly pressured to take off her bra. To De-Bra so to speak. She is based on a real girl. Debra Kawaguchi was a huge fan of the Xanth series and after her death in 2004, her father wrote Piers and asked him to include Debra in his cast of characters. After Piers explained to Debra's father that the only way he could think to include Debra in the book was through the De-Bra-ing pun, Mr. Kawaguchi agreed that Debra would have been delighted to be a character in Xanth and would have loved the pun. Piers mentions Mr. Kawaguchi in the author notes as the inspiration for Debra. Debra is depicted on the front cover of the hardback book as a flying centaur.

## Review

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"The Xanth books constitute Anthony's longest and most successful series . . . . They are intended to be kind-spirited, fun reading, a series of wondrous beasts and beings, and most of all, an endless succession of outrageous puns"—Lee Killough, Wichita Eagle

## References

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1. ^ Janet Husband; Jonathan F. Husband (2009). Sequels: An Annotated Guide to Novels in Series. American Library Association. p. 26\. ISBN 978-0-8389-0967-6.

## External links

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* About Air Apparent and the Xanth series at the publisher's official website
* Air Apparent title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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Xanth series by Piers Anthony

Novels: 1970s|

* A Spell for Chameleon
* The Source of Magic
* Castle Roogna

Novels: 1980s|

* Centaur Aisle
* Ogre, Ogre
* Night Mare
* Dragon on a Pedestal
* Crewel Lye
* Golem in the Gears
* Vale of the Vole
* Heaven Cent
* Man from Mundania

Novels: 1990s|

* Isle of View
* Question Quest
* The Color of Her Panties
* Demons Don't Dream
* Harpy Thyme
* Geis of the Gargoyle
* Roc and a Hard Place
* Yon Ill Wind
* Faun & Games
* Zombie Lover
* Xone of Contention

Novels: 2000s|

* The Dastard
* Swell Foop
* Up in a Heaval
* Cube Route
* Currant Events
* Pet Peeve
* Stork Naked
* Air Apparent
* Two to the Fifth
* Jumper Cable

Novels: 2010s|

* Knot Gneiss
* Well-Tempered Clavicle
* Luck of the Draw
* Esrever Doom
* Board Stiff
* Five Portraits
* Isis Orb
* Ghost Writer in the Sky
* Fire Sail

Novels: 2020s|

* Jest Right
* Skeleton Key
* ...

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* Companions of Xanth (video game)

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