A Spell For Chameleon is the first book in the Xanth series. It tells the story of Bink, a human who lives in the magical world Xanth, which is attached to the world of Mundania - a place bereft of magic. In Xanth, everything is magical - people, trees, inhabitants, even landforms have magical powers. Bink has no talent, and as such, is due to be expelled from his world unless he is able to find a way to reveal it.I quite liked reading this book. I'd been feeling like some classic Fantasy reading for a while, and this series as about as fantasy as it gets. Magical creatures abound, and while I didn't like the way Piers Anthony depicts some of his characters (His females are all...second-rate), I did enjoy the story. There are a lot of other books in this series, which is still in progress (this one was published in 1977), so it's nice to have another series I can return to as I like.
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