A Spell for Chameleon

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…riends - who might have read Xanth books at ages at which they could better appreciate the writing style - are coming from, I would pick the first three of the series: * A Spell for Chameleon * The Source of Magic * Castle Roogna

…, I went to the library and picked this up basically by accident. I read it in the space of an afternoon. It was the beginning of my thoughts about the meaning of death. A Spell for Chameleon, by Piers Anthony. It was the first of my mom and dad's sf books that I chose to read for myself. It started a lifelong love affair. I outgrew the Xanth, but not the sf. Anna Karenina, by Tolstoy. An unassailable Mount Everest in the peaks of high literature. It's a spiritual journey I've taken repeatedly over the years. The Mind of the Maker, by Dorothy L Sayers. A meditation on the intersection between art, creativity, free will, and the Trinity. My copy is getting worn out. The Analogical Imagination: Christian Theology and the Culture of Pluralism, by David Tracy. This book was the cap to my spiritual journey in college. It is about finding authe…