 cover of Pet Peeve | |
| Author | Piers Anthony |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Darrell K. Sweet |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Publisher | Tor Books |
Publication date | 2005 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 332 |
| ISBN | 0-7653-0408-2 |
| OCLC | 58478623 |
| 813/.54 22 | |
| LC Class | PS3551.N73 P47 2005 |
| Preceded by | Currant Events |
| Followed by | Stork Naked |
Pet Peeve is a fantasy novel by British-American writer Piers Anthony, the twenty-ninth book of the Xanth series. [1]
Goody Goblin, the only nice male goblin, goes to see the Good Magician Humphrey so he can get his question answered. As the Magician charges a year's service or the equivalent, Goody has to find a good home for a pet peeve. The pet peeve is a very annoying bird who can mimic the voice of the person carrying it.
Goody starts out with the bird and Hannah Barbarian, whose service is to accompany the goblin on the quest and protect him. Throughout the journey, we discover that Goody is nice because he had to take reverse wood and disguise himself as a girl to avoid being captured by an invading goblin tribe. He was also married, but his wife is dead because she was fated to die young.
On the trip, Goody and Hannah meet various people. They all refuse to adopt the pet peeve, or in the case of Princesses Melody, Harmony, and Rhythm, are not allowed to by their mother. Goody and Hannah travel to Robot World, one of the moons of Princess Ida, and bring back some robots to live in Xanth. Unfortunately, the robots decide to take over Xanth, which means all of Xanth must unite to fight the menace.
Goblins, ogres, dragons, and other creatures come to combat the robots, which have been expanding, and the harpies feed the armies with lunch boxes from their lunch box plantation. Eventually the robots are defeated. In the process, Goody finally gets over his late wife's death and falls in love with Gwenny Goblin, the first female goblin chief. She in turn falls in love with him, as her time spent with a family of winged centaurs cause her to like only polite goblins. The pet peeve finally gets a home with Grundy Golem, Rapunzel, and their daughter, Surprise Golem.
Kirkus Reviews defined it "A patently silly tale: all in all, fun, humorous light fantasy." [2]
Xanth is a series of novels by author Piers Anthony, also known as The Magic of Xanth. The novels are set in the fantasy world of Xanth, in which magic exists and every human has a magical "talent." The books have been noted for their extensive use of wordplay and puns.
The Source of Magic is a fantasy novel by British-American writer Piers Anthony, the second book of the Xanth series. This novel begins one year after the events of A Spell for Chameleon, and describes the adventures of Bink after he has settled down with his pregnant wife, Chameleon. King Trent had appointed Bink the Official Researcher of Xanth at the end of the previous book, and given him the task to discover Xanth's source of magic.
Castle Roogna is a fantasy novel by British-American writer Piers Anthony, the third book in the Xanth series. The titular castle is also the residence of the present King of Xanth, within the narrative.
Night Mare is a fantasy novel by American writer Piers Anthony, the sixth book of the Xanth series. In the book, Xanth is under threat of a barbarian invasion from Mundania. Its only hope is the talents of the Magicians of Xanth and an exiled night mare, sent to the world of waking with the dire message: "Beware the Horseman."
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Man from Mundania is a fantasy novel by American writer Piers Anthony. The twelfth book of the Xanth series, it concludes the trilogy of Vale of the Vole and Heaven Cent.
Isle of View is a fantasy novel by American writer Piers Anthony, published in 1989. It is the thirteenth book of the Xanth series.
Demons Don't Dream is a fantasy novel by American writer Piers Anthony published in 1993, the sixteenth book in the Xanth series.
Harpy Thyme is a fantasy novel by American writer Piers Anthony, the seventeenth book of the Xanth series.
Roc and a Hard Place is the nineteenth book of the Xanth series by Piers Anthony.
The Dastard is a fantasy novel by British-American writer Piers Anthony, the twenty-fourth book of the Xanth series.
Currant Events is a 2004 fantasy novel by British-American writer Piers Anthony, the twenty-eighth book of the Xanth series and the first book in the second Xanth trilogy.
Stork Naked is a fantasy novel by British-American writer Piers Anthony, the thirtieth book of the Xanth series.
This is a list of works by Piers Anthony.