Stork Naked: A Tale in the Land of Xanth

by Piers Anthony

Book Overview

Surprise Golem has just lost her brand-new baby. The Stork assigned to deliver her eagerly awaited Bundle of Joy has inexplicably refused to surrender it, flying off instead through a hole in the fabric of reality. Now, to track down her offspring, Surprise must lead an ill-assorted assemblage of confederates on a desperate quest through dozens of different Xanths. But sinister, unseen forces are determined to stop her. And in order to find her child,...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765343126
• ISBN13: 9780765343123
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Forge
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 3.6" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

Drop 1/4 from the middle

Great reading and a lot more explinations that were very helpful in understanding Xanth, but about a quarter of it could have been edited. This one I think Mr. Jacobs allowed his fans to run the book for a goodly portion. Where suggestions fit, use them, but don't drag the story on just to use them up. Still and all, great escapism. I am disabled, so can finish a book in one to three days and I still hunger for more. Thank you Mr. Anthony

Piers Anthony- Just gets better with age

Piers Anthony's Xanth series continues to entertain like no other fantasy/comedy books in existence. Following Surpirse Golem through many alternate realities on her search for her mis-delivered baby, the puns abound in another hilarious story out of the magic land of Xanth. The best part? Finally find out what Che Centaur will do to change the History of Xanth!

Another Punny visit to Xanth

Piers Anthony takes us into another adventure in the punny world of Xanth. As usual, a visit to the Good Magician leads the main characters on the quest for an answer. This time, it is not just Xanth main that Surprise and her fellow travellers visit. This time they must access alternate realities in order to complete their quest. But, as usual there is a bit of a twist. Forces are working against the group, trying to make them fail. Some new characters and new worlds create a different venture for Xanth fans.

excellent

Great book,loved it,will definetly read again,to find all of the puns.can't wait for the next one.

The Surprise Babies

Stork Naked (2006) is the thirtieth Fantasy novel in the Xanth series, following Pet Peeve. In the previous volume, Gwenny Goblin introduced the pet peeve to Surprise Golem, who soon brought her whole family to meet the bird. After Grundy exchanged insults with the bird, to their mutual enjoyment, the Golem family took it home with them. Then Goody Goblin only had to worry about his upcoming marriage. In this novel, Surprise and Umlaut are expecting, so Surprise is not too upset when the stork appears with her baby. But she is very upset when the stork decides that she is too young and takes away the baby for another couple. She just stands there in shock and stares as the stork flies away. The peeve is astounded at her lack of response. So are the young demons Ted and Monica, whom Surprise is babysitting. They all decide to ask the Good Magician for advice. Surprise composes a spell to apport them all to Humfrey's castle. There Surprise faces her three challenges and gains admittance, but Humfrey refuses to accept her as a querent. He explains that there is more going on than she knows. He does advise her to take her complaint to the Stork Works. Humfrey offers the services of Che Centaur for the trip. Che has come to the Good Magician to find the missing Simurgh and Humfrey thinks that her disappearance is connected in some way with Surprise's missing baby. The Good Magician also adds Woe Betide to the group, placing her in a stasis spell so she cannot revert to D. Metria, Ted's mother. At the Stork Works, the searchers determine that the delivering stork was Stymy, who has a bad reputation for mishaps. Apparently he had taken the baby to an alternate reality after leaving Surprise. They use the Reality Mask to reduced the number of possibilities to four, but Surprise and company still have to check out each of these situations. The Chief Stork adds Stymy to their party as a sort of probationary retribution. In this story, we gradually learn that major Demons Xanth and Fornax have made another bet on Surprise's reaction to this situation. They ensure that Surprise and Che are splashed with Love Elixir. Then they present Surprise with bad choices. The Demons also place agents in the group and declare that everybody loses if Surprise finds out about the bet. At first Che and Surprise are quite composed, but soon the elixir begins to bother them. Surprise is told that the only way to remove the tension is to surrender to their impulses. Then she is faced with several opportunities to make love with Che. The attraction only increases after they find Surprise's baby. This issue of the Xanth saga has lots of puns, but doesn't seem as fully packed as the previous volumes. Indeed, the plot appears to be more important in this novel. Nonetheless, the author promises that the next installment -- Air Apparent -- will have another slew of reader suggested puns and word plays. Highly recommended for Anthony fans and for anyon