Reading List
Jun. 6th, 2004 06:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hkellickI want to strongly suggest to anyone they try and pick up a copy of Piers Anthony's "Tarot"
By and large, I don't care for Piers Anthony and I admit that, on my own, I would never have tried this book. But I picked this book up a loooong time ago and I had pretty fond memories of it.
In this book, Brother Paul of the Order of Vision is sent to Planet Tarot to determine whether the God of Tarot really is God.
The trick about Planet Tarot is "animations" that occur either in a localized area or during storms that allow what you are thinking to appear in real three-dimensional form.
"Tarot" is a book about the Tarot, as Piers Anthony percieved it SHOULD BE (and, by and large, I don't disagree with him), but more than a book about the Tarot Cards, it's a book about religion and, to a much lesser extent, phiosophy. This book especially concerns itself with the new and old testaments, though it does touch upon other religions.
The book can be mean, harsh and at times down right heretical. But on the other hand, I suspect the intent is actually to educate more than piss off.
I suggest people pick this book up and give it a try. Seriously.
By and large, I don't care for Piers Anthony and I admit that, on my own, I would never have tried this book. But I picked this book up a loooong time ago and I had pretty fond memories of it.
In this book, Brother Paul of the Order of Vision is sent to Planet Tarot to determine whether the God of Tarot really is God.
The trick about Planet Tarot is "animations" that occur either in a localized area or during storms that allow what you are thinking to appear in real three-dimensional form.
"Tarot" is a book about the Tarot, as Piers Anthony percieved it SHOULD BE (and, by and large, I don't disagree with him), but more than a book about the Tarot Cards, it's a book about religion and, to a much lesser extent, phiosophy. This book especially concerns itself with the new and old testaments, though it does touch upon other religions.
The book can be mean, harsh and at times down right heretical. But on the other hand, I suspect the intent is actually to educate more than piss off.
I suggest people pick this book up and give it a try. Seriously.
