Piers Anthony's
Blue Adept Series

Phaze and Proton are the same planet--sort of. Proton, the planet we are introduced to first, is a science fiction world in which people are either enormously rich citizens or naked and poor indentured servants. But on Proton there is the Game, which is a set up by which everyone on Proton has equal access to any game ever created, so they may compete. And every year one person wins citizenship for himself. Why is Proton so rich? Because it is the only source in the galaxy of Protonite, the most compact, clean, and efficient fuel known to man. But, through the "curtain," Proton is also Phaze, a land of magic, where special magical talents are fueled by the presence of Phazite, the equivalent of Protonite in the other frame. There is a tenuous balance between the two worlds, eroding every year with the mining of Protonite. The adventures erupt when a slave named Stile from Proton accidentally crosses frames, and must save the two worlds,whether or not they want to be saved.

Phase and Proton Books

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• Split Infinity (1980)
• The Blue Adept (1981)
• Juxtaposition (1982)
• Out of Phase (1987)
• The Robot Adept (1988)
• Unicorn Point (1989)
• Phaze Doubt (1990)

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Piers Anthony also has two other series worth investigation as part of the juxtaposition of science fiction and fantasy. One is the Xanth series, which puts magical Xanth in juxtaposition with the world of "Mundania," also known as the Florida Pennisula. The other is the Incarnations of Immortality series, which begins with the book On a Pale Horse, where a normal guy accidentally kills Death, and has to take his place.

Links

• Andrew Wooldridge's page
• Alpha Ralpha Blvd. Page on Piers
• Neysa's Piers Anthony Apprentice Adept Page

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