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      Phthor

      by Piers Anthony
      Published
      Jan 1975
      Main Genre
      Science Fiction Sci-Fi
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      208
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      The Aton Book 2

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      Phthor is the sequel to Chthon, less intricately structured and less complicated in plot, but still quite dark and ugly in theme and detail. Rather than flashbacks and flashforwards, it has a Y outline, with the stem the initial story and the ends alternate futures, neither of which is acceptable to Aton's son Arlo. Arlo has his own encounter with a Minionette, and naturally destruction is upon him and all with whom he associates. Write/editor Charles Platt was so impressed with the chthonic setting that he wrote two additional sequels, Plasm and Soma, which are even darker and grimmer.

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      The Aton
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      Speculative Fiction

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      Science Fiction

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      Dec 1975 Berkley ISBN13 9780425030110 ISBN10 0425030113
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