Prostho Plus (25 page)

Judy guided the patient out of the chair. "So you see, Doctor, two plus two—"

"Equals four!" He gripped her by the arm. "Come on—let's get out of here before Miss Tarantula sends Number Five. I'll settle for Four."

"And a married man is far more likely to live to ninety-two," the Jann observed, rising grandly from the booth. "Had I but my Janni with me..."

Fortunately Dr. Dillingham was not listening. But the goblin audience was, and catcalls resounded.

Piers Anthony's five books—
Chthon, Sos the Rope, Omnivore, Macroscope
and
Prostho Plus
—have established him as a writer of great talent, on a par with the best of the new young generation of sf novelists. In an interview with the
Washington Post,
Arthur C. Clarke equated him with Delany and Algis Budrys. From the very first Mr. Anthony has been admired for his originality and inventiveness in both his serious sf tales and in his entertaining satirical novels.