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* [[Hurricane of Puns]]: Particularly in his ''Xanth'' series, almost every one of which are reader submitted (and credited).
* [[Honor Before Reason]]: A common trait of most of his protagonists. Mr. Anthony has repeatedly said that he believes heroes should be [[Lawful Stupid]]. In the ''Battle Circle'' trilogy, the entire Nomad culture is based on this.
* [[I'm a Man, I Can't Help It]]: All over the place. He likes to hammer this point home by having a woman become a man briefly -- upon returning to normal she will be full of surprised gratitude to her male companions for restraining their beastly urges.
* [[Inside a Computer System]]: ''Killobyte'' has the main characters trapped in VR.
* [[Magic
* [[Mermaid Problem]]: Piers Anthony goes out of his way to analyze mermaid physiology in several of his series.
* [[Naked People Are Funny]] / [[National Geographic Nudity]]: Piers has said on several occasions that he doesn't understand why people consider human nudity to be shocking/harmful/etc. He tends to mix it into his stories -- for example, Mermaids in ''[[Xanth (Literature)|Xanth]]'' are nudists, as are pretty much any [[Half
** The [[Apprentice Adept]] series starts off on a colony world named Proton where only the members of the ruling class (called Citizens) are allowed the privilege of wearing clothing. The majority of the population consists of their indentured servants, called "serfs", who are required by law to go naked at all times.<ref>There are exceptions for safety gear and such, to cover the corner cases.</ref>
* [[Only in Florida]]
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