Orn
- Published
- 1 January 1971
- Pages
- 247
- ISBN-13
- 9780380226993
- Type
- novel
About this book
Orn followed Omnivore in 1971 at 247 pages, the longest of the three, continuing Piers Anthony's loosely connected Of Man and Manta trilogy with a new alien threat on Nacre centered on a different member of the original three-person expedition. Like the rest of the trilogy, it favors hard-SF problem-solving and xenobiology over the fantasy comedy of Anthony's later Xanth books, using its investigators' differing survival instincts to interrogate the planet's stranger mysteries.
Key facts about Orn
Orn is a novel by Piers Anthony. Readers have had it since 1971. It runs to 247 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of Orn. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780380226993 to find the main one.
Orn is book 2 of 3 in the Of Man and Manta series. The series has 3 published books. However, the series starts with Omnivore (1968).
Additionally, Piers Anthony writes Battle Circle, Jason Striker and Cluster, plus 11 more series. Those series sit on our science fiction, action thriller and fantasy shelves. Meanwhile, Three Novel Nymphs is the latest published Piers Anthony book on file, from 2025.
About Piers Anthony
Piers Anthony is a prolific British-born American author best known for Xanth, his long-running comic fantasy series built around magical puns and wordplay, which has run to more than forty novels since 1977. See every Piers Anthony book in order.
Its place in Of Man and Manta
Orn is book 2 in the Of Man and Manta series. It follows Omnivore. It is followed by OX. See the full Of Man and Manta reading order.
A trio of human investigators — an omnivore, a herbivore, and a carnivore by temperament and diet alike, each representing a different survival strategy and worldview — travel to the alien planet Nacre to study its native life, most strikingly the shapeshifting, telepathic creatures known as mantas. What begins as a scientific expedition steadily reveals larger and stranger threats: Nacre's ecology, its relationship to human colonization efforts, and the true nature and intelligence of the alien life the team…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780380226993