# What "favorite book" would cause you to walk away from someone?

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**Created:** [June 6, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-favorite-book-would-cause-you-to-walk-away-from-someone/1002567 "2024-06-06T19:59:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2024, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-favorite-book-would-cause-you-to-walk-away-from-someone/1002567/92 "2024-06-08T01:39:22Z")

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> [@raspberry\_hunter](#):
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> Piers Anthony

Regardless of what Piers Anthony is usually like, there’s this story about him:

> **[Just South of the Unicorns - This American Life](https://www.thisamericanlife.org/470/show-me-the-way/act-one-5)**
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> A teenager runs away from home to move in with someone he's never met, his idol, the person he respects most of all — a fantasy writer named Piers Anthony.

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