[J. Tithonus Pednaud]

Man, I loved Xanth as a kid. I think his first in the series was the first 'real book' I read. But you can't go back - and it sucks. The books do exist in this strange land of limbo though. Plot holes don't make much of a difference in a book build around puns. (Isle of View...anyone....anyone)

He did some more adult oriented fantasy though. His Battle Circle series was really good. As I recall, I was a teenager at the time.

I also really enjoyed the work of Watt-Evans. All of his books involved underdogs making good. The Misenchanted Sword likely being his best work.

Terry Brooks 'Kingdom For Sale' series was quite Xanth like and these days a bit of Christopher Moore usually fills my need for literary puns.

I haven't read anything really in the fantasy realm in decades though, so I could be way off on my recommendations. Just about everything was 'wicked' when I was 13.

Except for the stuff that was lame, of course.