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Summary: On A Pale Horse - Superb!
Review: I think that "On A Pale Horse" is an excelent book, with some romance and mental insights on death (real and illusionary) that people would never think about, in real life or writing a novel. Piers Anthony has plenty of other excelent novels, but this one takes the cake and the pie! In other words, I give it five stars for the author and the book, they both are excelent in many, many, ways.
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Summary: death at his best!!!!!!!:)
Review: Anthony must have had a talk with Death himself with some of the detail he came up with in this book. I, myself, love death and study him, but anthony outdid even my expectations.
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Summary: Great Start To a Wonderful Series
Review: On A Pale Horse is a great start to a wonderful exploration of "possibilities." Easily one of the "strongest", if not the strongest book in the series. Although I'm not usually drawn to fantasy, some friends felt I would appreciate this series because of the concept of the "offices of immortality." They were right!! The different methods of attaining the various offices was consistent with the characteristics of the characters. Particularly intriguing was how each new office holder had to struggle to determine his or her strengths, limitations, and purpose--something we must all do every day. I found Thanatos and Satan to be very compelling characters. The treatment of these two by the author is decidedly different from what we've come to believe of such nefarious personifications. Although not all the books in this series maintain the same level of anticipatory immersion by the reader as this one; and some seem to wander endlessly while trying to explore some thought-provoking concepts, this series will get you involved and make you "think." I found I couldn't wait for the next installment. A wonderful experience!!
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Summary: Excellent.
Review: The Incarnations of Immortality books made me cancel my 74 channel cable habit. I read On a Pale Horse in a bout two weeks. It took me a few months to pick up the second book (Bearing an Hourglass) But within two days after finishing it, I had gone to my local book store and completed my collection of the series. It only took about a month then to finish the remaining 5 books. Thank You for reassuring us that there are things out there better than T.V.
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Summary: A great lead-in volume for a wonderful series.
Review: Piers Anthony has taken death and put a whole new personality into it. The book hooked me from the first page (I've never been a reader of his work) and made me hunger for all the volumes to come.
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Summary: Book One of a Five Star Series
Review: Having read the entire Incarnations of Immortality series I must say that On A Pale Horse is the first step in a highly intelligent, amazingly interwoven discertation on the complexities of morality. The first book may appear to have a moral simplicity, the series does not. An intelligent read in the guise of fantasy, I highly recommend both the book and the series if you enjoy thinking while you read.
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Summary: Interesting twist on age-old religious presumptions...
Review: If you even remotely enjoy decent literature, this book is a must read! For Piers Anthony to so wantonly assume the mantle of Thanatos in this novel is to be greatly applauded. I won't go into the plot, as that is what the summary is alloted for, but I must urge everyone to read this novel! It's interesting to see a different view on the afterlife. Who knows...in the years to come, an archaeologist might excavate the ruins of civilization and this book will become the "bible" of the new order...
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Summary: Really gets you thinking....but thoroughly enjoyable!
Review: It has been many years since I have read the Incarnations of Immportality series....On a Pale Horse is my favorite...I recommend this to everyone I know - I am not much of a science fiction fan but these books are so engrossing....you really have to pick this one up!
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Summary: Awesome! One of the best five books I have ever read!
Review: On a pale horse is a gripping story about a guy named Zane who accidentally kills death. It happens when this cheap^#@ store clerk cheats Zane out of the love of his life. Death appears in front of Zane just as zane is about to pull the trigger to end his life. Zane can't control his finger anymore, but he can control his arm. Zane wrenches the pistol from his head and his finger pulls the trigger. the next minut Death is dead cold on the floor and Zane is forced to resume his "office." The job of death is to travel from place to place to collect souls that are 50% evil and 50% good and judge whether they should go to heaven or hell...You MUST read this bookto find out what happens!
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Summary: Great... but not AWESOME
Review: I love sci-fi, but I hate fantasy. This book has a lot of each. That's good. Piers Anthony took an oddball concept and made it into a very good book. He casts death in a hilarious light, and, with the addition of some cool gadgets, makes a sort of twisted James Bond tale, with the hero really having a licence to kill. Zane (Death) Is one of the most interesting characters I've ever read, and Satan is amusingly like a typical lawyer. However, my main point about this book, and what stops it from being one of my favorites, is that around chapter eight it starts taking itself to seriously. Up until the eighth chapter, this book deserves five sars. After that, it sort of sinks. The tour in hell and the final confrontation aboard the Satanic Sattilite do a lot to restore the appeal that made the first half of the book so entertaining. I look forward to reading the other Incarnations of Immortality books, and I hope they're at least as good as this was. READ IT. Or at least the first half.
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