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Summary: Piers Anthony - The Ultimate Master of Fantasy
Review: Piers Anthony has opened a whole new world of possibilities with his Incarnations of Immortality series, and it all began with On A Pale Horse. His mix of science and magic allows him to do things never before imagined in the realms of fantasy or science fiction. His characters are the most memorable I've ever read of, and he keeps you wondering what's going to happen next throughout the whole book. He explores politics, religion, euthanasia and many other issues in this novel and presents new views on old questions that absolutely force you to reevaluate everything you've ever though. This is, without a doubt, the best book I've ever read!
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Summary: Great step forward in reading levels
Review: On a Pale Horse was the best book I've ever read. I'd been reading things by Anne McCaffrey and others before my father actually brought this book to my attention. He'd read it a long time ago and thought I'd like it. Anne McCaffrey and the others like her that I'd been reading were more mid-evilish and that's what I was in to. When I read this book it was more futuristic. What surprised me the most about it was that it was set LAST century! It was a great book and Zane was an ideal character showing the confusion of life as he grew into his office. The ending was really great what he did to Satan. I can't go back to reading the authors whos books I was reading. Wonderful tale with high imagination. READ IT!
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Summary: Interesting and thought-provoking.
Review: This book is an adventure from the very beginning when a man named Zane is basically cheated out of what he thought was his only chance at true love and wealth. When he decides to commit suicide he is visited by a dark figure and shoots him instead. What he doesn't realize is that he has just shot Death, and now he must take on his role of office. Basic job: Go to the people whose lives are in balance of both good and evil, collect their souls, and decide whether they should be taken to Heaven, Hell, or Purgatory. On his job he meets a lovely woman named Luna Kaftan, the daughter of the Magician Kaftan who's soul is in balance. He is sent to Purgatory. Luna and Zane (Death) fall in love until Satan comes into play. Luna is supposedly going to save the world from Satan twenty years' hence, which makes for an excellent novel of love, the Incarnations, magic, science, and the battle between Good & Evil.
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Summary: Reality Strikes
Review: I read the back cover of this book, and expected a humorous story of Death's death and the poor stupid fool who shot him. I was entirely wrong. This book combined questions and ideas from religion and science, and had a fantasy bent that had absolutely nothing to do with anything. I ended up questioning my own thoughts and ideas about death and the afterlife, because underneath the story plot were vague references to real life. It takes skill, in my mind, to throw these references into a fantasy story without making the reader conscious of them. It didn't preach, it inspired.
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Summary: Seven star fantasy masterpiece
Review: I loved this book in part due to Anthony's presentation of a world in which science, magic, and religion mesh together without contradiction. The plot, character buildup, setting, and very idea of Incarnations of Immortality is sheer genious. This book is wonderful. I haven't read book 2 or 5 in this series, but 3 and 4 were excellent as well. This is my favorite out of the ones I've read, though.
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Summary: On A Pale Horse
Review: As a young man I read and loved Piers Anthony books for their inventive and fantastic content. As an adult I read them with new appreciation for their complexity. I understand now the shades of meaning present in his various works and I continue to re-read books from my childhood and wonder at an author who is able to convey much wisdom in the form of light-hearted fiction.On a Pale Horse begins a series that is adventurous, surreal, imaginitive and witty. If I had to pick one Piers Anthony book that every sci-fi/fantasy fan should read, this would be the one. Definitely....a good book.
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Summary: A True Modern Fantasy Classic
Review: I don't typically like Anthony's efforts much. Out of the eight or nine books of his I've tried to read, I've only finished four and there were only two of these that I liked. 'On a Pale Horse' was one of them. Anthony's take on Death is at once thought-provoking and funny, and the world he establishes in this novel is an interesting one. The book grabbed my attention from the very beginning (where the protaganist shoots Death and must then take on his mantle) and held it to very last page. This is a worthy addition to any fantasy library.
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Summary: Great first read written by Anthony
Review: This was the first book I read by this author and I loved it. It had a well defined plot and it really made me think. even if you don't like fantasy or sci fi this is an amazing book with interesting ideas.
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Summary: Very interesting. Puts a twist on supposed reality.
Review: Zane, a man down on his luck who suffers from seemingly bad choices throughout his life, accidentally kills the Incarnation of Death instead of himself and assumes his position. While he learns about his office, he realizes that the other Incarnations (war, time, nature, fate) are using him to prevent a conspiracy controlled by Satan from coming into existance.
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Summary: It changed my life.
Review: I had just had open heart surgery, number 3, when I picked up this book. Anthony's view of death, and how it can appear, or how one approaches it, changed the way I thought of death. This book is one of my all time favorites. I will forever be grateful to Mr. Anthony for helping me get over my fear of death.
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