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    <body><![CDATA[This is the first in the Incarnations of Immortality series, and probably the best of the batch. I believe I read somewhere that Anthony originally intended only to write the five (Death, Time, Fate, War, and Earth), and I think he probably should have stopped there, because while <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=With a Tangled Skein" title="With a Tangled Skein">With a Tangled Skein</a>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4799855">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[<em>On a Pale Horse</em> is the best book Piers Anthony's ever written.<br/><br/>Sadly, that's not saying much.  Anthony has some very creative ideas, but his prose is mechanical at best and plainly clunky at worst.<br/><br/>Even so, some of the ideas are worth the slog.  The <em>Incarnations of Immortality</em> ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3707733">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was the beginning of my Piers Anthony kick a couple years ago.  This series was very interesting.  It is called the Incarnations of Immortality, with this first book being the best of the series.  The others were interesting.  The premise is that regular people take on the mantle of Death, The ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2938845">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Death does ride a Pale Horse but that Horse can be so much more if that is what the job calls for, or at least that is what Anthony will have us believe.<br/><br/>A friend of mine in high school pushed this series on me and I reluctantly started to read it.  Have I mentioned that science fiction r...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38691083">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Piers Anthony is an author who is more conceptually innovative than literary. His writing is like puff pastry and not very substantive, but his characters are likable and the plots engaging. He has moments of preachiness mixed in, and sometimes a puerile sense of humor, but if you don't mind these t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4252970">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="19385407">
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1984</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the only Piers Anthony book I really liked. For once there's enough actual plot to distract the author from his usual preoccupations of breasts and bad puns. <br/>The premise is similar to &quot;The Santa Clause&quot;, but instead of the jolly old elf, it's the Grim Reaper who kicks the buc...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19385407">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="5448525">
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    <body><![CDATA[It is the outstanding first book in the Incarnations of Immortality series recommended to me by my father who read it when he was my age.<br/>The series questions the nature of life by having mortals take on immortal offices which they can execute in whichever way they so choose... for the most par...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5448525">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[One summer while in Jr High, my brother handed me a book.  The cover was yellow and depicted Death driving a very nice looking sports car.  I loved the book, and unlike Anthony's Xanth series, Incarnations is still very readable for me today.  I've heard the argument that many feel that Anthony has ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18673045">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My ninth grade English teacher assigned this as extra credit.   I had heard about this book a year earlier when I was sitting with a friend waiting for an ambulance to show up.  I thought he'd addled his brains until freshman year.<br/><br/>Zane has lost everything.  Watching his future disappear ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2142577">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="38660457">
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    <body><![CDATA[Possible the best book that I have read. This is a straight-faced comedy about a man who, by accident, kills death. I think that I read it all in one day. Great story. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Piers Anthony tells an interesting tale, and while the book certainly has flaws, this series remains a &quot;guilty pleasure&quot; for me.  <br/><br/>On a Pale Horse starts quickly, and Anthony begins to attempt to weave his complex tale, unfortunately at the expense of the pace of the book.  While ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47668392">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[ON A PALE HORSE, the first book in the INCARNATIONS OF IMMORTALITY series, is a novel about a man named Zane, who finds himself taking over the job of Death after shooting the previous owner of that title. He must now collect souls and determine whether they should go to Heaven or Hell. Death, of co...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46528026">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I very much enjoyed this fantasy book that focused on the office of Death and it's coorelation with the other Incarnations. It's cause and effect logic was always sound and infuriatingly obvious <em>after</em> reading the explanation of the logic. <br/><br/>The author did a great job keeping the reader's e...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17087583">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Piers Anthony outdoes himself with the Incarnations of Immortality series, and this first installment is probably the second best in the series.  As one might infer from the title, the subject of this book is Death.  In particular, Mr. Anthony explores the place of Death in the cosmos, and its vital...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41250460">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I give this 5 stars for what this book did to me instead of how I actually felt about the book if I was to rate it now. I'd give it 3 stars now. Why do I give it 5 stars? I'll tell you. I have always loved fantasy and science fiction since I was old enough to stand on two feet. When I was a kid I ne...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78718533">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[An absolute joy to read. The Incarnations of Immortality series is an excellent example of imagination and superb storytelling. Of the series, this one is my favorite, and should get you hooked into reading all of them. Imagine what life would be like if you killed Death, and were then informed that...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70170832">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[     A young man, lonely and without many prospects, decides to kill himself. Just as he is about to pull the trigger, someone invades his apartment and the young man fires upon the intruder.<br/>    Holy crap, he just killed Death! And now he has to become the new Death and reap them souls.<br/> ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58252841">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I remember when I first read this series, I fell in love with it.  That was a few years ago, and now, I am a bit more conflicted - in part because I know how it ends; and, well...<br/><br/>I had somehow managed to block out how damn preachy it can be (its a hallmark of Piers Anthony's writing - he...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59711191">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have never read a Xanth novel, but of the Piers Anthony novels I have read, I prefer this book to them all.  I think it represents some of the author's finest work and has an engrossing plot and story-line.  <br/><br/>It is an adventurous book taking a fresh, if somewhat tongue-in-cheek look at ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39005652">more...</a>]]></body>
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