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    <body><![CDATA[2.5 stars really.  Unsatisfying ending.  Sections are standalone short stories with the main character, but unrelated to overall plot in every but the vaguest sense.  These sections are bad sci-fi, extremely shallow and fun.  The meat of the book is mediocre.  Overall a forgettable book.  The shinin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39785934">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The second book in the Incantations of Immorality series. This book describes Norton and his life before and after he assumes the office of Time, and becomes Chronos and battles Satan. This book was more sci-fi and dealth with math and science and physics. The first one, On a Pale Horse, dealth with...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12636538">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book's unusual concept of the main character living his life backward in time is interesting and makes the book worth reading as a learning experience if nothing else. Being the second book in the series, it could stand alone though I wouldn't recommend reading it without reading On a Pale Hors...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6615969">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I didn't love this book, as I found it a little tedious at times. The characters were a little shallow and predictable. The premise is interesting enough, as most Piers Anthony books are. There are seven incarnations of immortality, and this book is about Norton/Chronos (the Incarnation of Time). Th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60529949">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The 2nd book in the Incarnations series, while I love books that deal with Time, this isn't as good as the Death book, but I still love it.<br/><br/>And though it's nice to have read book 1, it's not required. These are independant stories until you get up closer to book 4 or 5, and even then you ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6583384">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Slightly more adult writing from Mr. Anthony. In this series he reveals the incarnations (Time, Death, War) to be real offices people can enter or vacate. This series allows him much more room for social and moral commentary while still being fun and escapist reading.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Of all the Incarnations, I think this must be the most difficult to adjust to.  Imagine living backward while everyone else lives forward.  Knowing the future and yet not knowing what happened yesterday for everyone else.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[As the second book in this series, I strongly suggest you read On <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/76658.On_a_Pale_Horse_Incarnations_of_Immortality_Book_1_" title="On a Pale Horse (Incarnations of Immortality, Book 1) by Piers Anthony">A Pale Horse</a> first. This is a series that really makes a lot more sense in order.<br/><br/>While it isn't my least favorite in the series, I am not a huge fan of this novel. I tend to it in my periodic rereads of the series just for...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50852424">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[When life seemed pointless to Norton, he accepted the position as the Incarnation of Time, even though it meant living backward from present to past. The other seemingly all-powerful incantations of Immortality--Death, Fate, War, and Nature--made him welcome. Even Satan greeted him with gifts. But he soon discovered that the gifts were cunning traps and he had become enmeshed in a complex scheme of the Evil One to destroy all that was good....<br/>]]>
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  <read_at>Fri Oct 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[My start with the Piers Anthony Incarnation series started out with a positive bang with &quot;Riding a Pale Horse&quot;. I remember the confusion parts that I tried to basically ignore was the explanation to Death about Chronos, the Incarnation of Time. I've watched and read different variations on...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27800337">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[When life seemed pointless to Norton, he accepted the position as the Incarnation of Time, even though it meant living backward from present to past. The other seemingly all-powerful incantations of Immortality--Death, Fate, War, and Nature--made him welcome. Even Satan greeted him with gifts. But he soon discovered that the gifts were cunning traps and he had become enmeshed in a complex scheme of the Evil One to destroy all that was good....<br/>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[After a tragic love affair, Norton is offered the chance to turn back time; by taking on the office of Time, he will live his life backwards and be able to see (and have limited interactions) with his true love again.  He takes the offer, and becomes involved in the struggle against Satan to take ov...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25287303">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I've read this before, but Rhys has yet to read Piers Anthony, so we picked up this and Castle Roogna (I know, not the first of either series, but they're pretty stand-alone, and the firsts weren't available). I re-read both books pretty quickly, since they are pretty light reads (Xanth is much ligh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67855965">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[When life seemed pointless to Norton, he accepted the position as the Incarnation of Time, even though it meant living backward from present to past. The other seemingly all-powerful incantations of Immortality--Death, Fate, War, and Nature--made him welcome. Even Satan greeted him with gifts. But he soon discovered that the gifts were cunning traps and he had become enmeshed in a complex scheme of the Evil One to destroy all that was good....<br/>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Blew my mind!  I have a whole new appreciation for the intelligence of Piers Anthony after witnessing the craziness that was this book.  His explanations of Time and his adventures within time are masterful.  I'm not a huge fan of his laissez-faire theology, but the dry humor and effortless weaving ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80866043">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[When life seemed pointless to Norton, he accepted the position as the Incarnation of Time, even though it meant living backward from present to past. The other seemingly all-powerful incantations of Immortality--Death, Fate, War, and Nature--made him welcome. Even Satan greeted him with gifts. But he soon discovered that the gifts were cunning traps and he had become enmeshed in a complex scheme of the Evil One to destroy all that was good....<br/>]]>
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  <date_added>Tue Oct 14 11:14:25 -0700 2008</date_added>
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  <read_count>Once (I don't think my constitution is up to two)</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This story is wonderfully well written.  To wonderful if truth be told.  Now I don't know about you but I'm kinda a normal book reader, I don't go for the Cosmic Ultimate Mind-bending books, this one is on a par with those.  At least for a moment or two.  I loved this story only after I finished, wh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35290888">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[When life seemed pointless to Norton, he accepted the position as the Incarnation of Time, even though it meant living backward from present to past. The other seemingly all-powerful incantations of Immortality--Death, Fate, War, and Nature--made him welcome. Even Satan greeted him with gifts. But he soon discovered that the gifts were cunning traps and he had become enmeshed in a complex scheme of the Evil One to destroy all that was good....<br/>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Follows the same formula of all the 'Incarnations' books. Hero has rough time, leads him to take on job of Incarnation, tangles with Satan, while learning to use his powers and then the grand finale.<br/><br/>One of the better books, as it doesn't take as long to get the hero set up and the powers...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71118587">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[When life seemed pointless to Norton, he accepted the position as the Incarnation of Time, even though it meant living backward from present to past. The other seemingly all-powerful incantations of Immortality--Death, Fate, War, and Nature--made him welcome. Even Satan greeted him with gifts. But he soon discovered that the gifts were cunning traps and he had become enmeshed in a complex scheme of the Evil One to destroy all that was good....<br/>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Everyone I met who has read this series has a favorite, and it is without fail the first one they read.  I read the fifth (Being a Green Mother) first, and it is my favorite.  The first five can be read in any order, with intriguing plots interwoven through the entire set, but the sixth and seventh ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43066479">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[When life seemed pointless to Norton, he accepted the position as the Incarnation of Time, even though it meant living backward from present to past. The other seemingly all-powerful incantations of Immortality--Death, Fate, War, and Nature--made him welcome. Even Satan greeted him with gifts. But he soon discovered that the gifts were cunning traps and he had become enmeshed in a complex scheme of the Evil One to destroy all that was good....<br/>]]>
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  <date_added>Wed Nov 26 08:38:58 -0800 2008</date_added>
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  <read_count>at least 6</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[The Incarnation of Time is one very strange office.  Because the Bearer of the Hourglass lives backwards once he takes up the office until the time of his birth, this book can be a little confusing.  The great thing is that if you read the entire series and then read it again, you can really get thi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38691087">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this one, but not as much as On a Pale Horse, the first book of the series. There were some crazy other-worldly tangents when all I really wanted to do was stay on Earth. This book was also a little confusing because Chronos lives and does everything backwards. This resulted in the president...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20538702">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Pretty cool.  But I quickly grew out of reading peirs anthony.  There is always some weird demon sex stuff going on.  But these books have a cool concept.  Maybe I'll finish the series some day.]]></body>
    
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