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Bearing an Hourglass (Incarnations of Immortality #2)

Piers Anthony

Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 372 pages

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Original Title:	Bearing an Hourglass
ISBN:	0345313151 (ISBN13: 9780345313157)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Incarnations of Immortality #2
Characters:	Parry, Orlene, Norton

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THE MAN WHO LIVED BACKWARD

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.

In the end, armed only with the Hourglass, Norton was forced to confront the immense power of Satan directly. And though Satan banished him to Hell, he was resolved to fight on.

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Title	:	Bearing an Hourglass (Incarnations of Immortality #2)
Author	:	Piers Anthony
Book Format	:	Mass Market Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 372 pages
Published	:	October 1984 by Random House Ballantine Del Rey (first published July 12th 1984)
Categories	:	Fantasy. Fiction. Science Fiction. Science Fiction Fantasy

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"They sure don't make Heroes like they used to" p 174. With the help of Death 'Thanatos' and girlfriend Luna (why no marriage?), three aspects of Fate Clothos, Atropos, and whoever, Satan's trickery is out-manoeuvred. Fun bits, Bat, Bem, Femme, in overall yawn. Inch-by-inch quasi-science blather makes time travel boring. Worst is 'climax'. Fate says human safety hinges on one moment. But, for same reason, universes cannot split into parallel alternates, number of small decisions in chain is

Despite my indifference (and at times annoyance) with On a Pale Horse, I went ahead and plowed through Bearing an Hourglass. I won't rant at length about this one, but suffice it to say that I'm equally unimpressed. I'll reiterate, for the sake of those I know who swear by this series, that I probably would have enjoyed it when I was younger (read: less discerning). Piers Anthony's writing is just...well...not great. I think this series suffers from a flaw I've found in many fantasy books: when

As a fan of the Fantasy and Sci-Fi genres, I felt an obligation to like Piers Anthony's novels. I have tried time and time again with this book, Wielding a Red Sword, Isle of Woman, and the Xanth series. In every book, I keep coming back to feeling like I'm reading a dirty old man's wildest fantasy. Xanth is the most lighthearted and easiest to read of the Anthony books I've read. At least I'm not as offended at the shallowness of the characters as I am in Anthony's other books. Isle of Woman

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 shining light are several 30 page stretches of shallow fun. This being the second book of his I've read, I now am saddened by the thought that adolescents (and please not adults) would become introspective by

Once again, it's interesting to see how you feel about a book when you read it as a teenager vs adult. I remember loving this book as a teenager and thinking that Norton was a neat, if nerdy guy who fit the job of Chronos quite well. Now? Well...As with On A Pale Horse, I was reading this and thinking, "Dang, I don't remember Norton being this slow!" Also, he could have saved a LOT of trouble for everyone if he'd just quit thinking with his penis. Seriously, Nort? I don't care how much

OK, I'm giving up. I'm about 1/3 of the way through, maybe a little more, and this book is so unutterably horrible that it sucks the joy out of reading. All I feel is guilt that I am not finishing it and a sense of dread at having to return to it. I might try the next book in the series but I am genuinely surprised that I remembered this series with any fondness at all, and mortified that I ordered 5 of the books (only had 2 of my own) to complete the set, with a view to recommending them to the